1978 ⟶ Assassination of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk
November 27: San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and City Sup...
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🔪 Assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln
April 14: United States President Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by actor and Confederate sympathiser John Wilkes Booth, while attending a performance at Ford's Theater, Washington, D.C. He dies approximately nine hours after being shot on April 15, 1865.⟶
AssassinationAmerican Civil WarReconstruction EraAbraham LincolnPolitical Violence
United States🔪 McKinley Assassination and Roosevelt's Ascension
September 6: The assassination of William McKinley ushered in office Vice President Theodore Roosevelt after McKinley's death on September 14.⟶
PresidencyAssassinationProgressive EraPolitical ViolenceExecutive Branch
United States🕊️ Assassination of US Senator Robert F. Kennedy
AssassinationCivil Rights MovementPresidential ElectionPolitical ViolenceSocial Upheaval
United States🕊️ Assassination of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk
November 27: San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and City Supervisor Harvey Milk are assassinated by former Supervisor Dan White.⟶
AssassinationPolitical ViolenceLGBTQ+ RightsSan FranciscoHuman RightsPolitical Corruption
United States🔫 Assassination Attempt on President Ronald Reagan
March 30: Assassination attempt on U.S. president Ronald Reagan.⟶
AssassinationPolitical ViolenceReagan AdministrationCold War
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