1901 ⟶ McKinley Assassination and Roosevelt's Ascension
September 6: The assassination of William McKinley ushered i...
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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🗳️ Herbert Hoover Inaugurated as U.S. President
March 4: Herbert Hoover is inaugurated as President of the United States.⟶
PresidencyGreat DepressionInaugurationExecutive Branch
United States🇺🇸 Assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy and Presidential Succession
November 22: Assassination of John F. Kennedy. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson assumes office as President of the United States.⟶
AssassinationPresidencyCold WarPolitical ViolenceLyndon B. JohnsonJohn F. KennedyAmerican History
United States🕊️ Assassination of US Senator Robert F. Kennedy
AssassinationCivil Rights MovementPresidential ElectionPolitical ViolenceSocial Upheaval
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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