Famous Assassinations in World History [2 volumes]: An Encyclopedia

906 Pages·2014·11.5 MB·English

by  Newton, Michael

Famous
Assassinations
in World History
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Famous
Assassinations
in World History
An Encyclopedia
V olume 1: A–P
MICHAEL NEWTON
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Newton, Michael, 1951–
Famous assassinations in world history : an encyclopedia / Michael Newton.
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Includes index.
ISBN 978-1-61069-285-4 (hard copy : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-1-61069-286-1
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Contents
Preface xv
Introduction xvii
The Encyclopedia
Volume 1
Abdallah Abderemane, Ahmed (1919–1989) 1
Aguiyi-Ironsi, Johnson Thomas Umunnakwe (1924–1966) 2
al-Banna, Sheikh Hasan Ahmed Abdel Rahman Muhammed
(1906–1949) 3
Albert I of Habsburg (1255–1308) 6
al-Din Shah Qajar, Nasser (1831–1896) 7
Alexander I of Serbia (1876–1903) 9
Alexander I of Yugoslavia (1888–1934) 10
Alexander II of Russia (1818–1881) 12
Ali, Muhammad Mansur (1919–1975) 14
Amin, Hafi zullah (1929–1979) 15
Aquino, Benigno Simeon, Jr. (1932–1983) 17
Araujo, Manuel Enrique (1865–1913) 20
Argaña Ferraro, Luis María del Corazón de Jesús Dionisio
(1932–1999) 21
Assassins Cult (ca. 1092–1275) 23
Bahonar, Mohammad-Javad (1933–1981) 27
Balbinus (165 CE–238 CE) 28
Balewa, Abubakar Tafawa (1912–1966) 30
Bandaranaike, Solomon West Ridgeway Dias (1899–1959) 32
Bautista Gill García del Barrio, Juan (1840–1877) 34
Becket, Thomas (1118–1170) 35
Belzu Humerez, Manuel Isidoro (1808–1865) 38
Beñaran Ordeñana, José Miguel (1949–1978) 40
vi CONTENTS
Bent, Charles (1799–1847) 42
Bhutto, Benazir (1953–2007) 43
bin Laden, Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad (1957–2011) 45
Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev (1945–2001) 48
Bishop, Maurice Rupert (1944–1983) 49
Bobrikov, Nikolay Ivanovich (1839–1904) 51
Bolles, Don (1928–1976) 52
Borgia, Giovanni (1476–1497) 54
Borsellino, Paolo (1940–1992) 56
Boudiaf, Mohamed (1919–1992) 57
Buback, Siegfried (1920–1977) 59
Bush, George Walker (1946– )—Attempted 61
Caesar, Gaius Julius (100 BCE–44 BCE) 65
Caligula (12 CE–41 CE) 67
Ca˘linescu, Armand (1893–1939) 69
Canalejas y Méndez, José (1854–1912) 71
Cánovas del Castillo, Antonio (1828–1897) 72
Carlos I of Portugal (1863–1908) 73
Carranza de la Garza, Venustiano (1859–1920) 75
Carrero Blanco, Luis (1904–1973) 76
Castillo Armas, Carlos (1914–1957) 78
Castro Ruz, Fidel Alejandro (1926– )—Attempted 80
Catargiu, Barbu (1807–1862) 83
Cermak, Anton Joseph (1873–1933) 84
“Chain Murders” (Iran) (1979–1998) 87
Charles VII of Sweden (1130–1167) 92
Chillingworth, Curtis Eugene (1896–1955) 93
Chinnici, Rocco (1925–1983) 94
Chitunda, Jeremias Kalandula (1942–1992) 96
Clinton, William Jefferson (1946– )—Attempted 97
Collins, Michael, Jr. (1890–1922) 99
