List of heads of state and government who survived assassination attempts
This article is a list of heads of state who have survived assassination attempts. Many notable heads of government have been survivors of assassination attempts.
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Assassination attempt of the U.S. President Andrew Jackson outside the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., 30 January 1835 -
Assassination attempt of King of Spain Alfonso XIII in Madrid, 31 May 1906 -
Assassination attempt of Russian Revolutionary Vladimir Lenin in Moscow, Aug 30 1918 -
Wolf's Lair conference room after the failed assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler, 20 July 1944 -
Iranian Shah Mohammad Reza Shah in hospital after the failed assassination attempt by Fada'iyan-e Islam in 1949 -
Venezuelan President Rómulo Betancourt delivers a speech with bandaged hands the day after the assassination attempt against him with a car bomb, planned by Dominican dictator Rafael Leónidas Trujillo, 25 June 1960. -
Assassination attempt of the U.S. President Gerald Ford outside the California State Capitol in Sacramento, 5 September 1975 -
Assassination attempt of the U.S. President Gerald Ford in San Francisco, 22 September 1975 -
Assassination attempt of the U.S. President Ronald Reagan outside the Washington Hilton Hotel, 30 March 1981 -
Brighton Grand Hotel after the bomb attack to attempt to assassinate British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, 12 October 1984
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See also[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Assassination attempts.
- List of assassinated persons
- List of people who survived assassination attempts
- List of assassination attempts on prime ministers of India
- List of United States presidential assassination attempts and plots
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