President William McKinley’s assassination in 1901
A young anarchist known as Leon Czolgosz shot McKinley while he was at a fair in Buffalo, New York. Unfortunately, McKinley died only eight days later. Even if he wasn’t as well known as many other figures on the list, his death still led to a modern version of the Secret Service, which is in charge of protecting the president.
Russian Tsar Nicholas II’s assassination in 1918
The tsar, alongside his wife and their five children, was brutally shot to death in a basement. Their executors were the Bolsheviks, a revolutionary socialist group, who had been secretly holding them, hostages, for many months. It was a brutal and awfully performed execution, mainly because the children had hidden diamonds sewn into their clothes. However, the gems acted as a bulletproof vest, prolonging the commission longer than planned.
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Lincoln was not assonated in 1965 LOL! Who does your proof reading?
Lincoln assassinated in “1965”???
Abraham Lincoln was not assassinated in 1965. It was 1865.
I’m no history buff but I’m pretty sure Lincoln was assassinated way before 1965.
If my memory serves me correct, President Lincoln was not assassinated in 1965?
1865, not 1965!
Lincoln was still alive in 1965? I wish I had known, as I would like to have met him. LOL
Lincoln was NOT assassinated in 1965, you are a century late!!
It is too bad that this generation knows NO history!!
To start with , you might want to address the glowing error with the date of President Lincoln’s assassination. The year was 1865, NOT 1965!!! Ooooops!!!
That’s odd, I was 14 years old in 1965 but I don’t remember the Lincoln assassination. Also Obama didn’t deserve the Nobel Peace Prize.