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August 27, 1979: Assassination of Lord Mountbatten

On this day in 1979, The Provisional IRA executed a spectacular terrorist attack when they bombed the boat of Queen Elizabeth’s cousin Lord Mountbatten.

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Assassination attempt of French king in Paris (July 28, 1835)

A former thief sought to get revenge on society by assassinating French King Louis Philippe in Paris in 1835 with the use of an IED.

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Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria (June 28, 1914)

On this day in 1914, the terrorist assassination of Austro Hungarian Empire Archduke Ferdinand led to the outbreak of WWI and the deaths of 9,000,000.

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Assassinations of Jeffrey Brent Ball and Todd Ray Wilson (May 24, 1989)

On this day in 1989, two Mormon missionaries were killed by the Bolivian Marxist group Zarate Willka Armed Forces to protest US influence in Bolivia.

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Assassination of Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn (May 6, 2002)

Anti-immigrant Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn was assassinated by a left-wing activist who did not like his political views.

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May 1, 1995 | Assassination of Sri Lankan President

On this day in 1995, The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) assassinated Sri Lankaa President Premadasa during a May Day event and killed 17 others.

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April 14, 1865 | Assassination of US President Abraham Lincoln

John Wilkes Booth assassinated US President Lincoln in an act of terrorism on April 14, 1865

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February 15, 1905 | Assassination of Russian Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich

On this day in 1905 Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich was targeted for assassination by Russian revolutionaries.

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January 27, 2011 | Assassination of Ugandan LGBTQ activist David Kato

Those in the LGBTQ communities have had it hard enough over the millennia without having to deal with hate-inspired killings.

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January 26, 1989 | Assassination of Honduran general Gustavo Álvarez Martínez

On this day in 1989, the former head Honduras armed forces, Gustavo Álvarez Martínez was killed by armed men northeast of the capital city of Tegucigalpa.