# 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:** 430
**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:** [September 12, 2025, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8581 "2025-09-12T20:59:04Z")
**ictims of assassination (and year that it happened)** 1. John F. Kennedy (1963) 2. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1968) 3. Julius Caesar (44 BC) 4. Shinzo Abe (2022) 5. Indira Gandhi (1984) 6. Abraham Lincoln (1865) 7. Archduke Franz Ferdinand (1914) 8. Spencer Perceval (1812) 9. Anwar Sadat (1981) 10. Alexander Litvinenko (2006) 11. John Lennon (1980) ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2025, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8582 "2025-09-13T05:17:58Z")
**victims of assassination (and year that it happened)** 1. John F. Kennedy (1963) 2. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1968) 3. Julius Caesar (44 BC) 4. Shinzo Abe (2022) 5. Indira Gandhi (1984) 6. Abraham Lincoln (1865) 7. Archduke Franz Ferdinand (1914) 8. Spencer Perceval (1812) 9. Anwar Sadat (1981) 10. Alexander Litvinenko (2006) 11. John Lennon (1980) 12. Huey Long (1935) ---
**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:** [September 14, 2025, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8583 "2025-09-14T02:15:29Z")
**Victims of assassination (and year that it happened)** 1. John F. Kennedy (1963) 2. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1968) 3. Julius Caesar (44 BC) 4. Shinzo Abe (2022) 5. Indira Gandhi (1984) 6. Abraham Lincoln (1865) 7. Archduke Franz Ferdinand (1914) 8. Spencer Perceval (1812) 9. Anwar Sadat (1981) 10. Alexander Litvinenko (2006) 11. John Lennon (1980) 12. Huey Long (1935) 13. Yitzhak Rabin (1995) Next up: **Failed assassinations attempts (and year that it happened)** 1. John F. Kennedy (1960) For more: [Richard Paul Pavlick - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Paul_Pavlick) ---
**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:** [September 14, 2025, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8584 "2025-09-14T02:32:18Z")
**Failed assassinations attempts (and year that it happened)** 1. John F. Kennedy (1960) 2. Adolf Hitler (1944) One of many ---
**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:** [September 14, 2025, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8585 "2025-09-14T02:43:10Z")
**Failed assassination attempts (and year that it happened)** 1. John F. Kennedy (1960) 2. Adolf Hitler (1944) 3. Andrew Jackson (1835) The first US President to be so targeted. I love this story. The guy approaches Jackson holding two pistols. Fires one. It misfires. Fires the second one. _It_ misfires. Jackson takes his cane and starts beating the guy over the head. ---
**Author:** ![Bubblethegumkid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubblethegumkid/32/19893_2.png) [@Bubblethegumkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bubblethegumkid)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2025, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8586 "2025-09-14T04:38:31Z")
1. John F. Kennedy (1960) 2. Adolf Hitler (1944) 3. Andrew Jackson (1835) 4. George Wallace (1972) ---
**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:** [September 14, 2025, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8587 "2025-09-14T06:12:05Z")
Failed assassination attempts (and year that it happened 1. John F. Kennedy (1960) 2. Adolf Hitler (1944) 3. Andrew Jackson (1835) 4. George Wallace (1972) 5. Queen Victoria (1840) The first of several attempts ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2025, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8588 "2025-09-14T08:02:02Z")
**Failed assassination attempts (and year that it happened)** 1. John F. Kennedy (1960) 2. Adolf Hitler (1944) 3. Andrew Jackson (1835) 4. George Wallace (1972) 5. Queen Victoria (1840) 6. Gerald Ford (1972) Two attempts were made, just a few weeks apart, by women associated with Charles Mansion: Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme and Sara Jane Moore. ---
**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:** [September 14, 2025, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8589 "2025-09-14T11:21:45Z")
**Failed assassination attempts (and year that it happened)** 1. John F. Kennedy (1960) 2. Adolf Hitler (1944) 3. Andrew Jackson (1835) 4. George Wallace (1972) 5. Queen Victoria (1840) 6. Gerald Ford (1972) 7. Theodore Roosevelt (1912) With a bullet lodged in his chest, the Progressive (Bull Moose) Party candidate famously said “It takes more than that to kill a Bull Moose”. TR then proceeded to give his 90-minute speech before seeking medical attention. ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2025, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8590 "2025-09-15T01:55:08Z")
**Failed assassination attempts (and year that it happened)** 1. John F. Kennedy (1960) 2. Adolf Hitler (1944) 3. Andrew Jackson (1835) 4. George Wallace (1972) 5. Queen Victoria (1840) 6. Gerald Ford (1972) 7. Theodore Roosevelt (1912) 8. Ronald Reagan (1981) ---
**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:** [September 15, 2025, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8591 "2025-09-15T02:08:00Z")
**Failed assassination attempts (and year that it happened)** 1. John F. Kennedy (1960) 2. Adolf Hitler (1944) 3. Andrew Jackson (1835) 4. George Wallace (1972) 5. Queen Victoria (1840) 6. Gerald Ford (1972) 7. Theodore Roosevelt (1912) 8. Ronald Reagan (1981) 9. Donald Trump (2024) ---
**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:** [September 15, 2025, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8592 "2025-09-15T02:19:02Z")
**Failed assassination attempts (and year that it happened)** 1. John F. Kennedy (1960) 2. Adolf Hitler (1944) 3. Andrew Jackson (1835) 4. George Wallace (1972) 5. Queen Victoria (1840) 6. Gerald Ford (1972) 7. Theodore Roosevelt (1912) 8. Ronald Reagan (1981) 9. Donald Trump (2024) 10. Martin Luther King Jr. (1958) For more: [Izola Curry - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izola_Curry) ---
**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:** [September 15, 2025, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8593 "2025-09-15T17:05:04Z")
**Failed assassination attempts (and year that it happened)** 1. John F. Kennedy (1960) 2. Adolf Hitler (1944) 3. Andrew Jackson (1835) 4. George Wallace (1972) 5. Queen Victoria (1840) 6. Gerald Ford (1972) 7. Theodore Roosevelt (1912) 8. Ronald Reagan (1981) 9. Donald Trump (2024) 10. Martin Luther King Jr. (1958) 11. Pope John Paul II (1981) ---
**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:** [September 15, 2025, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8594 "2025-09-15T20:10:17Z")
**Failed assassination attempts (and year that it happened)** 1. John F. Kennedy (1960) 2. Adolf Hitler (1944) 3. Andrew Jackson (1835) 4. George Wallace (1972) 5. Queen Victoria (1840) 6. Gerald Ford (1972) 7. Theodore Roosevelt (1912) 8. Ronald Reagan (1981) 9. Donald Trump (2024) 10. Martin Luther King Jr. (1958) 11. Pope John Paul II (1981) 12. Margaret Thatcher (1984) For more: [Brighton hotel bombing - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brighton_hotel_bombing) ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2025, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8595 "2025-09-16T01:05:20Z")
**Failed assassination attempts (and year that it happened)** 1. John F. Kennedy (1960) 2. Adolf Hitler (1944) 3. Andrew Jackson (1835) 4. George Wallace (1972) 5. Queen Victoria (1840) 6. Gerald Ford (1972) 7. Theodore Roosevelt (1912) 8. Ronald Reagan (1981) 9. Donald Trump (2024) 10. Martin Luther King Jr. (1958) 11. Pope John Paul II (1981) 12. Margaret Thatcher (1984) 13. Gerald Ford (1975) Pass ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2025, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8596 "2025-09-16T03:19:18Z")
**Nursery rhymes** 1. London Bridge ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2025, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8597 "2025-09-16T03:32:17Z")
**Nursery rhymes** 1. London Bridge 2. Little Bo Peep ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2025, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8598 "2025-09-16T03:33:39Z")
**Nursery rhymes** 1. London Bridge 2. Little Bo Peep 3. Jack Sprat ---
**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:** [September 16, 2025, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8599 "2025-09-16T06:18:40Z")
**Nursery rhymes** 1. London Bridge 2. Little Bo Peep 3. Jack Sprat 4. Jack and Jill _Jack and Jill went up the hill To fetch a pail of water Jack fell down and broke his crown And Jill came tumbling after_ ---
**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:** [September 16, 2025, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8600 "2025-09-16T11:31:02Z")
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