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2007 Louis W. Ballard, Native American composer, author, artist, wrote 'Incident at Wounded Knee', dies of cancer in Santa Fe, New Mexico, at age 75
1997 Tajik President Imomali Rakhmonov wounded in assassination attempt 1989 Gunman opens fire in California schoolyard; 5 students slain, 30 wounded 1983 8 killed, 54 wounded, by Armenian extremists bomb at Orly, France 1982 Israeli ambassador Shlomo Argov seriously wounded by Palestinians 1981 Laurel Canyon California murders (4 die, 1 wounded) 1981 Pope John Paul II shot, wounded by assailant in St. Peter's Square 1981 President Reagan shot and wounded by John W Hinckley III 1979 5 mortally wounded during anti-Ku Klux Klan demonstration in NC 1973 Indians holding SD hamlet of Wounded Knee for 10 weeks surrender 1973 American Indian Movement occupy Wounded Knee in South Dakota 1973 Members of American Indian Movement begin occupation of Wounded Knee 1972 Philippine's 1st lady Imelda Marcos stabbed and wounded by an assailant 1970 Pope Paul VI wounded in chest during a visit to Philippines by a dagger-wielding Bolivian painter disguised as a priest 1969 General Lin Piao succeeds Mao, is seriously wounded 1968 West Berlin student Rudi Dutschke seriously wounded at demonstration 1966 Activist James Meredith wounded by white sniper in Mississippi 1960 South African premier Verwoerd wounded in battle 1955 John Hinckley, Jr., shot and wounded President Reagan, 1981 1954 1st American, civilian pilot, P.R. Holden, wounded in Indochina 1948 Walter P Reuther UAW President shot and wounded at his home in Detroit 1946 2 killed and 10 wounded in race riot in Columbia, Tennessee 1943 Lieutenant Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg seriously wounded at allied air raid 1942 Top German Nazi Reinhard Heydrich is shot and mortally wounded in Prague 1942 Clinton Pierce becomes 1st U.S. general wounded in action in WW II 1940 James Brady, press secretary, wounded during Reagan assassin attempt 1931 Louis W. Ballard, born in Cherokee, Quapaw, Native American composer, author, artist, wrote 'Incident at Wounded Knee' 1919 1st hospital ship built to move wounded naval personnel launched 1919 Race Riot in Washington D.C. (6 killed, 100 wounded) 1918 Lenin, new leader of Soviet Russia, shot and wounded after speech 1915 Edward Stone, 1st U.S. combatant to die in WW I, is mortally wounded 1910 New York City Mayor Wm J Gaynor seriously wounded during assassination attempt 1890 U.S. 7th Cavalry massacre about 300 captive Sioux at Wounded Knee, South Dakota 1890 Big Foot, Sioux indian chief, dies at Wounded Knee 1882 Hatfields of south WV and McCoys of east Kentucky feud, 100 wounded or die 1880 Battle of Maiwand, at which Dr. Watson is wounded, breaks out 1866 German premier Otto von Bismarck seriously wounded in assassin attempt 1864 Battle of Honey Hill South Carolina (Broad River) 96 dead/665 wounded 1864 General J E B Stuart is mortally wounded at Yellow Tavern 1863 Stonewall Jackson attacks Chancellorsville, wounded by his own men 1807 17 die and 15 wounded in a crush to witness execution of Holloway, Heggerty and Elizabeth Godfrey in England 1755 British General E. Braddock mortally wounded during French and Indian War 1755 E Braddock, British Gen, mortally wounded during French and Indian War 1676 Battle of Etna - Netherlands/Spain vs France, M de Ruyter fatally wounded 1672 Dutch pension advisor Johan de Witt seriously wounded 1521 Ignatius Loyola seriously wounded by a cannon ball |
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