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Gaius Julius Caesar
Surprisingly, Brutus was one of them.
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1252 |
Peter of Verona
Members of the Cathari sect transformed Peter of Verona
into Peter Martyr.
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1610 |
Henry IV
In 1593, Henry switched from
Protestantism to Catholicism.
Too little too late thought
Ravaillac while waiting at
Henry's carriage.
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THE HENRY IV ASSASSINATION
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1757 |
Louis XV
At Versailles, Louis survived a
penknife attack in 1757.
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THE LOUIS XV ASSASSINATION
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1792 |
Gustav III
For gunning down Swedish King Gustav III, they chopped
off the assassin's right hand before his head.
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1793 |
Marat,
Jean-Paul
When it came to bathtub
homicide, Charlotte Corday was
not as smooth as George Joseph
Smith (Brides in the Bath
Murders, England, 1912-1915).
But in the end, she got the job
done.
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THE MARAT ASSASSINATION
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1800 |
Kleber,
Jean-Baptiste
Armies couldn't bring him down,
but, disguised as a beggar,
Sulayman al-Halabi managed to
sneak up on the French general.
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THE GENERAL KLEBER ASSASSINATION
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1812 |
Perceval,
Spencer
John Bellingham decided to hold
the British Prime Minister
personally responsible for his
own troubles with the law.
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THE SPENCER PERCEVAL
ASSASSINATION
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1835
January 30 |
Jackson, Andrew
Jackson became the first U.S. president to encounter
and survive an assassination attempt.
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THE JACKSON ASSASSINATION
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1835
July 28 |
Louis-Philippe
Fieschi, Pepin and Morey came up with a device that
could fire 24 guns at the same
time. Now they waited for the
King to pass by their window.
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THE LOUIS-PHILIPPE ASSASSINATION
ATTEMPT
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1859 |
Napoleon
III
Bombs hurled at his carriage on the
way to the opera.
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1865 |
Lincoln, Abraham
The first assassinated U.S. president.
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THE ABRAHAM LINCOLN ASSASSINATION
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1881 |
Alexander II
Russia's tsar gets eliminated.
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ALEXANDER II ASSASSINATION
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1900 |
Umberto I
The king of Italy was gunned
down by an anarchist from New
Jersey, Gaetano Bresci on July
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1901 |
McKinley, William
In Buffalo, NY, Leon Czolgosz, places two bullets in
McKinley's chest and abdomen.
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1912 |
Roosevelt, Theodore
How to take a bullet and run with it for seven years.
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ABOUT THE THEODORE ROOSEVELT ASSASSINATION
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1914 |
Francis Ferdinand
The World War One trigger.
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1919 |
Zapata, Emiliano
Colonel
Jesús Guajardo's ambush in Morelos.
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THE EMILIANO ZAPATA
ASSASSINATION
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1923 |
Villa,
Pancho
To whom the street vendor hails.
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THE PANCHO VILLA ASSASSINATION
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1933 |
Roosevelt, Franklin D.
Close call in Miami.
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1935 |
Long, Huey Pierce
Carl Austin Weiss
assassinated him at the Louisiana State Capitol
Building. Long was buried on the grounds.
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1948 |
Gandhi, Mohandas
Seventy-eight year old hunger strike enthused Mohandas
had to take three bullets when a slap on the head would have
done the job.
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1961 |
Gaulle, Charles de
French statesman and sturdy hide of the decade who survived 31 documented attempts on
his life.
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THE CHARLES DE GAULLE ASSASSINATION
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1963
November 22 |
Kennedy, John F.
One of the most famous assassinations in modern history.
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THE JFK ASSASSINATION
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1963
November 24 |
Oswald, Lee Harvey
When the assassin gets assassinated.
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THE LEE HARVEY OSWALD ASSASSINATION
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1965 |
Malcolm X
Civil rights leader Malcolm X encounters three assassins
at once and takes 16 bullets.
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X ASSASSINATION
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1966 |
Verwoerd, Hendrik
South African's Mr. Apartheid was presented the blade by
a crazy person.
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1968 |
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Surviving Curry's wielding of the letter opener, it took
a conspiracy and James Earl Ray to accomplish a
successful attack on Reverend King.
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ABOUT THE MARTIN LUTHER KING ASSASSINATION
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1969 |
Brezhnev, Leonid
When your police officer is more than you think he
is.
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ABOUT THE LEONID BREZHNEV ASSASSINATION
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1972 |
Wallace, George C.
Arthur Bremer gave Alabama's governor four bullets and a
wheelchair.
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1974 |
Nixon, Richard M.
Catching a plane.
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THE RICHARD NIXON ASSASSINATION
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1975
August |
Rahman, Mujibur
Bangladeshi president and their family terminated in his
home.
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ASSASSINATION
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1975
September 5 |
Ford, Gerald R.
A female admirer gets out of hand.
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THE GERALD R. FORD ASSASSINATION
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1981
March 30 |
Reagan, Ronald
The 40th president of the U.S. survived Hinckley's
revolver, fired at close range.
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THE RONALD REAGAN ASSASSINATION
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1981
May
13 |
John Paul II
The Pope survived a bullet shot through his abdomen,
another one hit him in the hand.
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1984
October 12 |
Thatcher, Margaret
When bathroom walls get custom-rebuilt for a prime
minister.
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THE MARGARET THATCHER ASSASSINATION
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1984
October 31 |
Gandhi, Indira
Indian prime minister with two Sikh bodyguards.
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1986 |
Pinochet, Augusto
How the old fox survived a rocket attack.
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ASSASSINATION
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1991 |
Gandhi, Rajiv
Indian prime minister candidate greeted a
bomb-laden female who pulled the trigger, killing
herself, Rajiv, and 16 others.
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2007 |
Bhutto,
Benazir
Never stand through the sunroof of your vehicle.
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