2014 Event A gunman attempts to set fire to the Mexican consulate and shoots at police headquarters, the federal court building, and other structures in Austin, Texas before being shot by police; the attack may have been motivated by anti-immigration sentiments 2014 Event The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi for their work in advocating children's rights; 17-year-old Yousafzai, who was shot by Taliban in retaliation for her activism, is the youngest recipient in history 2013 Event Ibragim Todashev, a suspect under FBI questioning in Orlando, Florida, for his connections to the April 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, is shot dead after attacking an agent during the course of questioning 2011 Event At least 20 Navy SEALs and 17 others die when a NATO Chinook helicopter crashes after being shot down by the Taliban in Afghanistan 2011 Event U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords is shot, Judge John Roll killed, in a Tucson, Arizona shooting rampage that killed 6 people and injured 14 2010 Event After four Israeli settlers are shot at the Israeli settlement Beit Hagai, the Palestinian Authority arrested 250 members of Hamas 2010 Event Abd-al-Rahman Awad, the suspected leader of Fatah al-Islam, the radical Sunni Islamist group, is fatally shot and killed by Lebanon 2010 Event Jean Leonard Rugambage, a Rwandan journalist, is shot dead in front of his home in Kigali; the exiled chief editor of Umuvugizi believes the government is responsible 2010 Event The inquiry into Bloody Sunday in Northern Ireland, 1972, determined British paratroopers first the first shot without warning, and concocted lies to cover up their acts 2010 Event Two men on motorcycles fatally shot Pedro Alcantara de Souza, a Brazilian land reform activist, five times in the head while he tried to ride his bicycle in Para 2010 Event A 28-year old Somali male is shot for breaking into Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoonist Jurt Westergaard's home and threatening his family with an axe 1997 Death Gianni Versace, fashion designer, shot to death by Andrew Cunanan at 50 1997 Death Notorius B I G, Biggie Small, Chris Walkin, rapper, shot dead at 24 1996 Event NFL/Heisman Trophy Winner Mike Rozier, is shot several times 1996 Death Murtaza Bhutto, politician, son of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who was sentenced to death by Lahore High Court, dies at 42 in Karachi, Pakistan, shot dead along with six other activists of the Pakistan Peoples Party 1995 Death Abdul Ali Mazari, Afghan shite leader, shot to death 1995 Death Mahmoud Sayed Selim, Egyptian moslim leader, shot to death at 29 1994 Death Dedrick Gobert, U.S. actor (Boyz 'n the Hood), shot to death at 22 1994 Death Ali Kouider Benyahia, sheik Boualem, Alg Moslem leader, shot at 26 1994 Death Cherif Gousmi, kalief Abu Abdallah Ahmed, Alger Moslem leader, shot 1994 Death Jean-Marie Vincent, Haitian Catholic priest, shot dead 1994 Death Andres Escobar, Colombia world cup soccer star, shot for losing to US 1994 Death Talaat Yassin Hamman, militant Moslem leader, shot dead at 32 1994 Death Ken Oosterbroek, South African press photographer, shot dead at 32 1994 Death Agatha Uwilingiyimana, Prime Minister of Rwanda (first female prime minister in Africa), assassinated, the day after President Habyarimana's plane was shot down, killing him and the president of Burundi 1993 Death Gertrude "Trudi" Duby Blom, actress, shot to death at about 92 1993 Death Douglas Hopkins, guitarist (Gin Blossoms), dies of gun shot at 32 1993 Death Pablo Escobar Gaviria, Colombian drug baron, shot to death at 44 1993 Death Khaled Moustapha Zir, Palestinian Hamas leader, shot to death at 25 1993 Death Imad Aqal, Palestinian Izz-Danish al-Qassem-leader, shot to death 1993 Event George Tiller, abortion doctor, shot in his arms by Rachelle Shannon 1993 Death Wolfgang Grams, German RAF-terrorist, shot to death at 40 1993 Death John B Connally, Governor of Texas/shot with John