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assassination of Abraham Lincoln, (April 14, 1865) Murderous attack on Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the U.S., at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C., by Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth.
ASSASSINATE meaning: 1. to kill someone famous or important: 2. to kill someone famous or important: 3. to murder a…. Learn more.
Jun 11, 2018 · ASSASSINATION. Assassination, according to Franklin L. Ford, "is the intentional killing of a specified victim or group of victims, perpetrated for a reason related to his (her, their) public prominence and undertaken with a political purpose in view."
This is a list of successful assassinations, sorted by location. For unsuccessful assassination attempts on heads of state, see List of heads of state and government who survived assassination attempts. For unsuccessful assassination attempts on people other than heads of state, see List of people who survived assassination attempts .
Jan 28, 2010 · Baptist minister and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated by James Earl Ray in Memphis, Tennessee on April 4, 1968. His murder led to an outpouring of anger among Black ...
Oct 31, 2023 · 39 years ago, India’s Prime Minister was assassinated by her own security guards in the aftermath of the Army action at the holy Golden Temple. What happened on that fateful day, and afterward?
May 15, 2024 · Prime Minister Robert Fico of Slovakia, an ally of Vladimir V. Putin and Viktor Orban, was shot multiple times on Wednesday, stoking fears that Europe’s polarized politics were tipping into ...
