# Baker’s Dozen III **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 22, 2022, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093 "2022-08-22T15:39:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 275
**Author:** ![Jegpeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jegpeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jegpeg)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2024, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5481 "2024-07-14T15:06:42Z")
**Attempted or successful assassinations** 1. Benazir Bhutto - Pakistani Prime Minister 2007: successful 2. Benigno Aquino - Filipino politician, 1983: successful 3. Anwar Sadat - Egyptian president, 1981: successful 4. Andrew Jackson - American president, 1835: unsuccessful 5. Ronald Reagan - American president, 1981; unsuccessful 6. Pope Jean Paul II - 1981; Unsuccessful The Pope was shot and wounded by Mehmet Ali Ağca just 6 weeks after the attempt on Reagan’s life. With Anwar Sadat as well 1981 was quite a year for assassination attempts. ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2024, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5482 "2024-07-14T18:47:33Z")
**Attempted or successful assassinations** 1. Benazir Bhutto - Pakistani Prime Minister 2007: successful 2. Benigno Aquino - Filipino politician, 1983: successful 3. Anwar Sadat - Egyptian president, 1981: successful 4. Andrew Jackson - American president, 1835: unsuccessful 5. Ronald Reagan - American president, 1981; unsuccessful 6. Pope Jean Paul II - 1981; Unsuccessful 7. Theodore Roosevelt – former American president/third-party candidate, 1912; unsuccessful Shot in the chest at close range by pistol-wielding John Schrank prior to a campaign appearance in Milwaukee, the bullet was slowed by Roosevelt’s steel eyeglass case and the folded sheets of the fifty-page manuscript of his speech, eventually lodging in his chest. Waving off medical assistance, Roosevelt entered the hall, announced to the assembled audience as he showed them his blood-stained shirt, “Friends, I shall ask you to be as quiet as possible. I don’t know whether you fully understand that I have just been shot,” and then went on to deliver his ninety-minute speech before allowing himself to be taken to a hospital. The site of the shooting, the old Gilpatrick Hotel on Kilbourn Avenue, was razed in the 1940s and is now the site of a Hyatt Regency, although the modern hotel does bear a historical marker and a display related to the incident on the premises. Aside — I wonder if D.J. “Dishonest John” Trump will try to compare himself to TR _(who was a progressive Republican… an oxymoron in today’s political environment)_ during this week’s GOP convention, which coincidentally is being held at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee – located about a half-mile north of the site of the attempt on Roosevelt’s life. _(apologies for being so long-winded)_ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2024, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5483 "2024-07-14T19:27:21Z")
**Attempted or successful assassinations** 1. Benazir Bhutto - Pakistani Prime Minister 2007: successful 2. Benigno Aquino - Filipino politician, 1983: successful 3. Anwar Sadat - Egyptian president, 1981: successful 4. Andrew Jackson - American president, 1835: unsuccessful 5. Ronald Reagan - American president, 1981; unsuccessful 6. Pope Jean Paul II - 1981; Unsuccessful 7. Theodore Roosevelt – former American president/third-party candidate, 1912; unsuccessful 8. John F. Kennedy - American president; 1963; successful ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2024, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5484 "2024-07-14T19:57:46Z")
**Attempted or successful assassinations** 1. Benazir Bhutto - Pakistani Prime Minister 2007: successful 2. Benigno Aquino - Filipino politician, 1983: successful 3. Anwar Sadat - Egyptian president, 1981: successful 4. Andrew Jackson - American president, 1835: unsuccessful 5. Ronald Reagan - American president, 1981; unsuccessful 6. Pope Jean Paul II - 1981; Unsuccessful 7. Theodore Roosevelt – former American president/third-party candidate, 1912; unsuccessful 8. John F. Kennedy - American president; 1963; successful 9. James A. Garfield - American president, 1881; successful ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2024, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5485 "2024-07-14T23:45:53Z")
**Attempted or successful assassinations** 1. Benazir Bhutto - Pakistani Prime Minister 2007: successful 2. Benigno Aquino - Filipino politician, 1983: successful 3. Anwar Sadat - Egyptian president, 1981: successful 4. Andrew Jackson - American president, 1835: unsuccessful 5. Ronald Reagan - American president, 1981; unsuccessful 6. Pope Jean Paul II - 1981; Unsuccessful 7. Theodore Roosevelt – former American president/third-party candidate, 1912; unsuccessful 8. John F. Kennedy - American president; 1963; successful 9. James A. Garfield - American president, 1881; successful 10. John Lennon - British musician - 1980; successful ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2024, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5486 "2024-07-15T05:06:40Z")
**Attempted or successful assassinations** 1. Benazir Bhutto - Pakistani Prime Minister 2007: successful 2. Benigno Aquino - Filipino politician, 1983: successful 3. Anwar Sadat - Egyptian president, 1981: successful 4. Andrew Jackson - American president, 1835: unsuccessful 5. Ronald Reagan - American president, 1981; unsuccessful 6. Pope Jean Paul II - 1981; Unsuccessful 7. Theodore Roosevelt – former American president/third-party candidate, 1912; unsuccessful 8. John F. Kennedy - American president; 1963; successful 9. James A. Garfield - American president, 1881; successful 10. John Lennon - British musician - 1980; successful 11. Archduke Franz Ferdinand - 1914; successful ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2024, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5487 "2024-07-15T14:45:51Z")
**Attempted or successful assassinations** 1. Benazir Bhutto - Pakistani Prime Minister 2007: successful 2. Benigno Aquino - Filipino politician, 1983: successful 3. Anwar Sadat - Egyptian president, 1981: successful 4. Andrew Jackson - American president, 1835: unsuccessful 5. Ronald Reagan - American president, 1981; unsuccessful 6. Pope Jean Paul II - 1981; Unsuccessful 7. Theodore Roosevelt – former American president/third-party candidate, 1912; unsuccessful 8. John F. Kennedy - American president; 1963; successful 9. James A. Garfield - American president, 1881; successful 10. John Lennon - British musician - 1980; successful 11. Archduke Franz Ferdinand - 1914; successful 12. Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. - Civil Rights Movement leader, 1958; unsuccessful For more: [Izola Curry - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izola_Curry) Another attempt a decade later was tragically successful, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2024, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5488 "2024-07-15T15:05:45Z")
.nvm. ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2024, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5489 "2024-07-16T14:18:43Z")
**Attempted or successful assassinations** 1. Benazir Bhutto - Pakistani Prime Minister 2007: successful 2. Benigno Aquino - Filipino politician, 1983: successful 3. Anwar Sadat - Egyptian president, 1981: successful 4. Andrew Jackson - American president, 1835: unsuccessful 5. Ronald Reagan - American president, 1981; unsuccessful 6. Pope Jean Paul II - 1981; Unsuccessful 7. Theodore Roosevelt – former American president/third-party candidate, 1912; unsuccessful 8. John F. Kennedy - American president; 1963; successful 9. James A. Garfield - American president, 1881; successful 10. John Lennon - British musician - 1980; successful 11. Archduke Franz Ferdinand - 1914; successful 12. Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. - Civil Rights Movement leader, 1958; unsuccessful 13. Julius Caesar - Dictator Perpetuo of the Roman Republic, 44 BC: successful Next: **Successors to Assassinated World Leaders** (and who they succeeded) 1. Alexander the Great (336 BC, his father Phillip II of Macedon) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2024, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5490 "2024-07-16T15:06:09Z")
**Successors to Assassinated World Leaders** (and who they succeeded) 1. Alexander the Great (336 BC, his father Phillip II of Macedon) 2. Augustus Caesar (27 BC, Julius Caesar) ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2024, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5491 "2024-07-16T17:32:35Z")
**Successors to Assassinated World Leaders** (and who they succeeded) 1. Alexander the Great (336 BC, his father Phillip II of Macedon) 2. Augustus Caesar (27 BC, Julius Caesar) 3. Lyndon B. Johnson, American President (1963, John F. Kennedy) ---
**Author:** ![Jegpeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jegpeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jegpeg)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2024, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5492 "2024-07-16T17:34:44Z")
**Successors to Assassinated World Leaders** (and who they succeeded) 1. Alexander the Great (336 BC, his father Phillip II of Macedon) 2. Augustus Caesar (27 BC, Julius Caesar) 3. Lyndon B. Johnson, American President (1963, John F. Kennedy) 4. Chester A Arther (1881, James A. Garfield) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2024, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5493 "2024-07-16T22:18:05Z")
**Successors to Assassinated World Leaders** (and who they succeeded) 1. Alexander the Great (336 BC, his father Phillip II of Macedon) 2. Augustus Caesar (27 BC, Julius Caesar) 3. Lyndon B. Johnson, American President (1963, John F. Kennedy) 4. Chester A Arther (1881, James A. Garfield) 5. Olaf I of Denmark (1086, King Canute IV, patron saint of Denmark) ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2024, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5494 "2024-07-16T22:45:43Z")
**Successors to Assassinated World Leaders** (and who they succeeded) 1. Alexander the Great (336 BC, his father Phillip II of Macedon) 2. Augustus Caesar (27 BC, Julius Caesar) 3. Lyndon B. Johnson, American President (1963, John F. Kennedy) 4. Chester A Arther (1881, James A. Garfield) 5. Olaf I of Denmark (1086, King Canute IV, patron saint of Denmark) 6. Rajiv Gandhi (1984, his mother Indira Gandhi) I’d forgotten until looking him up today that he was assassinated too, only 7 years later. