Tag: assassination
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Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated on this Day in History. October 31, 1984.
Image: Indira Gandhi in 1983. (Public Domain) On this day in history, October 31, 1984, Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated at 9:30 a.m. at her Safdarjung Road, New Delhi residence. Beant Singh and Satwant Singh, both Sikhs, shot Gandhi as she walked from a neighboring bungalow to her office. Although the two attackers…
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Shaka, the originator of the Zulu Kingdom of Southern Africa, is Assassinated by His Two Half-Brothers, after Shaka’s Mental Illness Threatens the Survival of the Zulu Tribe. September 22, 1828.
Image: An artistic rendition of Shaka (artist unknown) On this day in history, Shaka, the originator of the Zulu Kingdom of southern Africa, is assassinated by his two half-brothers, Dingane and Mhlangana, after Shaka’s mental illness threatens the survival of the Zulu tribe. When Shaka became chief of the Zulus in 1816, the tribe totaled…
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President William McKinley is Shot and Injured at the Pan-American Exhibition in Buffalo, New York. September 6, 1901.
Image: Leon Czolgosz shoots President McKinley with a revolver concealed under a cloth rag. (Wikimedia Commons.) On this day in history, President William McKinley is shaking hands and greeting visitors at the Pan-American Exhibition in Buffalo, New York, when a 28-year-old anarchist named Leon Czolgosz walks up to him and fires two shots into his…
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