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1998 Failed assassination attempt on Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze 1997 Tajik Prest Imomali Rakhmonov wounded in assassination attempt 1996 Assassination attempt on Uday (Iraqi's heir to Sadam Hussain) 1995 Indians' Jose Mesa fails in save attempt after 38th consecutive saves 1991 Pittsburgh Steelers guard Terry Long treated for an apparent suicide attempt after he learned he tested positive for steroid use 1989 Cleveland's Chris Dudley misses 5 free throws during 1 foul attempt 1988 Secretary of State Shultz narrowly escapes assassin attempt in Bolivia 1988 Cubs and Phillies attempt to play 1st night game ever at Wrigley Field but are rained out in 4th inning with Chicago leading, 3-1 1986 Failed assassination attempt on India premier Rajiv Gandhi 1986 Sikhs attempt to assassinate Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi 1986 Failed assassination attempt on Chilean dictator Pinochet, 5 killed 1984 STS 41-D launch attempt scrubbed because of computer problem 1982 In Fatima Portugal, a Spanish priest with a bayonet is stopped prior to his attempt to attack Pope John Paul II 1981 John Hinckley, Jr. pleads innocent in attempt to kill President Reagan 1981 Pope John Paul II released from hospital after assassination attempt 1981 Attempt on Pope John Paul II by Mehemet Ali Agca 1980 Iraq invades Iran in an attempt to control the Shatt al-Arab waterway 1980 Failed assassination attempt on Iraqi vice-premier Tariq Aziz 1977 Attempt for Moslem state in Chad fails 1975 Lynette Fromme sentenced to life for attempt on President Ford's life 1975 Assassination attempt on president Gerald Ford 1974 Attempt made to kidnap Princess Anne in London's Pall Mall 1972 Assassination attempt on governor George Wallace of Alabama 1971 Failed attempt on King Hassan II Shirat Morocco, 101 killed 1970 Failed assassination attempt on Jordanian king Hussain 1968 Evel Knievel fails in his attempt to jump Caesar's Palace Fountain 1965 Luna 5 launched (U.S.S.R.) 1st attempt to soft land on Moon (fails) 1964 Failed assassination attempt on president Nkrumah of Ghana 1962 Assassination attempt on Indonesian president Sukarno, fails 1961 1,400 Cuban exiles land in Bay of Pigs attempt to overthrow Castro 1961 Failed assassination attempt on King Saif al-Islam Achmad of Yemen 1960 French president De Gaulle escape attempt by general Massu 1957 1st U.S. attempt to launch a satellite fails - Vanguard rocket blows up 1957 Assassination attempt on Indonesian president Sukarno, kills 8 1956 Pakistan defeat Australia by nine wickets at 1st attempt 1953 Boston Braves, who own Milwaukee minor league franchise, block St. Louis Browns attempt to shift their franchise to Milwaukee 1952 Failed assassination attempt of German Chancellor Adenauer 1950 Collazo and Torresola attempt to kill Truman in Washington, D.C. 1949 Failed assassination attempt on Shah of Persia 1946 Giants Filchock and Hapes suspended by NFL, didn't report bribe attempt 1946 Attempt made to recall Mayor Lapham (1st time in San Francisco history) 1945 Hideki Tojo, Japanese PM during most of WW II, attempts suicide rather than face war crimes tribunal attempt fails, later he is hanged 1945 Assassination attempt on Hohere, SS Police fuhrer Rauter 1945 Escape attempt at Mauthausen concentration camp 1944 Berthold Schenk von Stauffenberg, attempt Hitler assassination, dies 1944 July 20th Plot-Failed assassination attempt on Hitler 1944 Attempt to liberate prisoners in Amsterdam fails, John Post arrested 1944 Gen Rommel, Speidel and von Stulpnagel attempt to assassinate Hitler 1943 Outbreak attempt in Sobibor Concentration Camp 1943 Assassination attempt on Van de Peat at Amsterdams census bureau 1943 Assassination attempt on Hitler fails 1943 Failed assassin attempt on Hitler during Smolensk-Rastenburg flight 1940 James Brady, press secretary, wounded during Reagan assassin attempt 1939 Failed assassination attempt on Hitler in Burgerbraukeller, Munich 1934 U.S. Court of Appeals upheld lower court ruling striking down government's attempt to ban controversial James Joyce novel "Ulysses" 1933 Giuseppe [Joe] Zangara, electrocuted for assassination attempt on FDR 1933 President-elect Franklin Roosevelt survives assassination attempt 1932 Failed coup attempt by fascist Lapua Movement in Finland 1929 Belgium princess Marie-Jose and Italian crown prince Umberto gets engaged, assassination attempt on Umberto fails 1928 Buenos Aires police thwart an attempt on Pres-elect Herbert Hoover 1928 Assassination attempt on king Victor Emmanuel II of Italy 1924 Austria chancellor Ignaz Seipel, resigns after assassination attempt 1924 Landis bans Giants Jimmy O'Connell and Cozy Dolan from World Series after they admit an attempt to bribe Phils shortstop Heinie Sand 1924 Assassination attempt on Mussolini fails 1923 Unsuccessful attempt on prince-regent Hirohito of Japan 1923 In Germany, Adolf Hitler is arrested for attempt to sieze power 1920 Wolfgang Kapp's coup attempt in Berlin 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 1902 Baseball's Philadelphia Athletics and Phillies form pro football teams, joining Pitts Stars in 1st attempt at a National Football League 1900 Assassination attempt on prince of Wales/king Edward VII 1889 New York World reporter Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane) began her attempt to surpass fictitious journey of Jules Verne's Phileas Fogg by traveling around world in less than 80 days She succeeded, by finishing trip following January in 72 days, 6 1880 Tsar Alexander II of Russia survives an assassination attempt 1878 1st attempt at motion pictures (used 12 cameras, each taking 1 picture) done to see if all 4 of a horse's hooves leave the ground 1869 Black Friday; Wall St. panic after Gould and Fisk attempt to corner gold 1869 Jay Gould and James Fisk attempt to control U.S. gold market 1866 German premier Otto von Bismarck seriously wounded in assassin attempt 1858 French Emperor Napoleon III escapes attempt on his life by Felice Orsini, an Italian patriot who was later executed 1854 Composer Robert Schumann saved from suicide attempt in Rhine 1854 Composer R Schumann is saved from suicide attempt into the Rhine 1829 Failed assassination attempt on Simon Bolivar 1812 Battle of Queenstown Heights, British beats U.S. attempt to invade Canada 1801 Murder attempt on Czar Paul I 1800 King George III survives a 2nd assassination attempt 1792 Murder attempt on King Gustavus III by count Ankarstrom at opera 1762 1st reported counterfeiting attempt, Boston 1757 Failed assassination attempt on French king Louis XV by Damiens 1589 Murder attempt by monk Jacques Clement on French King Hendrik III 1392 Assassination attempt on Pierre de Craon Van Clisson of France, fails 1176 Murder attempt by "Assassins" on Saladin near Aleppo 644 Kalief Omar I injured during assassination attempt

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