F. Kennedy in 1963, dies at 76 1993 Death Jesus Posadas Ocampo, Mexican cardinal/archbishop, shot dead at 66 1993 Event New York Islanders beat Washington Caps 4 to 1 in playoffs, Caps Dale Hunter attacks Pierre Turgeon after scoring, in hockey's worst cheap shot 1993 Death Sam Ntombani, ANC-secretary in Soweto South Africa, shot to death 1993 Death Brandon Lee, U.S. actor (Crow)/son of Bruce Lee, accidentally shot at 28 1993 Death Dino Bravo, wrestler (WWF), shot to death at 44 1992 Event Guardian Angel Curtis Sliwa is shot twice in New York City 1991 Event Major league umpire Steve Palermo and former NFL defensive lineman Terence Mann were shot trying to help 2 waitresses from being robbed 1991 Event Operation Desert Storm: 1st U.S. pilot shot down (Jeffrey Zahn) 1990 Death Robert Alex, shot to death by robber at 31 1989 Death Yusef Hawkins, shot by 30 whites in Bensonhurst because he's black 1989 Death Rebecca Schaeffer, actress (My Sister Sam), is shot by a fan at 21 1989 Death Huey Newton, U.S., Black Panther leader, shot dead at 47 1988 Death Peter Tosh, reggae singer shot dead at 43 in Jamacia 1988 Death Judith Barsi, child actress, shot dead with mother by her father at 11 1988 Event 3 IRA suspects were shot dead in Gibraltar by SAS officers 1987 Event 43 die in Pacific Southwest Airline crash in California (man shot pilots) 1987 Death Mehdi Hashemi, Iranian aid of Ayatollah Khomeini, shot for treason 1987 Event National Federation of High School adopts college 3 point shot (21 feet) 1987 Death R Budd Dwyer, Penns State Treasurer, facing prison for conspiracy and perjury, shot himself to death at a televised news conference 1986 Event Mail carrier Patrick Sherrill, Edmond Ok, shot 14 fellow workers dead 1985 Death Paul Castellano, Organized-crime chief, shot dead at a New York City restaurant 1985 Death Harchand Singh Longowai, Sikh leader, shot by Sikh extremists 1985 Event Bob Carpenter is unsuccessful on Washington Caps 1st playoff penalty shot 1985 Event Bruce Morris, Marshall University, makes a 92' 5" basketball shot 1985 Event Blackhawk Doug Wilson failed on 12th penalty shot against Islanders 1985 Event Bryan Trottier failed on 9th Islander penalty shot 1984 Death Percy Norris, deputy high commissioner of India, shot dead 1984 Event Flyers' Ron Sutter fails on 11th penalty shot against Islanders 1984 Event Blackhawk Bill Gardner scores on 10th penalty shot against Islanders 1984 Death James Oliver Huberty, shot by police after killing 21 in McDonalds 1984 Event U.S. missile shot down an incoming missile in space for 1st time 1984 Event Oiler's Wayne Gretzky is 3rd to score on a Stanley Cup penalty shot 1984 Event Libyan embassy demonstration, 1 shot dead 1984 Death Marvin Gaye, rocker (Sexual Healing), shot dead by his father at 45 1984 Death Kenneth Whitty, 1st sec at British Embassy in Athens, shot dead 1984 Event Nordiques' Michel Goulet scored on 9th penalty shot against Islanders 1984 Death Malcolm H Kerr, 9th President of American University of Beirut, shot dead 1983 Event Pope John Paul II pardons man who shot him (Mehmet Ali Agca) 1983 Death Edgar Graham, member of N Ireland Assembly, shot dead by IRA 1983 Event Korean Boeing 747 strays into Siberia and is shot down by a Soviet jet 1983 Event Joseph Kreckman sets record of 2,215 clay pigeons shot in an hour 1983 Event Udo Beyer of East Germany sets record for shot put, 22.22 m 1983 Event Caps 2-Isles 6 -Patrick Semis-Denis Potvin fails on penalty shot 1983 Event Bob Bourne fails on 8th Islander penalty shot 1982 Event Clark Gilles fails in 7th Islander penalty shot 1982 Event 3 CBS employees shot to death in New York City parking lot 1982 Event 4 Dutch TV crew members shot dead in El Salvador 1981 Event Bangladesh President Ziaur Rahman is shot by group of rebel officers 1981 Event Pope John Paul II shot, wounded by assailant in St. Peter's Square 1981 Event Ranger's Anders Hedberg is 2nd to score on a Stanley Cup penalty shot 1981 Event Ronald Reagan arrives home from hospital