UPI Almanac for Saturday, Jan. 12, 2008.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 (UPI) -- I don't think it possible for any historian to visit the Baltic countries or the rest of Central Europe and not reflect on the catastrophes World War I brought for that part of the world. Communism, World War II, National Socialism, the extinction of some communities and the expulsion of others, wholesale alteration of national boundaries, all these and more flowed from the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand on June 28, 1914. One pebble touched off an avalanche.

LONDON, July 4 (UPI) -- A coroner's inquest will be held in London into the death of the 44-year-old great-great grandson of Germany's Chancellor Otto von Bismarck.

UPI almanac for Sunday, April 1, 2007.

UPI almanac for Friday, Jan. 12, 2007.

LONDON, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- London police are investigating the death of a man who fell from the house of Count Gottfried von Bismarck, great-great-grandson of the German chancellor.

Today is Saturday, April 1, the 91st day of 2006 with 274 to follow.

Today is Thursday, Jan. 12, the 12th day of 2006 with 353 to follow.

MARBELLA, Spain, July 5 (UPI) -- German socialite Gunilla von Bismarck hosted a memorable fancy-dress housewarming for her new mansion in Marbella, Spain.