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Assassinations and Assassination Attempts

Assassination is the act of murdering a well-known figure by surprise attack.

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Who were the other people shot during the assassination of Robert Kennedy?

William Weisel of ABC_News, Paul Schrade of the United_Auto_Workersunion, Democratic Party activist Elizabeth Evans, Ira Goldstein of the Continental News Service and Kennedy campaign volunteer Irwin Stroll. Although not physically wounded, singer Rosemary_Clooney, a strong Kennedy supporter, was present in the ballroom during the shooting in the pantry and suffered a Nervous_breakdownshortly afterward(answer found on Wikipedia)

What was jfk doing when he got assassinated?

After John Kennedy was shot he was taken to parkland hospital, he died at 1:38 pm.Later that day Vice President Lyndon Johnson was sworn in as President on Air Force 1.

Which officer died the day Ronald Reagen was shot?

Thomas Delahanty of the DC Metropolitan Police Department was shot in the neck and the bullet caused a spinal cord injury that forced him to retire from the force. Secret Service Agent Tim McCarthy was wounded in the abdomen by Hinckley but managed a complete recovery.

Did they ever catch John F Kennedy's assassin?

Yes, they caught Oswald very quickly... but not quickly enough to keep him from murdering a police officer, too, and trying to shoot the arresting officers. Odd thing for an innocent man to do, but understandable for an assassin.

Was lyndon Johnson assassinated?

He had several heart attacks, including a massive one that killed him in his bed in 1973.

He died at his ranch at 3:39 p.m CST on January 22, 1973 at age 64 after suffering a massive heart attack. His death came the day before a ceasefire was signed in Vietnam.

What were the conspiracy theories of John F. Kennedy?

It is the conspiracy theory that Hitler went back in time to kill himself causing a paradox. After doing this he is immortal and cannot die so the American government has him locked down in a secret facility where they force him to watch 24/7 jersey shore episodes so its like hell but worse...and something about soviets....

How did The United States react in general after the assassination of JFK?

I am not sure what you want to know. People was shocked and saddened at his tragic death. He was given an elaborate state funeral which received national TV coverage. His image as a hero was probably enhanced. Countries all over the world, including the US, issued special stamps to honor him. Cape Canaveral was renamed Cape Kennedy. A new US half-dollar, with a high silver content, was issued to honor him. Some people called him a martyr. A massive investigation was launched into his assassination. Many people still think there was a conspiracy and a cover-up and that the real killers were never all named nor brought to justice.

How many presidents were killed by assassination?

There are 4 US Presidential Assassinations 1. Abraham Lincoln (by John Wilkes Booth) 2. James A. Garfield (by Charles Guiteau) 3. William McKinley (by Leon Czolgosz) 4. John F. Kennedy (by Lee Harvey Oswald)

What were the political consequence's of JFK's assassination?

Vice-President Lyndon B. Johnson (who witnessed the shooting) was elected as President. Johnson soon began passing the Civil Rights Bill to honor the dead President and persuaded Congress.

Whose assassination triggered ww1?

The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria triggered the start of the Great War (World War I)

Why was president JFK killed?

Lee Harvey Oswald had a driving need to validate his beliefs after a life of frustration. His life had been muddled by efforts to make a political (anti-government) impact. He didn't have a clear goal or a defined outcome so his efforts always failed. Opportunity landed on his doorstep when Kennedy came to Dallas. He had the training and the means to make his place in history. Opportunity gave him a goal with a defined outcome and he set about to accomplish it.

The Mafia killed John F Kennedy (JFK) because Bobby Kennedy the US Attorney General

was "turning up the heat" on the Mafia.

Even after all the work the Mafia had done in Chicago to get JFK elected president in 1960.

Mafia hit man James Files has recently admitted to firing the fatal bullet,

that blew JFK's brains out towards the rear,

from the infamous grassy knoll in Daily Plaza. Which was in front of JFK at the time of the shooting.

Skilled morticians worked on JFK head to cover up and support the lone crazy gun man theory.

But Lee Harvey Oswald did not kill JFK or Dallas Police Officer J. D. Tippit,

he was the government's patsy.

James Files worked together with another Mafia hit man to "take the trash out" as he put it.

Who video taped the assassination of JFK when he got assassinated?

Abraham Zapruder's "Zapruder Film" is the most well-known video of the JFK Assassination. Other witnesses such as Beverly Oliver were also videotaping, but such videos were never made available to the public. Individuals such as Patsy Paschal and Orville Nix were filming nearby but did not get footage of the assassination.

