Assassination
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Assassination is murder by a sudden or secret attack, often for political reasons, particularly when the victim is a prominent political figure. A person who commits an assassination is called an assa
Depiction of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln shown in the presidential booth of Ford's Theatre. From left to right: assassin John Wilkes Booth, Abraham Lincoln, Mary Todd Lincoln, Clara Harris, and Henry Rathbone.
Masyaf Castle in Syria, an important Nizari Ismaili fortress.
18th-century depiction of the assassination of William the Silent by Balthasar Gérard on July 10, 1584
Indira Gandhi's blood-stained sari and belongings at the time of her assassination
On Friday, November 22, 1963, John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, was assassinated while riding in a presidential motorcade through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas. Kennedy was in
Assassination
…assassination. In the United States, four presidents were assassinated between 1865 and 1963: Abraham Lincoln, James A. Garfield, William McKinley, and John F. Kennedy. On June 28, 1914, Gavrilo Princip assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, in Sarajevo. The…
President John F. Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, Texas governor John Connally, and Connally's wife Nellie in the presidential limousine minutes before the assassination in Dallas
Kennedy delivering his "We choose to go to the Moon" speech at Rice University, 1962
Lee Harvey Oswald (center) and others distributing pro-Castro leaflets in New Orleans, August 16, 1963.
A photograph of Oswald posing with his rifle, a holstered pistol, and communist and socialist literature