after Hinkley shot him 1981 Event President Reagan shot and wounded by John W Hinckley III 1981 Death Klaus Grabowski, child molester, shot by parent 1980 Event Anders Kailur scores on 6th Islander penalty shot 1980 Death Stella Walsh-S-Walasiewicz, sprinter 1932 Olympics gold, shot at 69 1980 Event Dallas' "Who Shot JR?" episode (Kristen) gets a 53.3 rating (83 mill) 1980 Event It is revealed Kristen shot J.R. Ewing on "Dallas" 1980 Event On TV show Dallas, J.R. is shot 1979 Event Kings' Charley Simmer fails on 8th penalty shot against Islanders 1979 Death Jacques Mesrine, French "enemy of the state", shot to death 1979 Event Harry Drake set long distance footbow shot record of 2,006 yards 1'9" 1979 Death Ronald Adam, actor (Phantom Shot), dies at 82 1979 Event New York Islanders didn't get a shot off in 1 period against New York Rangers 1978 Event Islanders took 28 shots in 1 period vs Penguins Penguins' Ross Lonsberry failed on 7th penalty shot against Islanders 1978 Death George Moscone, (SF Mayor), shot by Dan White 1978 Death Harvey Milk, (SF City Supervisor), shot by Dan White 1978 Event Flyers' Rick MacLeash scores on 6th penalty shot against Islanders 1978 Event Canuck's Ron Sedlbauer fails on 5th penalty shot against Islanders 1978 Event Ranger's Don Murdoch failed on 4th penalty shot against Islanders 1978 Death Terry Kath, rock guitarist (Chicago), accidently shot in head at 32 1977 Event Canuck's Ron Sedlbauer fails on 3rd penalty shot against Islanders 1977 Event 25th Islander shut-out Resch 6-0 Gilles scores on 5th penalty shot 1977 Death Stacy Moskowitz, shot to death by Son of Sam, at 20 1977 Event Cap's H Monahan scored on 2nd penalty shot against Islanders 1976 Event Bryan Trottier failed in 4th Islander penalty shot 1976 Birthday Brad Snyder, Ontario, shot putter 1996 Olympics 1975 Death Richard S Welch, CIA station chief in Athens, shot dead 1975 Event Turkish diplomat shot dead in Paris 1975 Event Turkish diplomat shot to death in Vienna 1975 Event Brian Oldfield of U.S. put shot 75', an unofficial record 1975 Event Brian Oldfield shot puts 22.86 m (world record) 1975 Event Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz, king of Saudi-Arab (1964-75), shot by nephew 1975 Event Caps only got one shot in a period against Islanders 1975 Event 1st successful Washington Capitals penalty shot, Ken Lockett vs Vancouver Canucks 1975 Event Lorne Henning scores on 3rd Islander penalty shot 1974 Event 1st Washington Capitals penalty shot, Tom Williams unsuccessful vs Buff Sabres 1974 Event Tom Williams is unsuccessful on Washington Capitals 1st NHL penalty shot 1974 Birthday Amy Fisher, born in Long Island, New York, shot Mary Jo Buttafucco 1974 Event Ralph Stewart failed in 2nd Islander penalty shot 1973 Event Udo Beyer of East Germany puts the shot a record 20.47 m 1972 Event Billy Harris failed in 1st Islander penalty shot 1972 Event Morocco King Hassan II's B727 shot at 1972 Event George Wallace shot and left paralyzed by Arthur Bremer in Laurel, Maryland 1972 Birthday John Godina, born in Fort Sill Oklahoma, shot putter/discus thrower, 1996 Olympics silver 1971 Birthday Lisa-Marie Vizaniari, Australian discus/shot putter 1996 Olympics 1971 Death George Jackson, U.S. prisoner, shot to death at 29 1971 Death Mohamed Madbouh, Moroccan general/putschist, shot to death 1971 Death Joseph Colombo, mobster, shot dead at 48 1970 Death ... Haley, U.S. judge, shot dead 1970 Death James McClain, U.S. black activist, shot dead 1970 Death Jonathan P Jackson, U.S. black activist, shot dead 1970 Death William Christmas, U.S. black activist, shot dead 1969 Event 100-1 shot New York Mets beat Orioles 5-3 and win 66th World Series in 5 1969 Event Mick Jagger accidentally shot while filming "Ned Kelly" 1968 Birthday Donovan Leitch, Jr., actor/musician, I Shot Andy Warhol 1968 Event Wayne Connelly is 1st to score on a Stanley Cup penalty shot 1968 Death Bobby Hutton, U.S. Black Panther leader, shot to death 1968 Event Former President Dwight Eisenhower