On 15 February 1933 and he died of his wounds on 6 March 1933.
Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak (although he was intending to shoot President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Chicago Mayor Anton J. Cermak was shaking hands with Franklin Roosevelt when Mayor Cermak was struck by a bullet that is believed to have been intended for Roosevelt. The shooting occurred on February 15, 1933, and Cermak died on March 6th. The assassin was Giuseppe Zangara.
Anton Cermak was born on May 9, 1873.
Anton Cermak was born on May 9, 1873.
Anton Cermak died on March 6, 1933 at the age of 59.
Anton Cermak died on March 6, 1933 at the age of 59.
Yes- there was an attempt on his life on February 15,1933 in Miami when Roosevelt was president-elect. Roosevelt was in an open car at the time. The mayor of Chicago , Anton J. Cermak was hit and later died. Roosevelt was not hurt.
Anton Cermak was born on May 9, 1873 and died on March 6, 1933. Anton Cermak would have been 59 years old at the time of death or 142 years old today.
A hot-headed crackpot anarchist named Giuseppe Zangara, in Florida in 1933. Roosevelt was unhurt, but Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak, standing next to Roosevelt, was killed. Some researchers believe Cermak was actually the target all along, not Roosevelt. Zangara was eventually executed in the electric chair, unrepentant and pugnacious to the end. His last words (according to reporters from several different news organizations) were: "Go ahead! Pusha da button!"
FDR was not ever shot with a gun. He was shot at, however, in early 1933 in an assination attempt. Mayor Anton Cermak of Chicago was mortally wounded in the event.
It was Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak.
His name was Anton Cermak. He was shaking hands with Roosevelt when he was hit.