On June 28 Syrian TV accidentally flashed the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand as breaking news.
Ferdinand was killed on June 28, 1914, in what is widely regarded at the catalyst to World War I.
Syrian TV aired: “Flash ’20 injured as explosion targets Archduke’s convoy.'”
#Syria TV mistakes @BBCArabic #WWI tweets as actual news. Flash ’20 injured as explosion targets Archiduke’s convoy’ pic.twitter.com/THvezi8WjY
— Karim Abou Merhi (@kaboumeri) June 28, 2014
Ferdinand was felled by an assassin’s bullet during mid-morning hours in Sarajevo. The attempt on his life that succeeded came after an explosive device thrown at him detonated from too great a distance to harm him earlier in the morning.
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