Outbreak of World War One; Troops disperse ‘Bonus Army’ marchers; A U.S. Army bomber crashes into the Empire State Building; Former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and author Beatrix Potter born. (July 28)[Notes:ANCHOR VOICE] July 28th, 1914:(AP Photos)Start of World War One, as Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia … and the rest of Europe’s major powers soon join the fighting.War breaks out a month after a Serb nationalist assassinates Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife in Sarajevo, in what’s now Bosnia-Herzegovina.1932:(AP Archive Video)In Washington, U.S. troops forcibly disperse the so-called ‘Bonus Army’ of World War One veterans during the Great Depression.The veterans had gathered to demand the immediate payment of money for their military service that they were scheduled to receive in a dozen years’ time.1945:(AP Photos)In New York City, an accident at what’s then the tallest structure in the world.A U.S. Army bomber crashes into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building, killing 14 people.1929:(AP Photos)(SOT of Onassis)Former First Lady Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis is born in Southampton, New York.Her years in the White House, which she later dubbed “Camelot”, ended in tragedy … when her husband, President John F. Kennedy, was assassinated in Dallas.And, 1866: (AP Photos)Beatrix Potter — the writer and illustrator whose children’s books include “The Tale of Peter Rabbit” — is born in London.
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