Day 5 July 2nd 1914
The details of the assassinations of Franz Ferdinand and his wife were pieced together remarkably quickly – the narrative established by journalists in the two days after the killings is still pretty much the story we tell now – but each day brings fresh detail. Lifting its material from a Hungarian journal, The Daily Telegraph quotes Princip talking to his defence lawyer. He says he does not fear death, that the plot was hatched in Serbia and that he was given money and bombs in Belgrade.
There is an announcement that the Kaiser will not attend the Archduke's funeral.
Elsewhere, Shackleton is preparing for his Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, which would go ahead despite the start of war in August
At Henley, foreign crews are winning – here is Harvard beating Leander
In today's news - Check out this lovely video of Joanne Lumley reading a letter that she was asked to write to an unknown solider as part of the 14-18 NOW project.http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-one/10941438/Joanna-Lumley-reads-letter-to-unknown-soldier.html
Information resourced from the following sites:
http://www.firstworldwar.com/onthisday/1914_07_02.htm
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/richardpreston/100278434/ww1-33-days-to-go-the-bodies-of-the-archduke-and-duchess-arrive-in-vienna-shackleton-prepares-for-his-next-antarctic-expedition/
http://www.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/wwi/century/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Germany_during_World_War_I
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