Did Barack Obama get shot?

Yes, there have been several instances where white supremacists or people who seemed to be mentally ill tried to carry out an assassination plot, such as an incident in late 2011 when a man named Oscar Ortega-Hernandez made threats and tried to shoot at the White House with an assault rifle. But his and other efforts were not successful and those who made the attempt were arrested.

Who were the conspiritors in the Lincoln assassination?

John Wilkes Booth is credited with assassinating President Abraham Lincoln on April 15, 1865. Co-conspirators include fellow confederates George Atzerodt, Lewis Powell, John Surratt and David Herold. James W. Pumphrey is responsible for providing Booth's getaway horse.

The two assassination attempts on his life were both by women?

Gerald Ford had two assassination attempts on him. Both were by women and both occurred in September of 1975 in California.

How many attempted presidential assassination were there?

In the United States, four have succeeded. Conspiracy theories exist regarding the deaths of Warren Harding and Zachary Taylor. It is concievable that some failed attempts may have never been discovered. Taylor was exhumed on 17 June 1991 and while Arsenic was found, it was not at a lethal level. An attempt was made on President Andrew Jackson on 30 Ja 1835 when two percussion pistols misfired and Jackson beat his attacker to the ground with his cane. Lincoln is believed to have evaded assassination on his way to the inauguration in the Baltimore Plot and in 1864 his top hat was shot off his head. Former President Theodore Roosevelt was wounded but was saved from assassination by his glasses case and a 50 page speech in his breast pocket. Herbert Hoover had a close call in Argentina when his train was targeted by a bomber. FDR was targeted for assassination in Chicago while he was the President elect but the shooter killed the Chicago Mayor instead.

Two Puerto Ricans tried to assassinate Harry Truman in 1950 by shooting their way into the Blair House where Truman was staying. A White House policeman was killed and one of the assassins was killed and the other was seriously wounded, captured, convicted and spent 29 years in prison. Fidel Castro gave him a medal in 1979 and he died at the age of 80 in 1994. Presiident-elect Kennedy was almost killed by a suicide bomber in Palm Springs in 1960 and in 1974 Richard Nixon was targeted for a 9-11 type commercial aircraft attack on the White House. The plane never got off the ground.

Gerald Ford was the target of two unrelated assassination attempts in a 17 day period. The first attempt was made by Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme of Charles Manson infamy which failed because she had not chambered a round in her .45 automatic. In the second attempt a bystander knocked the gun upward as Sara Jane Moore fired. She was then tackled and never got off a second shot. Both Fromme and Moore served 30 years of their life sentence before release. Jimmy Carter was targeted for assassination, but the shooter was using a starter pistol that only fired blanks.

John Hinckley stalked Carter and then Ronald Reagan who he shot on 30 March 1981 outside of the Hilton Hotel in Washington, DC. He also wounded a Secret Service Agent, a police officer and James Brady, the Press Secretary. Hinckley used the insanity defense and as of 2011 he is still considered a mental patient.

George H. W. Bush was targeted by bombers directed by Saddam Hussein in 1993.

A Cessna was used against Bill Clinton and the White House on 12 September 1994 but Clinton wasn't there and on 29 October 1994 Francisco Martin Duran fired 29 shots at the White House while Clinton was watching a football game. He is serving 40 years. In 1996 a bombing was planned in Manila at a bridge that Clinton was scheduled to cross. That assassination attempt is blamed on Osama bin Laden. George W. Bush was in the White House when it was attacked by Robert Pickett with a pistol and on 11 September 2001 a possible Middle Eastern attack on him was foiled in Longboat Key, Florida. On 10 May 2005 in Tbilisi, Georgia a

grenade was thrown, but it did not detonate.

While President Obama was in Hawaii for the a conference on 11 November 2011 a shooter fired at the White House and cracked a window.

Who killed Franz Ferdinand in World War 1?

Gavrilo Princip, a member of the serbian terrorist group known as the Black Hand.

Assassination of the Austrian archduke francis Ferdinand?

Not exactly, but it is one of the major things that started it.

The assasination of Franz Ferdinand is known as what caused it, but it was truly from many events over a long time, such as imperialistic foreign policy.

Gavrilo Princip was angered by what Franz Ferdinand had done to Serbia , he stated his only regret was killing a woman (Franz Ferdinand's wife, Sophie Chotek).

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