Assassinations

The Aizawa Incident was an assassination taking place in Japan 1935, significant in its initiation of the phase of a slide to militarisation of the civil government. ...more on Wikipedia about "Aizawa Incident"

Albert Patterson (d. June 18 1954) was a newly elected attorney general of the U.S. state of Alabama when he was gunned down outside of his office in Phenix City, Alabama shortly after he was elected. Patterson, a former state senator, had won the election on a campaign promise to clean up the highly corrupt east Alabama town and was assassinated in 1954 before he could make good on it. His death brought about martial law in the city, however, and led to its revival and also led directly to the election of his son, John Malcom Patterson, to the office of Governor of the state. ...more on Wikipedia about "Albert Patterson"

The "Cairo Gang", also known as the "Cairo Group", was a group of 18 elite British Intelligence agents sent to Dublin during the Anglo-Irish War. Most were assassinated on November 21, 1920 by the IRA in meticulously planned simultaneous strikes. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cairo Gang"

Carter Henry Harrison, Sr. ( February 15, 1825 – October 28, 1893) was a mayor of Chicago, Illinois from 1879 until his death there by assassination. He was the first cousin twice removed of President William Henry Harrison. ...more on Wikipedia about "Carter Harrison, Sr."

The Dahlgren Affair was an incident in the American Civil War involving a failed Union raid on the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia on March 2, 1864. According to mysterious papers found on the body of the raid's commanding officer, colonel Ulric Dahlgren, one of their mission objectives was to assassinate Confederate President Jefferson Davis and his cabinet. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dahlgren Affair"

Fadriqe Alfonso of Castile ( 1334 - 1358) was the fifth illegitimate child of Alfonso XI of Castile and Eleanor of Guzman. He was born in Seville. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fadrique Alfonso of Castile"

Garcia II of Castile, also known as Garcia Sanchez, was the last independent Count of Castile, during 1017 - 1029. ...more on Wikipedia about "Garcia II of Castile"

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The assassination of John F. Kennedy, the thirty-fifth President of the United States, took place on Friday, November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas, USA at 12:30 PM Central Standard Time (18:30 UTC). Kennedy was fatally wounded by gunshots while riding in a presidential motorcade within Dealey Plaza. He was the fourth U.S. President to be assassinated, and the eighth to die while in office. ...more on Wikipedia about "John F. Kennedy assassination"

* Frontline: Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald? ...more on Wikipedia about "List of People suggested to have been involved in the Kennedy Assassination"

This is a list of U.S. Presidential assassination attempts. There have been 15 attempts to kill sitting United States Presidents, four of which resulted in the president dying in office. There have also been two attempts on former presidents, and one attempt on a President-Elect, all of which failed, although the intended target of the latter attempt is disputed. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of U.S. Presidential assassination attempts"

The term Phoenix Park Murders is used to refer to the assassination in 1882 of the second and third in command of the British Dublin Castle government of Ireland by the Irish National Invincibles. ...more on Wikipedia about "Phoenix Park Murders"

Pope Pius VIII, born Francesco Saverio Castiglioni ( November 20, 1761 – December 1, 1830), was Pope from 1829 to 1830. ...more on Wikipedia about "Pope Pius VIII"

The Reagan assassination attempt occurred on March 30, 1981, just 69 days into the United States Presidency of Ronald W. Reagan. While leaving the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, DC, President Reagan, and 3 others were shot and wounded by John Hinckley, Jr., who had previously stalked President Jimmy Carter and had a history of mental illness. ...more on Wikipedia about "Reagan assassination attempt"

The Reverend Robert Bradford ( 1941- 1981) was an Ulster Unionist Member of Parliament for the South Belfast constituency in Northern Ireland. ...more on Wikipedia about "Robert Bradford (NI politician)"

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Yitzhak Rabin assassination conspiracy theories arose almost immediately following the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, the Israeli Prime Minister, on November 4, 1995. The gunman, who was caught alive and unharmed and was seen to wave a gun in the crowd, was a Jewish Israeli student, Yigal Amir. The assassination conspiracy theories were debunked in detail, among others in Michael Karpin and Ina Friedman's Murder in the Name of God ** and in Prof. Steven Plaut Israel's Plague of Conspiracism ** . ...more on Wikipedia about "Yitzhak Rabin assassination conspiracy theories"

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