Today in History: A Serbian nationalist assassinated Franz Ferdinand, helping start WWI

The following are some of the major events to have occurred on June 28:

1902 – The United States bought the concession to build the Panama canal from a French company for $40 million.

1914 – A Serbian nationalist assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife in Sarajevo. The incident helped to start World War One.

1919 – The end of World War One was marked by the signing of the Treaty of Versailles between Germany and the allies.

1935 – Alfred Perry wins British Open golf.

1993 – Actor Tom Cruise forms handprints in cement at Mann’s Chinese Theatre.

2003 – China opens Lupu Bridge, described as the world’s longest steel-arch bridge.

2005 – Funeral for Filipino Cardinal Jaime Sin.

2006 – Montenegro became the 192nd member of the United Nations, a month after it ended its 88-year partnership with Serbia that completed the breakup of the former Yugoslavia.

2007 – Israeli President Moshe Katsav pleaded guilty to committing sexual crimes against women employees, signing a plea bargain. Katsav, who denied the charges, was convicted in 2010 and served five years of a seven-year jail sentence before his release in 2016.

2012 – Singapore’s 101-hectare “Gardens by the Bay” officially opens.

2012 – Inauguration trip of world’s first open-air double-decker cable car system.

(Reuters)