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1998 Failed assassination attempt on Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze
1997 Tajik President Imomali Rakhmonov wounded in assassination attempt 1996 Assassination attempt on Uday (Iraqi's heir to Sadam Hussain) 1995 James Altgens, John F. Kennedy assassination photographer, dies at 76 1992 Jim Garrison, Louisiana DA (investigate John F. Kennedy assassination), dies at 70 1987 Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, serving a life sentence for attempted assassination of President Gerald R Ford escapes from Alderson Prison 1986 Failed assassination attempt on India premier Rajiv Gandhi 1986 Failed assassination attempt on Chilean dictator Pinochet, 5 killed 1982 John Hinckley found not guilty of 1981 attempted assassination of President Reagan by reason of insanity 1981 Pope John Paul II released from hospital after assassination attempt 1980 Attempted assassination on Vernon Jordan, Jr. National Urban League president 1980 Failed assassination attempt on Iraqi vice-premier Tariq Aziz 1975 Federal jury finds Lynette Fromme guilty of attempted assassination 1975 Assassination attempt on president Gerald Ford 1974 South Korean President Park Chung-Hee escapes assassination 1972 Assassination attempt on governor George Wallace of Alabama 1970 Failed assassination attempt on Jordanian king Hussain 1968 Sirhan Sirhan indicted for Bobby Kennedy assassination 1968 Baseball's Opening Day is postponed because of Martin Luther King assassination 1964 Jacqueline Kennedy's 1st public appearance (TV) since assassination 1964 Failed assassination attempt on president Nkrumah of Ghana 1963 Lyndon Baines Johnson sets up Warren Commission to investigate assassination of John F. Kennedy 1962 Failed assassination on president De Gaulle 1962 Failed assassination on president Nkrumah of Ghana 1962 Assassination attempt on Indonesian president Sukarno, fails 1961 Failed assassination attempt on King Saif al-Islam Achmad of Yemen 1961 Eisenhower allegedly orders assassination of Congo's Lumumba 1957 Assassination attempt on Indonesian president Sukarno, kills 8 1952 Failed assassination attempt of German Chancellor Adenauer 1949 Failed assassination attempt on Shah of Persia 1945 Assassination attempt on Hohere, SS Police fuhrer Rauter 1944 Berthold Schenk von Stauffenberg, attempt Hitler assassination, dies 1944 July 20th Plot-Failed assassination attempt on Hitler 1944 Bomb assassination against Southern Tirol congregation in Rome, 33 die 1943 Assassination attempt on Van de Peat at Amsterdams census bureau 1943 Assassination attempt on Hitler fails 1939 Failed assassination attempt on Hitler in Burgerbraukeller, Munich 1936 Jill Ireland, born in London, actress, Breakout, Assassination, Chino 1933 Giuseppe [Joe] Zangara, electrocuted for assassination attempt on FDR 1933 President-elect Franklin Roosevelt survives assassination attempt 1929 Belgium princess Marie-Jose and Italian crown prince Umberto gets engaged, assassination attempt on Umberto fails 1928 Assassination attempt on king Victor Emmanuel II of Italy 1926 Failed assassination on General Primo de Rivera in Barcelona 1924 Austria chancellor Ignaz Seipel, resigns after assassination attempt 1924 Assassination attempt on Mussolini fails 1919 French premier Clemenceau injured during assassination attempt 1912 King Vittorio Emanuel III of Rome injured during assassination attempt 1911 Failed assassination attempt on premier Briand in French Assembly 1910 New York City Mayor Wm J Gaynor seriously wounded during assassination attempt 1908 Failed assassination attempt on Shah Mohammed Ali in Teheran 1900 Attempted assassination of Prince of Wales in Brussels, fails 1900 Assassination attempt on prince of Wales/king Edward VII 1887 Alexander Ulyanov, brother of Lenin/hanged for assassination of tsar 1881 Charles J. Guiteau went on trial for President Garfield's assassination 1880 Tsar Alexander II of Russia survives an assassination attempt 1865 8 alleged conspirators in assassination of Lincoln are found guilty 1865 Mary Surratt is arrested as a conspirator in Lincoln's assassination 1829 German 1st assassination on abandoned teenager Kaspar Hauser 1829 Failed assassination attempt on Simon Bolivar 1807 John Opie, born at Trevellas, England, teacher, artist, portraitist, historical works include, the Assassination of James I, Murder of Rizzio, dies at 45 in Berners Street, London 1800 King George III survives a 2nd assassination attempt 1761 John Opie, born at Trevellas, England, teacher, artist, portraitist, historical works include, the Assassination of James I, Murder of Rizzio 1757 Failed assassination attempt on French king Louis XV by Damiens 1572 Failed assassination on Admiral De Coligny 1392 Assassination attempt on Pierre de Craon Van Clisson of France, fails 644 Kalief Omar I injured during assassination attempt |
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