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Tag: Assassinations

Photo: President Theodore Roosevelt, 1904. Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Former President Theodore Roosevelt Shot While Campaigning for President

By Jane Cook on August 12, 2024

The recent news reminded historian Jane Hampton Cook of another shooting of a former president while campaigning: Theodore Roosevelt, on 14 October 1912... (Read More)

Photo: detail from a Carte de Visite of John Wilkes Booth, undated. Credit: Black & Case; Wikimedia Commons.

Editorials about the Death of John Wilkes Booth, Lincoln’s Assassin

By Tony Pettinato on April 26, 2021

Editorials about the shooting death of John Wilkes Booth on 26 April 1865, 12 days after Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln... (Read More)

Illustration: "Assassination of Abraham Lincoln." This Currier & Ives print (1865) implies Rathbone was already rising as Booth fired at Lincoln; in fact, Rathbone was unaware of Booth until he heard the shot. Credit: Currier & Ives; Wikimedia Commons.

Lincoln’s Assassination: The Curse of the Presidential Box

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on April 14, 2020

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega writes about some of the other victims of President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination on 14 April 1865... (Read More)

Illustration: portrait of Andrew Jackson by Ralph E. W. Earl, c. 1837. Credit: Tennessee Portrait Project; Wikimedia Commons.

On This Day: President Andrew Jackson Miraculously Survived Assassination Attempt

By Tony Pettinato on January 30, 2019

An article about Richard Lawrence firing two pistols point-blank at President Andrew Jackson on 30 January 1835, and Jackson’s miraculous survival... (Read More)

Photo: detail from a Carte de Visite of John Wilkes Booth, undated. Credit: Black & Case; Wikimedia Commons.

American Traitor: 3 Facts about John Wilkes Booth, Slayer of Abraham Lincoln

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on April 12, 2018

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega searches old newspapers to learn more about President Abraham Lincoln’s killer: John Wilkes Booth... (Read More)

Photo: President John F. Kennedy's grave, Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia. Credit: Michelle J. Chappell-Norris.

Where Were You? Documenting Family History and the Kennedy Assassination

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on November 22, 2017

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega writes about recording family memories of the killing of President John F. Kennedy... (Read More)

Photo: detail from a Carte de Visite of John Wilkes Booth, undated. Credit: Black & Case; Wikimedia Commons.

Lincoln’s Assassin, John Wilkes Booth, Shot Dead

By Tony Pettinato on April 26, 2017

An article about the shooting death of John Wilkes Booth on 26 April 1865, 12 days after Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln... (Read More)

Portrait: President Ronald Reagan

On This Day: President Ronald Reagan Shot!

By Tony Pettinato on March 30, 2017

An article about the attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan by John Hinckley, Jr., on 30 March 1981... (Read More)

Photo: Malcolm X waiting for a press conference to begin on 26 March 1964. Credit: Marion S. Trikosko; Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Black Activist Malcolm X Assassinated

By Tony Pettinato on February 21, 2017

An article about the assassination of Black activist Malcolm X on 21 February 1965... (Read More)

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