Shot heard 'Round the World, The

Definition

(Expression) Several definitions, e.g.: (1) The 4/19/775 fusillade fired by the Americans against the advancing lobsterbacks - in those days, that was supposed to be unthinkable . After that, the American Revolution was far likelier. (2) The 6/1914 assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand at Sarajevo, which led to WWI - however improbably. (3) Bob Thomson's three-run homer that ended the 1951 baseball season with a victory for the Giants.