Baker’s Dozen III

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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.

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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”-

5483

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
5484

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
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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
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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
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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

Another attempt a decade later was tragically successful, of course.

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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

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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)
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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)
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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)
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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 Arther (1881, James A. Garfield)
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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 Arther (1881, James A. Garfield)
  5. Olaf I of Denmark (1086, King Canute IV, patron saint of Denmark)
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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 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.

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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)

Perceval was the only British prime minister to be assassinated.

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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)