shot a hole-in-one 1968 Event Famous photo: Saigon police chief Nguyen Ngoc Loan executes a Viet Cong officer with a pistol shot to head 1967 Birthday Kevin Toth, born in Cleveland, Ohio, shot putter 1966 Death Charles Whitman, former marine, kills 13 at University of Texas, shot by cops 1966 Birthday Randy Barnes, Charleston, West Virginia, shot putter, Gold Medal 1996 Olympics, Silver Medal 1988 Olympics 1966 Death Randolph Turpin, boxer, shot dead in his home 1965 Event 50 mph gust carries 165 lb Robert Mitera's tee shot 447 1965 Birthday Daniela Costian, Australian discus/shot putter 1996 Olympics 1964 Death Sam Cooke, rock vocalist, shot to death at 29 1964 Event U.S. reconnaissance plane shot down over East Germany 1963 Death Lee Harvey Oswald, John F. Kennedy's assassinator, shot dead by Jack Ruby 1963 Death Medgar Evers, NAACP official, shot in Jackson Miss at 37 1962 Death Rudolph Anderson, U-2 pilot, shot down over Cuba 1962 Event E German border guards shot and kill Peter Fechter, 18, attempting to cross Berlin Wall into western sector 1962 Birthday James F Doehring, born in Santa Barbara, California, shot putter, Olympics-silver-1992 1961 Birthday Ramona Pagel, born in Los Angeles, California, shot putter 1960 Birthday Michael Carter, born in Dallas, Texas, shot putter 1984 Olympics silver 1959 Death Boughera El Quafi, marathoner, Gold Medal 1928 Olympics, shot to death at 60 1959 Event Bill Sharman hits a NBA record 56 consecutive foul shot 1959 Death Carl Switzer, actor (Alfalfa-Our Gang), shot to death at 31 1955 Event 2 Egyptian fighters shot down over Israel 1955 Event Israeli passenger plane shot down above Bulgaria, 58 die 1955 Event U.S. air patrol plane shot down above Bering sea 1955 Birthday John Hinckley, Jr., shot and wounded President Reagan, 1981 1954 Event 1st use of 24-sec shot clock in pro basketball (Rochester vs Boston) 1954 Death Johnny Ace, Memphis rocker, accidently shot self in head at 25 1954 Event U.S. spy plane shot down North of Japan 1954 Event U.S. plane shot down above Siberia 1954 Event NBA adopts 24-second shot clock and 6 team-foul rule 1953 Birthday Kevin Nealon, Bridgeport Conn, actor, SNL, Hot Shot, Coneheads 1953 Event U.S. bombers shot down at north of Wladiwostok 1953 Event Baseball star/pilot Ted Williams uninjured as plane shot down in Korea 1951 Death Mustafa Shuqri Ashu, tailor/murderer of king Abdullah, shot to death 1951 Birthday Maren Seidler, born in Brooklyn, New York, shot putter, Olympics-11th-1968 1950 Death Griselio Torresola, attempted to assassinate President Truman, shot dead 1950 Death Salvatore Giuliano, Sicilian bandit, shot by police 1950 Event U.S. B-29 bomber shot down above Latvia 1949 Birthday Geoff Capes, born in Holbeach, England, shot putter, two-time winner, World's Strongest Man title, two-time Commonwealth Games shot put champion 1949 Death Husni al-Barazi, premier of Syria, shot to death 1949 Death Husni el-Zaim, president/dictator of Syria, shot to death 1949 Birthday Helena Fibingerova, born in Czechoslovakia, shot putter 1976 Olympics bronze 1949 Event Phils Eddie Waitkus, shot by Ruth Steinhagen, 19, at Eddgewater Hotel 1948 Event Walter P Reuther UAW President shot and wounded at his home in Detroit 1948 Death Walter P Reuther, President (United Auto Workers), shot at his home 1947 Death Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, gangster, shot dead in Beverly Hills Cal 1946 Birthday Aston Barrett, Jamaican reggae bassist, I Shot the Sheriff 1946 Death Ananda Mahidol, king of Siam, shot dead at 20 1946 Birthday Michael Ontkean, Vancouver BC, actor, Rookies, Slap Shot, Twin Peaks 1945 Birthday Nadezhda Chizova, U.S.S.R., shot putter, Olympic-gold/silv/bronze-68/72/76 1945 Death Bernito Mussolini, Fascist leader (Italy), tried and shot 1945 Death Isaack Stouten, resistance fighter, shot to death at 29 1945 Birthday Randy Matson, U.S., shot putter, Olympic gold 1968 1944 Death Bijnen, Dutch opposition leader (LKP), shot to death in Apeldoorn 1944 Birthday