# Baker's Dozen II (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 25, 2020, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938 "2020-01-25T03:38:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 55
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1081 "2020-03-10T14:55:21Z")
13 famous assassins (and their victims) 1. Lee Harvey Oswald (John F. Kennedy) 2. Gavrilo Princip (Archduke Franz Ferdinand) 3. The Roman Senate and Brutus (Julius Caesar) ---
**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:** [March 10, 2020, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1082 "2020-03-10T15:12:59Z")
13 famous assassins (and their victims) 1. Lee Harvey Oswald (John F. Kennedy) 2. Gavrilo Princip (Archduke Franz Ferdinand) 3. The Roman Senate and Brutus (Julius Caesar) 4. John Wilkes Booth (Abraham Lincoln) Lincoln actually saw him perform on stage on several earlier occasions. It is possible, but unknown, if they ever met. ---
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13 famous assassins (and their victims) 1. Lee Harvey Oswald (John F. Kennedy) 2. Gavrilo Princip (Archduke Franz Ferdinand) 3. The Roman Senate and Brutus (Julius Caesar) 4. John Wilkes Booth (Abraham Lincoln) 5. James Earl Ray (Martin Luther King Jr) ---
**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:** [March 10, 2020, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1084 "2020-03-10T16:31:36Z")
13 famous assassins (and their victims) 1. Lee Harvey Oswald (John F. Kennedy) 2. Gavrilo Princip (Archduke Franz Ferdinand) 3. The Roman Senate and Brutus (Julius Caesar) 4. John Wilkes Booth (Abraham Lincoln) 5. James Earl Ray (Martin Luther King Jr) 6. Charles Guiteau (James Garfield) ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1085 "2020-03-10T17:16:47Z")
13 famous assassins (and their victims) 1. Lee Harvey Oswald (John F. Kennedy) 2. Gavrilo Princip (Archduke Franz Ferdinand) 3. The Roman Senate and Brutus (Julius Caesar) 4. John Wilkes Booth (Abraham Lincoln) 5. James Earl Ray (Martin Luther King Jr) 6. Charles Guiteau (James Garfield) 7. Byron De La Beckwith (Medgar Evers) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1086 "2020-03-10T17:20:51Z")
13 famous assassins (and their victims) 1. Lee Harvey Oswald (John F. Kennedy) 2. Gavrilo Princip (Archduke Franz Ferdinand) 3. The Roman Senate and Brutus (Julius Caesar) 4. John Wilkes Booth (Abraham Lincoln) 5. James Earl Ray (Martin Luther King Jr) 6. Charles Guiteau (James Garfield) 7. Byron De La Beckwith (Medgar Evers) 8. Mark David Chapman (John Lennon) ---
**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:** [March 10, 2020, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1087 "2020-03-10T17:23:10Z")
13 famous assassins (and their victims) 1. Lee Harvey Oswald (John F. Kennedy) 2. Gavrilo Princip (Archduke Franz Ferdinand) 3. The Roman Senate and Brutus (Julius Caesar) 4. John Wilkes Booth (Abraham Lincoln) 5. James Earl Ray (Martin Luther King Jr) 6. Charles Guiteau (James Garfield) 7. Byron De La Beckwith (Medgar Evers) 8. John Bellingham (Spencer Perceval) Only person to assassinate a British Prime Minister: [John Bellingham - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bellingham) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1088 "2020-03-10T17:50:32Z")
13 famous assassins (and their victims) 1. Lee Harvey Oswald (John F. Kennedy) 2. Gavrilo Princip (Archduke Franz Ferdinand) 3. The Roman Senate and Brutus (Julius Caesar) 4. John Wilkes Booth (Abraham Lincoln) 5. James Earl Ray (Martin Luther King Jr) 6. Charles Guiteau (James Garfield) 7. Byron De La Beckwith (Medgar Evers) 8. Mark David Chapman (John Lennon) 9. John Bellingham (Spencer Perceval) 10. Nathuram Godse (Mohandas Gandhi) ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1089 "2020-03-10T18:04:32Z")
13 famous assassins (and their victims) 1. Lee Harvey Oswald (John F. Kennedy) 2. Gavrilo Princip (Archduke Franz Ferdinand) 3. The Roman Senate and Brutus (Julius Caesar) 4. John Wilkes Booth (Abraham Lincoln) 5. James Earl Ray (Martin Luther King Jr) 6. Charles Guiteau (James Garfield) 7. Byron De La Beckwith (Medgar Evers) 8. Mark David Chapman (John Lennon) 9. John Bellingham (Spencer Perceval) 10. Nathuram Godse (Mohandas Gandhi) 11. James Ford (Jessie James) ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1090 "2020-03-10T18:37:07Z")
