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.
World War 1 started when Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated on June 28, 1914. This was the immediate cause but there were a series of events which triggered the war. See below for more information and facts about how World War 1 started. Since Britain had agreed to maintain the neutrality of Belgium, they immediately declared war on Germany. 2  British and Germany forces first fought at the Battle of Mons in Belgium. 3  This was the first of many battles between Britain and Germany on the Western Front and is when World War 1 started for Britain.