Swoosie Kurtz, born in Omaha, Nebraska, actress, Slap Shot, Garp, Sisters 1944 Death Krijn van den Helm, resistance fighter (KP Leeuwarden), shot to death 1944 Event Battle of Philippines Sea, 300 Japanese aircraft shot down 1944 Event 1st B-29 attacked by Japanese fighters, one fighter shot down 1944 Event 40 Jewish policemen in Riga Latvia ghetto are shot by the gestapo 1944 Death Heinrich zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, German major/pilot, shot down 1943 Event P-47D Thunderbolt shot down above North-Holland 1943 Event Otto Skorzeny's Heinkel-111 shot down at Sardinia 1943 Death Zelo Bloch, Polish? Treblinka-rebel, shot to death 1943 Event U.S. 82nd Airborne division shot at, by "friendly fire" in Sicily 1943 Death Leslie Howard, actor (Romeo and Juliet), Nazis shot down his plane at 50 1943 Death Wa'er, shot dead by Defiance 1943 Death ... Reydons, wife of General Reydons, shot to death by resistance 1943 Event 1st Spitfire in action above Darwin, Australia, Mu Ki-46 shot down 1943 Death Wim Gertenbach, Dutch resistance fighter (Slogan), shot by Nazis 1943 Event German under officers shot down in Haarlem, Netherlands 1942 Death Adolf Opalka, Czechoslovakian resistance fighter, shot down 1942 Death Josef Gabcik, Czechoslovakian resistance fighter, shot by Heydrich 1942 Event Top German Nazi Reinhard Heydrich is shot and mortally wounded in Prague 1941 Birthday Ivanka Khristova, Bulgaria, shot putter 1976 Olympics gold 1941 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt orders any Axis ship found in American waters be shot on sight 1941 Birthday Jennifer Warren, born in New York City, actress, Slap Shot, Fatal Beauty, Mutant 1941 Event 551 Jews are shot in Kishnev ghetto in Romania 1941 Birthday Margritta Gummel, born in East Germany, shot putter, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics 1941 Event 1st Messerschmidt 109F shot down above England 1941 Death Jan Keizer, Zaanse February striker, shot to death 1940 Event 12 German aircraft shot down above England 1940 Event 17 German aircrafts shot down above England 1940 Event 47 German aircrafts shot down above England 1940 Event 55 German aircraft shot down above England 1940 Event 19 German aircrafts shot down above England 1940 Event 28 German aircraft shot down above England 1940 Event 71 German aircrafts shot down above England 1940 Event 45 German aircrafts shot down over England 1940 Event 38 German aircrafts shot down above England 1940 Event 31 German aircraft shot down over England 1939 Death Dirk Klop, Dutch intelligence lt, shot by German Abwehr 1939 Birthday Melinda Dillon, Hope, Arkansas, actress, Close Encounters, Slap Shot 1937 Birthday Tamara Press, U.S.S.R., shot putter/discus thrower, 3 Gold Medals 1960, 1964 Olympics, Silver Medal 1960 Olympics 1937 Event Lionel Conacher misses on 1st Stanley Cup penalty shot 1936 Event 1st successful Toronto Maple Leaf penalty shot, Conacher vs Rangers 1935 Death Carl Austin Weiss, murderer of Senator Huey Long, shot down 1935 Birthday Earlene Dennis Brown, born in Latero, Texas, shot putter 1960 Olympics bronze 1934 Event 1st Toronto Maple Leaf penalty shot, Conacher unsuccessful vs Rangers 1934 Death "Baby Face" Nelson, Lester Gillis, gangster, shot by FBI at 26 1934 Event 1st penalty shot vs Toronto Maple Leafs, Mondou (Mont) unsuccessful 1934 Death Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd, gangster, shot dead at 30 by FBI in Ohio 1934 Death John Dillinger, shot dead at Biograph Theater in Chicago, at 33 1933 Birthday Bill Nieder, shot putter, 1960 Olympics gold 1932 Event Cubs shortstop Bill Jurges is shot twice in Chicago hotel room by a spurned girlfriend, Violet Popovich Valli 1932 Death Erv A Kelley, U.S. policeman, shot to death by Pretty Boy Floyd 1928 Death Arnold Rothstein, A R, U.S. businessman/gambler, shot to death at 46 1927 Event 59th Belmont: Earl Sande aboard Chance Shot wins in 2:32.6 1926 Birthday Beah Richards, born in Vicksburg, Mississippi, actress/playwright, Big