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2024, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5495 "2024-07-17T02:58:56Z")
**Successors to Assassinated World Leaders** (and who they succeeded) 1. Alexander the Great (336 BC, his father Phillip II of Macedon) 2. Augustus Caesar (27 BC, Julius Caesar) 3. Lyndon B. Johnson, American President (1963, John F. Kennedy) 4. Chester A. Arthur (1881, James A. Garfield) 5. Olaf I of Denmark (1086, King Canute IV, patron saint of Denmark) 6. Rajiv Gandhi (1984, his mother Indira Gandhi) 7. Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (1812, Spencer Perceval) Perceval was the only British prime minister to be assassinated. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2024, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5496 "2024-07-17T15:30:57Z")
**Successors to Assassinated World Leaders** (and who they succeeded) 1. Alexander the Great (336 BC, his father Phillip II of Macedon) 2. Augustus Caesar (27 BC, Julius Caesar) 3. Lyndon B. Johnson, American President (1963, John F. Kennedy) 4. Chester A. Arthur (1881, James A. Garfield) 5. Olaf I of Denmark (1086, King Canute IV, patron saint of Denmark) 6. Rajiv Gandhi (1984, his mother Indira Gandhi) 7. Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (1812, Spencer Perceval) 8. Theodore Roosevelt (1901, William McKinley) ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2024, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5497 "2024-07-17T17:10:49Z")
**Successors to Assassinated World Leaders** (and who they succeeded) 1. Alexander the Great (336 BC, his father Phillip II of Macedon) 2. Augustus Caesar (27 BC, Julius Caesar) 3. Lyndon B. Johnson, American President (1963, John F. Kennedy) 4. Chester A. Arthur (1881, James A. Garfield) 5. Olaf I of Denmark (1086, King Canute IV, patron saint of Denmark) 6. Rajiv Gandhi (1984, his mother Indira Gandhi) 7. Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (1812, Spencer Perceval) 8. Theodore Roosevelt (1901, William McKinley) 9. Hosni Mubarak, President of Egypt (1981, Anwar Sadat) ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2024, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5498 "2024-07-18T05:17:33Z")
**Successors to Assassinated World Leaders** (and who they succeeded) 1. Alexander the Great (336 BC, his father Phillip II of Macedon) 2. Augustus Caesar (27 BC, Julius Caesar) 3. Lyndon B. Johnson, American President (1963, John F. Kennedy) 4. Chester A. Arthur (1881, James A. Garfield) 5. Olaf I of Denmark (1086, King Canute IV, patron saint of Denmark) 6. Rajiv Gandhi (1984, his mother Indira Gandhi) 7. Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (1812, Spencer Perceval) 8. Theodore Roosevelt (1901, William McKinley) 9. Hosni Mubarak, President of Egypt (1981, Anwar Sadat) 10. Claudius (41 CE, his nephew Caligula) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2024, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5499 "2024-07-18T14:17:12Z")
**Successors to Assassinated World Leaders** (and who they succeeded) 1. Alexander the Great (336 BC, his father Phillip II of Macedon) 2. Augustus Caesar (27 BC, Julius Caesar) 3. Lyndon B. Johnson, American President (1963, John F. Kennedy) 4. Chester A. Arthur (1881, James A. Garfield) 5. Olaf I of Denmark (1086, King Canute IV, patron saint of Denmark) 6. Rajiv Gandhi (1984, his mother Indira Gandhi) 7. Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (1812, Spencer Perceval) 8. Theodore Roosevelt (1901, William McKinley) 9. Hosni Mubarak, President of Egypt (1981, Anwar Sadat) 10. Claudius (41 CE, his nephew Caligula) 11. Tsar Alexander III of Russia (1881, his father, Alexander II) ---
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**Successors to Assassinated World Leaders** (and who they succeeded) 1. Alexander the Great (336 BC, his father Phillip II of Macedon) 2. Augustus Caesar (27 BC, Julius Caesar) 3. Lyndon B. Johnson, American President (1963, John F. Kennedy) 4. Chester A. Arthur (1881, James A. Garfield) 5. Olaf I of Denmark (1086, King Canute IV, patron saint of Denmark) 6. Rajiv Gandhi (1984, his mother Indira Gandhi) 7. Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (1812, Spencer Perceval) 8. Theodore Roosevelt (1901, William McKinley) 9. Hosni Mubarak, President of Egypt (1981, Anwar Sadat) 10. Claudius (41 CE, his nephew Caligula) 11. Tsar Alexander III of Russia (1881, his father, Alexander II) 12. Andrew Johnson, American President (1865, Abraham Lincoln) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093.md?page=274) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093.md?page=276)