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Failed assassins (and their attempted targets)

  1. John Hinckley (Ronald Reagan)
  2. Lewis Powell aka Lewis Payne/Paine (William H. Seward)
  3. Mehmet Ali Ağca (Pope John Paul II)
  4. Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme (Gerald Ford)
  5. Sarah Jane Moore (also Gerald Ford!)
  6. Michael Abram (George Harrison)
  7. Oscar Collazo (one of the two Puerto Rican nationalists who tried to kill Harry Truman)
  8. Samuel Byck (Richard M. Nixon)
  9. Claus von Stauffenberg (Adolf Hitler)
  10. Arthur Bremer (Alabama Governor George Wallace)
  11. Guy Fawkes (House of Lords)
34465

Failed assassins (and their attempted targets)

  1. John Hinckley (Ronald Reagan)
  2. Lewis Powell aka Lewis Payne/Paine (William H. Seward)
  3. Mehmet Ali Ağca (Pope John Paul II)
  4. Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme (Gerald Ford)
  5. Sarah Jane Moore (also Gerald Ford!)
  6. Michael Abram (George Harrison)
  7. Oscar Collazo (one of the two Puerto Rican nationalists who tried to kill Harry Truman)
  8. Samuel Byck (Richard M. Nixon)
  9. Claus von Stauffenberg (Adolf Hitler)
  10. Arthur Bremer (Alabama Governor George Wallace)
  11. Guy Fawkes (House of Lords)
  12. Lee Harvey Oswald (Edwin Walker)

Oswald’s role only came to light after JFK’s death: Edwin Walker - Wikipedia

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Failed assassins (and their attempted targets)

  1. John Hinckley (Ronald Reagan)
  2. Lewis Powell aka Lewis Payne/Paine (William H. Seward)
  3. Mehmet Ali Ağca (Pope John Paul II)
  4. Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme (Gerald Ford)
  5. Sarah Jane Moore (also Gerald Ford!)
  6. Michael Abram (George Harrison)
  7. Oscar Collazo (one of the two Puerto Rican nationalists who tried to kill Harry Truman)
  8. Samuel Byck (Richard M. Nixon)
  9. Claus von Stauffenberg (Adolf Hitler)
  10. Arthur Bremer (Alabama Governor George Wallace)
  11. Guy Fawkes (House of Lords)
  12. Lee Harvey Oswald (Edwin Walker)
  13. Fanya Kaplan (V.I. Lenin)

I’ll pass.

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Generals killed in action (plus name of battle or campaign):

  1. Lucius Aemilius Paullus (Cannae)
  2. Albert Sidney Johnston (Shiloh)

Instead of passing, I’ll revive Nelson Pike’s category.

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Generals killed in action (plus name of battle or campaign):

  1. Lucius Aemilius Paullus (Cannae)
  2. Albert Sidney Johnston (Shiloh)
  3. Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr (Okinawa)
34469

Generals killed in action (plus name of battle or campaign):

  1. Lucius Aemilius Paullus (Cannae)
  2. Albert Sidney Johnston (Shiloh)
  3. Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr (Okinawa)
  4. Tecumseh (Battle of the Thames)
34470

Generals killed in action (plus name of battle or campaign):

  1. Lucius Aemilius Paullus (Cannae)
  2. Albert Sidney Johnston (Shiloh)
  3. Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr (Okinawa)
  4. Tecumseh (Battle of the Thames)
  5. Mardonius (Platea)
34471

Generals killed in action (plus name of battle or campaign):

  1. Lucius Aemilius Paullus (Cannae)
  2. Albert Sidney Johnston (Shiloh)
  3. Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr (Okinawa)
  4. Tecumseh (Battle of the Thames)
  5. Mardonius (Platea)
  6. John “They couldn’t hit an elephant at this distance” Sedgwick (American Civil War)
34472

Generals killed in action (plus name of battle or campaign):

  1. Lucius Aemilius Paullus (Cannae)
  2. Albert Sidney Johnston (Shiloh)
  3. Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr (Okinawa)
  4. Tecumseh (Battle of the Thames)
  5. Mardonius (Platea)
  6. John “They couldn’t hit an elephant at this distance” Sedgwick (American Civil War)
  7. Harold Greene (Kabul, 2014)
34473

Generals killed in action (plus name of battle or campaign):

  1. Lucius Aemilius Paullus (Cannae)
  2. Albert Sidney Johnston (Shiloh)
  3. Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr (Okinawa)
  4. Tecumseh (Battle of the Thames)
  5. Mardonius (Platea)
  6. John “They couldn’t hit an elephant at this distance” Sedgwick (Spotsylvania Court House, American Civil War)
  7. Harold Greene (Kabul, 2014)
  8. John Reynolds (Gettysburg 1863)
34474

Generals killed in action (plus name of battle or campaign):