Shot, Generation 1922 Birthday George Roy Hill, dir, Slap Shot, Little Drummer Girl, Little Romance 1921 Birthday Johnny Otis, California, R&B talent scout, Cold Shot, Cuttin' Up 1920 Death Claude Tozer, cricketer, dashing NSW batsman, shot to death 1920 Death Robert Harron, actor (Intolerance), accidental shot to death at 27 1918 Event Lenin, new leader of Soviet Russia, shot and wounded after speech 1918 Death Alexandra Fjodorova, wife of tsar Nicolas II, shot to death at 46 1918 Death Botkin, personal physician of tsar Nicolas II, shot to death 1918 Death Charitonov, cook of tsar Nicolas II, shot to death 1918 Death Demidova, lady in waiting of tsar Nicolas II, shot to death 1918 Death Maria Romanova, daughter of tsar Nicolas II, shot to death 1918 Death Olga Romanova, daughter of tsar Nicolas II, shot to death 1918 Death Tatyana Romanova, daughter of tsar Nicolas II, shot to death 1918 Death Trupp, lackey of tsar Nicolas II, shot to death 1918 Death "Red Baron", Manfred von Richtofen, shot down in WW I at 25 1917 Event 1st Infantry division "Big Red One" shoots 1st U.S. shot in WW I 1917 Death Fanya Kaplan, Russian who shot at Lenin on Aug 30th, executed 1917 Birthday John Connally, Gov-D/R-Texas, shot in Kennedy motorcade 1916 Birthday Hank Luisetti, NBA forward, 1st to use a one-handed shot 1914 Birthday Rose Hill, singer and actress, Nicholas Nickleby, Shot in the Dark 1912 Event Bull Moose Teddy Roosevelt shot while campaigning in Milwaukee 1910 Death Stanley "Midnight Assassin" Ketchel, HW boxing champ, shot and killed 1908 Birthday Robert F Simon, Mansfield, Ohio, actor, Man who shot Liberty Valance 1907 Birthday Jim Bishop, author, The Day Lincoln was Shot 1906 Death Stanford White, Architect, shot dead atop Madison Square Garden which he designed by Harry Thaw jealous husband of Evelyn Nesbit 1901 Event President William McKinley, shot by anarchist Leon Czolgosz at Pan American Exposition in Buffalo NY, he dies 8th days later 1900 Event 250 grave robbers shot to death 1896 Birthday Ronald Adam, Herefordshire England, actor, Phantom Shot 1890 Event Record 19'2" alligator shot in Louisiana by E A McIlhenny 1882 Death Jesse James, outlaw, shot dead at 34, in St. Joseph, Missouri by Robert Ford 1882 Birthday Guy Kibbee, born in El Paso, Texas, actor, Big Shot 1881 Death William "Billy the Kid" Bonney, shot by sheriff Pat Garrett at 21 1881 Event President Garfield shot by Charles J Guiteau a disappointed office-seeker 1876 Death Wild Bill Hickok, shot dead (from behind) by Jack McCall while playing poker. He held a pair of Aces and a pair of 8's 1871 Event The 1st human cannonball, Emilio Onra, is shot 1871 Death Satank, Kiowa indian chief, shot to death 1868 Death Thomas Carmichael Hindman, attorney and Confederate general-major, shot at 40 1865 Event Flag flown at full staff over White House, 1st time since Lincoln shot 1865 Death John Wilkes Booth, assassin, is shot dead near Bowling Green Virginia at 27 1865 Event President Abraham Lincoln shot in Ford's Theater by John Wilkes Booth 1864 Event Union General O Howard orders plunderers, shot to death 1863 Event President Lincoln issues "eye-for-eye" order to shoot a rebel prisoner for every black prisoner shot 1863 Death Martin E Green, Confederate Brigadier-General, shot dead at 38 1862 Death Samuel Colt, inventor (6 shot revolver), dies at 47 1861 Death Elmer Ellsworth, U.S. warrior (Chicago Zouaves), shot to death at 23 1861 Death James T Jackson, U.S. landlord (doodde EE Ellsworth), shot dead) 1848 Death Denis-Auguste Affre, archbsp of Paris (1840-48), shot to death at 54 1814 Birthday Samuel Colt, U.S. inventor, Colt 6 shot revolver 1810 Death Andrew Hofer, Tyrolian rebel against French and Bavarians, shot dead 1775 Event Revolution begins-Lexington Common, shot "heard round the world" 1718 Death Charles XII, King of Sweden (1697-1718), shot dead 1676 Death King Philip, Metacomet, leader Wampanoag-indians, shot to death 1100 Death William II, Rufus, king of England, shot in New Forest at 44
