Baker's Dozen II (Part 1)

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Assassinated or executed heads of state (no repeats by country):

  1. Louis XVI - France
  2. Muammar Gaddafi - Libya
  3. Charles I - England
  4. Abraham Lincoln - United States
  5. Ninoy Aquino - Philippines
  6. Hendryk Verwoerd – USA (Union of South Africa)
  7. Yitzhak Rabin - Israel
  8. Alexander II - Russia
  9. Julius Caesar - Roman Republic
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Assassinated or executed heads of state (no repeats by country):

  1. Louis XVI - France
  2. Muammar Gaddafi - Libya
  3. Charles I - England
  4. Abraham Lincoln - United States
  5. Ninoy Aquino - Philippines
  6. Hendryk Verwoerd – USA (Union of South Africa)
  7. Yitzhak Rabin - Israel
  8. Alexander II - Russia
  9. Julius Caesar - Roman Republic
  10. Montezuma - Aztec Empire
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Assassinated or executed heads of state (no repeats by country):

  1. Louis XVI - France
  2. Muammar Gaddafi - Libya
  3. Charles I - England
  4. Abraham Lincoln - United States
  5. Ninoy Aquino - Philippines
  6. Hendryk Verwoerd – USA (Union of South Africa)
  7. Yitzhak Rabin - Israel
  8. Alexander II - Russia
  9. Julius Caesar - Roman Republic
  10. Montezuma - Aztec Empire
  11. Indira Gandhi - India
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Assassinated or executed heads of state (no repeats by country):

  1. Louis XVI - France
  2. Muammar Gaddafi - Libya
  3. Charles I - England
  4. Abraham Lincoln - United States
  5. Ninoy Aquino - Philippines
  6. Hendryk Verwoerd – USA (Union of South Africa)
  7. Yitzhak Rabin - Israel
  8. Alexander II - Russia
  9. Julius Caesar - Roman Republic
  10. Montezuma - Aztec Empire
  11. Indira Gandhi - India
  12. Anwar Sadat - Egypt
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Assassinated or executed heads of state (no repeats by country):

  1. Louis XVI - France
  2. Muammar Gaddafi - Libya
  3. Charles I - England
  4. Abraham Lincoln - United States
  5. Benazir Bhutto - Pakistan
  6. Hendryk Verwoerd – USA (Union of South Africa)
  7. Yitzhak Rabin - Israel
  8. Alexander II - Russia
  9. Julius Caesar - Roman Republic
  10. Montezuma - Aztec Empire
  11. Indira Gandhi - India
  12. Anwar Sadat - Egypt

@Bullitt I subbed Benazir Bhutto for 5. Ninoy Aquino, who was a Senator and Governor but not a head of state. His wife and son became heads of state but fortunately they were not assassinated or executed.

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Benazir Bhutto, Hendryk Verwoerd, Yitzhak Rabin and Indira Gandhi were all heads of government as prime minister, not heads of state; each of their countries had a president who served in that capacity. Is four too many to replace here before proceeding?

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Assassinated or executed heads of state (no repeats by country):

  1. Louis XVI - France
  2. Muammar Gaddafi - Libya
  3. Charles I - England
  4. Abraham Lincoln - United States
  5. Nicolae Ceaușescu - Romania
  6. Hendryk Verwoerd – USA (Union of South Africa)
  7. Yitzhak Rabin - Israel
  8. Alexander II - Russia
  9. Julius Caesar - Roman Republic
  10. Montezuma - Aztec Empire
  11. Indira Gandhi - India
  12. Anwar Sadat - Egypt

OK I subbed Nicolae Ceaușescu for Benazir Bhutto
So that’s just 3 heads of government
Or maybe @panache45 will be all right with widening the category to " heads of state and government?

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Fine with me. It’s in the spirit of what I had intended.

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Assassinated or executed heads of state and government (no repeats by country):

  1. Louis XVI - France
  2. Muammar Gaddafi - Libya
  3. Charles I - England
  4. Abraham Lincoln - United States
  5. Nicolae Ceaușescu - Romania
  6. Hendryk Verwoerd – USA (Union of South Africa)
  7. Yitzhak Rabin - Israel
  8. Alexander II - Russia
  9. Julius Caesar - Roman Republic
  10. Montezuma - Aztec Empire
  11. Indira Gandhi - India
  12. Anwar Sadat - Egypt
  13. Sadaam Hussein - Iraq

Now for something completely different.