  1. Lucius Aemilius Paullus (Cannae)
  2. Albert Sidney Johnston (Shiloh)
  3. Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr (Okinawa)
  4. Tecumseh (Battle of the Thames)
  5. Mardonius (Platea)
  6. John “They couldn’t hit an elephant at this distance” Sedgwick (Spotsylvania Court House, American Civil War)
  7. Harold Greene (Kabul, 2014)
  8. John Reynolds (Gettysburg 1863)
  9. Leonidas (Thermopylae)
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Generals killed in action (plus name of battle or campaign):

  1. Lucius Aemilius Paullus (Cannae)
  2. Albert Sidney Johnston (Shiloh)
  3. Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr (Okinawa)
  4. Tecumseh (Battle of the Thames)
  5. Mardonius (Platea)
  6. John “They couldn’t hit an elephant at this distance” Sedgwick (Spotsylvania Court House, American Civil War)
  7. Harold Greene (Kabul, 2014)
  8. John Reynolds (Gettysburg 1863)
  9. Leonidas (Thermopylae)
  10. Major General James Wolfe (Battle of the Plains of Abraham - 1759 Canada)
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Generals killed in action (plus name of battle or campaign):

  1. Lucius Aemilius Paullus (Cannae)
  2. Albert Sidney Johnston (Shiloh)
  3. Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr (Okinawa)
  4. Tecumseh (Battle of the Thames)
  5. Mardonius (Platea)
  6. John “They couldn’t hit an elephant at this distance” Sedgwick (Spotsylvania Court House, American Civil War)
  7. Harold Greene (Kabul, 2014)
  8. John Reynolds (Gettysburg 1863)
  9. Leonidas (Thermopylae)
  10. Major General James Wolfe (Battle of the Plains of Abraham - 1759 Canada)
  11. Harold Godwinson (Hastings)
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Generals killed in action (plus name of battle or campaign):

  1. Lucius Aemilius Paullus (Cannae)
  2. Albert Sidney Johnston (Shiloh)
  3. Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr (Okinawa)
  4. Tecumseh (Battle of the Thames)
  5. Mardonius (Platea)
  6. John “They couldn’t hit an elephant at this distance” Sedgwick (Spotsylvania Court House, American Civil War)
  7. Harold Greene (Kabul, 2014)
  8. John Reynolds (Gettysburg 1863)
  9. Leonidas (Thermopylae)
  10. Major General James Wolfe (Battle of the Plains of Abraham - 1759 Canada)
  11. Harold Godwinson (Hastings)
  12. Maj.-Gen. Sir Edward Pakenham (Battle of New Orleans, 1815)
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Generals killed in action (plus name of battle or campaign):

  1. Lucius Aemilius Paullus (Cannae)

  2. Albert Sidney Johnston (Shiloh)

  3. Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr (Okinawa)

  4. Tecumseh (Battle of the Thames)

  5. Mardonius (Platea)

  6. John “They couldn’t hit an elephant at this distance” Sedgwick (Spotsylvania Court House, American Civil War)

  7. Harold Greene (Kabul, 2014)

  8. John Reynolds (Gettysburg 1863)

  9. Leonidas (Thermopylae)

  10. Major General James Wolfe (Battle of the Plains of Abraham - 1759 Canada)

  11. Harold Godwinson (Hastings)

  12. Maj.-Gen. Sir Edward Pakenham (Battle of New Orleans, 1815)

  13. Leslie J. McNair (Normandy)
    New! A book you re-read every so often.

  14. The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody by Will Cuppy

34479

A book you re-read every so often.

  1. The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody by Will Cuppy
  2. The Barefoot Mailman by Theodore Pratt
34480

A book you re-read every so often.

  1. The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody by Will Cuppy
  2. The Barefoot Mailman by Theodore Pratt
  3. Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Suess

I have 3 kids and this one is my favorite bedtime story. I could probably recite it by rote.

34481

A book you re-read every so often.

  1. The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody by Will Cuppy
  2. The Barefoot Mailman by Theodore Pratt
  3. Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Suess
  4. The Big Sleep, Raymond Chandler

I have an audiobook version, and I often play it at night to fall asleep to.

34482

A book you re-read every so often.

  1. The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody by Will Cuppy
  2. The Barefoot Mailman by Theodore Pratt
  3. Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Suess
  4. The Big Sleep, Raymond Chandler
  5. Good Omens, Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
34483

A book you re-read every so often.

  1. The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody by Will Cuppy
  2. The Barefoot Mailman by Theodore Pratt
  3. Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Suess
  4. The Big Sleep, Raymond Chandler
  5. Good Omens, Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
  6. Aztec by Gary Jennings

Great historical epic - war, sex, exploration, romance, vengeance, conquest, human sacrifice, etc.