13 famous assassins (and their victims) 1. Lee Harvey Oswald (John F. Kennedy) 2. Gavrilo Princip (Archduke Franz Ferdinand) 3. The Roman Senate and Brutus (Julius Caesar) 4. John Wilkes Booth (Abraham Lincoln) 5. James Earl Ray (Martin Luther King Jr) 6. Charles Guiteau (James Garfield) 7. Byron De La Beckwith (Medgar Evers) 8. Mark David Chapman (John Lennon) 9. John Bellingham (Spencer Perceval) 10. Nathuram Godse (Mohandas Gandhi) 11. James Ford (Jessie James) 12. Sirhan Sirhan (Bobby Kennedy) ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1091 "2020-03-10T21:21:24Z")
13 famous assassins (and their victims) 1. Lee Harvey Oswald (John F. Kennedy) 2. Gavrilo Princip (Archduke Franz Ferdinand) 3. The Roman Senate and Brutus (Julius Caesar) 4. John Wilkes Booth (Abraham Lincoln) 5. James Earl Ray (Martin Luther King Jr) 6. Charles Guiteau (James Garfield) 7. Byron De La Beckwith (Medgar Evers) 8. Mark David Chapman (John Lennon) 9. John Bellingham (Spencer Perceval) 10. Nathuram Godse (Mohandas Gandhi) 11. James Ford (Jessie James) 12. Sirhan Sirhan (Bobby Kennedy) 13. Prince Feliz Yusupov (Grigori Rasputin) Pass. ---
**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:** [March 10, 2020, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1092 "2020-03-10T21:45:22Z")
Averted or stopped assassins (and their would-be victims) 1. Richard Pavlick (John F. Kennedy) > **[Richard Paul Pavlick](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Paul_Pavlick)** > > Richard Paul Pavlick (February 13, 1887 – November 11, 1975) was a retired postal worker from New Hampshire who stalked Senator and U.S. president-elect John F. Kennedy, with the intent of assassinating him. On December 11, 1960, in Palm Beach, Florida, Pavlick positioned himself to carry out the assassination by blowing up Kennedy and himself with dynamite, but delayed the attempt because Kennedy was with his wife Jacqueline and their two young children. > He was arrested before he was able Pavli... ---
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Averted or stopped assassins (and their would-be victims) 1. Richard Pavlick (John F. Kennedy) 2. Lynette Fromme (Gerald Ford) ---
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Averted or stopped assassins (and their would-be victims) 1. Richard Pavlick (John F. Kennedy) 2. Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme (Gerald Ford) ---
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Averted or stopped assassins (and their would-be victims) 1. Richard Pavlick (John F. Kennedy) 2. Lynette Fromme (Gerald Ford) 3. Richard Lawrence (Andrew Jackson) He had two pistols good for one shot each. He fired the first one; it misfired. He fired the second one; _it_ misfired. Jackson proceeded to beat Lawrence with his cane. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1096 "2020-03-10T21:59:08Z")
Averted or stopped assassins (and their would-be victims) 1. Richard Pavlick (John F. Kennedy) 2. Lynette Fromme (Gerald Ford) 3. Richard Lawrence (Andrew Jackson) 4. John Hinckley Jr. (Ronald Reagan) ---
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Averted or stopped assassins (and their would-be victims) 1. Richard Pavlick (John F. Kennedy) 2. Lynette Fromme (Gerald Ford) 3. Richard Lawrence (Andrew Jackson) 4. John Hinckley Jr. (Ronald Reagan) 5. Eberhard von Breitenbuch (Adolf Hitler) ---
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Averted or stopped assassins (and their would-be victims) 1. Richard Pavlick (John F. Kennedy) 2. Lynette Fromme (Gerald Ford) 3. Richard Lawrence (Andrew Jackson) 4. John Hinckley Jr. (Ronald Reagan) 5. Eberhard von Breitenbuch (Adolf Hitler) 6. Viktor Ilyin (Leomid Brezhnev) ---
**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:** [March 11, 2020, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1099 "2020-03-11T02:29:18Z")
Averted or stopped assassins (and their would-be victims) 1. Richard Pavlick (John F. Kennedy) 2. Lynette Fromme (Gerald Ford) 3. Richard Lawrence (Andrew Jackson) 4. John Hinckley Jr. (Ronald Reagan) 5. Eberhard von Breitenbuch (Adolf Hitler) 6. Viktor Ilyin (Leomid Brezhnev) 7. Edward Oxford (Queen Victoria) He was 18, she was 21, and it was the first of 8 assassination attempts over her lifetime ---
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Averted or stopped assassins (and their would-be victims) 1. Richard Pavlick (John F. Kennedy) 2. Lynette Fromme (Gerald Ford) 3. Richard Lawrence (Andrew Jackson) 4. John Hinckley Jr. (Ronald Reagan) 5. Eberhard von Breitenbuch (Adolf Hitler) 6. Viktor Ilyin (Leomid Brezhnev) 7. Edward Oxford (Queen Victoria) 8. Sara Jane Moore (Gerald Ford) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938.md?page=54) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938.md?page=56)