|
A |
Alexander II
Russia's tsar gets eliminated. 1881.
MORE ABOUT THE
ALEXANDER II ASSASSINATION
|
| |
|
|
B |
Brezhnev, Leonid
When your police officer is more than you think he
is. 1969.
MORE
ABOUT THE LEONID BREZHNEV ASSASSINATION
|
| |
|
|
|
Bhutto,
Benazir
Never stand through the sunroof of your vehicle.
2007.
MORE ABOUT THE BENAZIR BHUTTO ASSASSINATION
|
| |
|
|
F |
Ford, Gerald R.
A female admirer gets out of hand. 1975.
MORE ABOUT
THE GERALD R. FORD ASSASSINATION
|
| |
|
|
|
Francis Ferdinand
The World War One trigger. 1914.
MORE ABOUT FRANCIS FERDINAND
|
| |
|
|
G |
Gaius Julius Caesar
Surprisingly, Brutus was one of them. 44 BC.
MORE
ABOUT THE CAESAR ASSASSINATION
|
| |
|
|
|
Gandhi, Indira
Indian prime minister with two Sikh bodyguards. 1984.
MORE ABOUT THE INDIRA GANDHI ASSASSINATION
|
| |
|
|
|
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. 1948.
MORE ABOUT THE MOHANDAS GANDHI ASSASSINATION
|
| |
|
|
|
Gandhi, Rajiv
Indian prime minister candidate greeted a
bomb-laden female who pulled the trigger, killing
herself, Rajiv, and 16 others. 1991.
MORE ABOUT THE RAJIV GANDHI ASSASSINATION
|
| |
|
|
|
Gaulle, Charles de
French statesman and sturdy hide of the decade who survived 31 documented attempts on
his life. 1961.
MORE ABOUT
THE CHARLES DE GAULLE ASSASSINATION
|
| |
|
|
|
Gustav III
For gunning down Swedish King Gustav III, they chopped
off the assassin's right hand before his head. 1792.
MORE ABOUT THE GUSTAV III ASSASSINATION
|
| |
|
|
H |
Henry IV
In 1593, Henry switched from
Protestantism to Catholicism.
Too little too late thought
Ravaillac while waiting at
Henry's carriage.
MORE ABOUT
THE HENRY IV ASSASSINATION
|
| |
|
|
J |
Jackson, Andrew
Jackson became the first U.S. president to encounter
and survive an assassination attempt. 1835.
MORE ABOUT
THE JACKSON ASSASSINATION
ATTEMPT
|
| |
|
|
|
John Paul II
The Pope survived a bullet shot through his abdomen,
another one hit him in the hand. 1981.
MORE ABOUT THE POPE JOHN PAUL II ASSASSINATION
|
| |
|
|
K |
Kennedy, John F.
One of the most famous assassinations in modern history.
1963.
MORE ABOUT
THE JFK ASSASSINATION
|
| |
|
|
|
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. 1968.
MORE
ABOUT THE MARTIN LUTHER KING ASSASSINATION
|
| |
|
|
|
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. 1800.
MORE ABOUT
THE GENERAL KLEBER ASSASSINATION
|
| |
|
|
L |
Lincoln, Abraham
The first assassinated U.S. president. 1865.
MORE ABOUT
THE ABRAHAM LINCOLN ASSASSINATION
|
| |
|
|
|
Long, Huey Pierce
Carl Austin Weiss
assassinated him at the Louisiana State Capitol
Building. Long was buried on the grounds. 1935.
MORE ABOUT THE HUEY LONG ASSASSINATION
|
| |
|
|
|
Louis XV
At Versailles, Louis survived a
penknife attack in 1757.
MORE ABOUT
THE LOUIS XV ASSASSINATION
ATTEMPT
|
| |
|
|
|
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.
1835.
MORE ABOUT
THE LOUIS-PHILIPPE ASSASSINATION
ATTEMPT
|
| |
|
|
M |
Malcolm X
Civil rights leader Malcolm X encounters three assassins
at once and takes 16 bullets. 1965.
MORE ABOUT THE MALCOLM
X ASSASSINATION
|
| |
|
|
|
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. 1793.
MORE ABOUT
THE MARAT ASSASSINATION
|
| |
|
|
|
McKinley, William
In Buffalo, NY, Leon Czolgosz, places two bullets in
McKinley's chest and abdomen. 1901.
MORE ABOUT THE MCKINLEY ASSASSINATION
|
| |
|
|
N |
Napoleon
III
Bombs hurled at his carriage on the
way to the opera. 1859.
MORE ABOUT
THE NAPOLEON III ASSASSINATION
|
| |
|
|
|
Nixon, Richard M.
Catching a plane. 1974.
MORE ABOUT
THE RICHARD NIXON ASSASSINATION
|
| |
|
|
O |
Oswald, Lee Harvey
When the assassin gets assassinated. 1963.
MORE ABOUT
THE LEE HARVEY OSWALD ASSASSINATION
|
| |
|
|
P |
Perceval,
Spencer
John Bellingham decided to hold
the British Prime Minister
personally responsible for his
own troubles with the law. 1812.
MORE ABOUT
THE SPENCER PERCEVAL
ASSASSINATION
|
| |
|
|
|
Peter of Verona
Members of the Cathari sect transformed Peter of Verona
into Peter Martyr. 1252.
MORE ABOUT THE PETER OF VERONA ASSASSINATION
|
| |
|
|
|
Pinochet, Augusto
How the old fox survived a rocket attack. 1986.
MORE ABOUT
THE AUGUSTO PINOCHET ASSASSINATION
|
| |
|
|
R |
Rahman, Mujibur
Bangladeshi president and his family terminated in their
home. 1975.
MORE ABOUT THE MUJIBUR RAHMAN ASSASSINATION
|
| |
|
|
|
Reagan, Ronald
The 40th president of the U.S. survived Hinckley's
revolver, fired at close range. 1981.
MORE ABOUT
THE RONALD REAGAN ASSASSINATION
|
| |
|
|
|
Roosevelt, Franklin D.
Close call in Miami. 1933.
MORE ABOUT THE FDR ASSASSINATION
|
| |
|
|
|
Roosevelt, Theodore
How to take a bullet and run with it for seven years.
1912.
MORE
ABOUT THE THEODORE ROOSEVELT ASSASSINATION
|
| |
|
|
T |
Thatcher, Margaret
When bathroom walls get custom-rebuilt for a prime
minister. 1984.
MORE ABOUT
THE MARGARET THATCHER ASSASSINATION
|
| |
|
|
U |
Umberto I
The king of Italy was gunned
down by an anarchist from New
Jersey, Gaetano Bresci on July
29, 1900, at Monza, Italy. |
| |
|
|
V |
Verwoerd, Hendrik
South African's Mr. Apartheid was presented the blade by
a crazy person. 1966.
MORE ABOUT THE HENDRIK VERWORD ASSASSINATION
|
| |
|
|
|
Villa,
Pancho
To whom the street vendor hails. 1923.
MORE ABOUT
THE PANCHO VILLA ASSASSINATION
|
| |
|
|
W |
Wallace, George C.
Arthur Bremer gave Alabama's governor four bullets and a
wheelchair. 1972.
MORE ABOUT THE GEORGE C. WALLACE ASSASSINATION
|
| |
|
|
Z |
Zapata, Emiliano
Colonel
Jesús Guajardo's ambush in Morelos. 1919.
MORE ABOUT
THE EMILIANO ZAPATA
ASSASSINATION
|
| |
|
