To begin kindergarten in the state of Illinois, a child should be 5 years old on or before September 1 of the kindergarten year and live within the boundaries of the school district.
Archduke Ferdinand assassinated. On this day in 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie are shot to death by a Bosnian Serb nationalist during an official visit to the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo. The killings sparked a chain of events that led to the outbreak of World War I by early August.
The murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand is credited with sparking the war, though a battle was inevitable. In Part 1 of our series on WWI, http://www.WatchMojo.com explores how and why the First World War began.1  News & Politics.he murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand is credited with sparking the war, though a battle was inevitable. In Part 1 of our series on WWI, http://www.WatchMojo.com explores how and why the First World War began. 1  News & Politics.