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The Most Famous Political Assassination In History?
Mary Beard in her documentary on the history of Rome said that the assassination of Julius Caesar is the most famous political assassination in history. I’m not so sure. Lincoln was the first that sprang to mind, but then Gandhi…. Kennedy…. Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria?
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Anniversary of his assassination today.
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Anniversary of his assassination today.
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I was an 8 year old when JFK was assassinated and it had quite an effect on me. So much so that i became quite fascinated by the whole story and read everything i could on the subject - and i certainly wasn't short of reading material. I gained a CSE Grade A using the Kennedy Assassination as my main work and i still read lots of any 'new' stuff that comes to light. I believe that the JFK assassination may be the most famous political of all time, especially in the western world, because it was the first of the television era. Ask people of a certain age where they were when they heard the news and many will be able to reply honestly. Must admit, i can't remember where i was when Robert Kennedy was killed.
//I'd guess it was politically motivated - but only by virtue of the fact that he was the president //
when president, Ronald Reagan was shot by John Hinckley, who was fixated with Jodie Foster and shot Reagan to impress her. whilst the president is a political figure, I'm not sure you could call this a political shooting.
when president, Ronald Reagan was shot by John Hinckley, who was fixated with Jodie Foster and shot Reagan to impress her. whilst the president is a political figure, I'm not sure you could call this a political shooting.
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//I don't think it's ever been suggested that Lee Harvey Oswald was mentally ill, even though nobody's ever come up with a clear motive. //
A clear motive for LH Oswald or a clear motive for A N Other?
I've not worked out whether Bobby Kennedy was bumped off for being Attorney General, with the power to instigate an anti-Mafia crackdown, or whether it was because of his Presidential campaign and the Republicants feared he would walk it (popular family, plus sympathy vote).
//I don't think it's ever been suggested that Lee Harvey Oswald was mentally ill, even though nobody's ever come up with a clear motive. //
A clear motive for LH Oswald or a clear motive for A N Other?
I've not worked out whether Bobby Kennedy was bumped off for being Attorney General, with the power to instigate an anti-Mafia crackdown, or whether it was because of his Presidential campaign and the Republicants feared he would walk it (popular family, plus sympathy vote).
well, they had Oswald, so they could have asked him what he was up to; but somehow they were a little careless. I don't know if that points to conspiracy or just incompetence.
Sirhan Sirhan's reasons were openly stated: he's a Palestinian who thought (no doubt correctly) RFK was pro-Israel. I can't see any obvious reason to disbelieve him. He's in jail for life.
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Sirhan Sirhan's reasons were openly stated: he's a Palestinian who thought (no doubt correctly) RFK was pro-Israel. I can't see any obvious reason to disbelieve him. He's in jail for life.
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