Donald Trump is 45th US president but do you know that 4 American presidents were assassinated and another 6 survived assassination attempts.
US Presidents who were killed during office are:
- Abraham Lincoln was attending a show in theatre on April 14, 1865 when a man shot him in the head from behind, it was the second attack in 8 months but this time he was not lucky to survive.
- James Garfield was shot dead in his first year of office on July 2, 1881.The killer Guiteau said that a higher power has told him to kill the president.
- William McKinley was enjoying his second tenure when a man shot him dead on September 6, 1901.
- John F. Kennedy was shot in his head on November 22, 1963 while riding in a motorcade. His killer Lee Harvey Oswald was killed even before he would face trial giving rise to suspicion that he was killed by CIA.
Other 6 presidents who were lucky enough to survive assassination attempts are:
- Richard Lawrence
- Theodore Roosevelt
- Giuseppe Zangara
- Harry Truman
- Gerald Ford
- John Hinckley
There were many other attempts on presidential candidates including John F Kennedy’s brother Robert F. Kennedy.
November 8, 2017