Billboard #1 hits of 1977

  1. “Afternoon Delight” by the Starland Vocal Band
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…and right off the bat I screw it up by getting the year wrong.

Billboard #1 hits of 1976

  1. “Afternoon Delight” by the Starland Vocal Band
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Billboard #1 hits of 1976

  1. “Afternoon Delight” by the Starland Vocal Band
  2. “Silly Love Songs” by Wings
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I think we should coin a term that includes “heads of state and/or head of government” and/or nabob" and stop this hair-splitting. We should not need to look up every entry in this thread to makee sure our entry technically meets every detail. Nobody assassinates “head of state” because they have no power. This thread is about assassinations of people in power.

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Billboard #1 hits of 1976

  1. “Afternoon Delight” by the Starland Vocal Band
  2. “Silly Love Songs” by Wings
  3. “Play that Funky Music” by Wild Cherry
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I think “national leaders” would cover both bases.

Billboard #1 hits of 1976

  1. “Afternoon Delight” by the Starland Vocal Band
  2. “Silly Love Songs” by Wings
  3. “Play that Funky Music” by Wild Cherry
  4. “Saturday Night” by the Bay City Rollers

The first of the year, released on Jan. 3.

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Billboard #1 hits of 1976

  1. “Afternoon Delight” by the Starland Vocal Band
  2. “Silly Love Songs” by Wings
  3. “Play that Funky Music” by Wild Cherry
  4. “Saturday Night” by the Bay City Rollers
  5. “Convoy” by C.W. McCall

-“BB”-

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Billboard #1 hits of 1976

  1. “Afternoon Delight” by the Starland Vocal Band
  2. “Silly Love Songs” by Wings
  3. “Play that Funky Music” by Wild Cherry
  4. “Saturday Night” by the Bay City Rollers
  5. “Convoy” by C.W. McCall
  6. “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover” by Paul Simon
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Billboard #1 hits of 1976

  1. “Afternoon Delight” by the Starland Vocal Band
  2. “Silly Love Songs” by Wings
  3. “Play that Funky Music” by Wild Cherry
  4. “Saturday Night” by the Bay City Rollers
  5. “Convoy” by C.W. McCall
  6. “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover” by Paul Simon
  7. “December 1963” (Oh, What a Night) by The Four Seasons
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Billboard #1 hits of 1976

  1. “Afternoon Delight” by the Starland Vocal Band
  2. “Silly Love Songs” by Wings
  3. “Play that Funky Music” by Wild Cherry
  4. “Saturday Night” by the Bay City Rollers
  5. “Convoy” by C.W. McCall
  6. “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover” by Paul Simon
  7. “December 1963” (Oh, What a Night) by The Four Seasons
  8. Mahogany – Diana Ross

Heard in South Africa, which answered my burning question – Yes, Apartheid did allow black artists on white radio

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Billboard #1 hits of 1976

  1. “Afternoon Delight” by the Starland Vocal Band
  2. “Silly Love Songs” by Wings
  3. “Play that Funky Music” by Wild Cherry
  4. “Saturday Night” by the Bay City Rollers
  5. “Convoy” by C.W. McCall
  6. “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover” by Paul Simon
  7. “December 1963” (Oh, What a Night) by The Four Seasons
  8. Mahogany – Diana Ross
  9. “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart” by Elton John and Kiki Dee
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Billboard #1 hits of 1976

  1. “Afternoon Delight” by the Starland Vocal Band
  2. “Silly Love Songs” by Wings
  3. “Play that Funky Music” by Wild Cherry
  4. “Saturday Night” by the Bay City Rollers
  5. “Convoy” by C.W. McCall
  6. “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover” by Paul Simon
  7. “December 1963” (Oh, What a Night) by The Four Seasons
  8. Mahogany – Diana Ross
  9. “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart” by Elton John and Kiki Dee
  10. A Fifth of Beethoven - Walter Murphy