Danilo I, Prince of Montenegro (1826–1860) 103
Daoud Khan, Mohammed (1909–1978) 104
Delgado Chalbaud Gómez, Carlos (1909–1950) 106
Deligiannis, Theodoros (1820–1905) 108
Dessalines, Jean-Jacques (1758–1806) 109
CONTENTS vii
Devi, Phoolan (1963–2001) 111
Ðind¯ic´, Zoran (1952–2003) 113
Doe, Samuel Kanyon (1951–1990) 115
Dollfuss, Engelbert (1892–1934) 117
Dubs, Adolph (1920–1979) 118
Duca, Ion Gheorghe (1879–1933) 120
Dudayev, Dzhokhar Musayevich (1944–1996) 121
Earp, Morgan Seth (1851–1882) 125
Edmund I (922–946) 128
Edward the Martyr (962–978) 129
Eisner, Kurt (1867–1919) 131
Elisabeth of Austria (1837–1898) 132
Eric V of Denmark (1249–1286) 135
Eric XIV of Sweden (1533–1577) 136
Erim, Ismail Nihat (1912–1980) 138
Evers, Medgar Wiley (1925–1963) 140
Ewart-Biggs, Christopher Thomas (1921–1976) 142
Faisal bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud (1906–1975) 145
Faisal II of Iraq (1935–1958) 146
Falcón, Ramón Lorenzo (1855–1909) 148
Ferreira do Amaral, João Maria (1803–1849) 150
Ford, Gerald Rudolph, Jr. (1913–2006)—Attempted 152
Foster, Marcus Albert (1923–1973) 155
Franz Ferdinand (1863–1914) 156
Gaddafi , Muammar (1942–2011) 161
Gandhi, Indira Priyadarshini (1917–1984) 164
Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand (1869–1948) 165
Gandhi, Rajiv Ratna (1944–1991) 167
García y Moreno y Morán de Buitrón, Gabriel Gregorio
Fernando José María (1821–1875) 169
Garfi eld, James Abram (1831–1881) 171
Gaulle, Charles André Joseph Marie de (1890–1970)—Attempted 173
Gaviria Correa, Guillermo (1962–2003) 176
Gegeen Khan, Emperor Yingzong of Yuan (1303–1323) 177
George I of Greece (1845–1913) 179
viii CONTENTS
Goebel, William Justus (1856–1900) 181
González Dubón, Eduardo Epaminondas (1945–1993) 183
Goulart, João Belchior Marques (1919–1976) 184
Guerin, Veronica (1958–1996) 186
Guevara, Ernesto “Che” (1928–1967) 188
Guinness, Walter Edward (1880–1944) 190
Gunn, David (1946–1993) 193
Gustav III of Sweden (1746–1792) 195
Habyarimana, Juvénal (1937–1994) 199
Hamidaddin, Yahya Muhammad (1869–1948) 201
Hammarskjöld, Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl (1905–1961) 202
Hampton, Fred (1948–1969) 205
Hani, Martin Thembisile “Chris” (1942–1993) 208
Harald IV of Norway (ca. 1102–1136) 209
Harrison, Carter Henry, Sr. (1825–1893) 211
Hennessy, David C., Jr. (1858–1890) 213
Henriot, Philippe (1889–1944) 215
Henry III of France (1551–1589) 217
Henry IV of France (1553–1610) 219
Heureaux Lebert, Ulises (1845–1899) 220
Heydrich, Reinhard Tristan Eugen (1904–1942) 222
Hitler, Adolf (1889–1945)—Attempted 225
Idiarte Borda, Juan Bautista (1844–1897) 231
Ige, James Ajibola Idowu (1930–2001) 232
Inejiro Asanuma (1898–1960) 234
Jackson, Andrew (1767–1845)—Attempted 237
Jackson, Wharlest, Sr. (1930–1967) 239
James I, King of Scots (1394–1437) 240
John Paul II (1920–2005)—Attempted 241
Kabila, Laurent-Désiré (1939–2001) 245
Kadyrov, Akhmad Abdulkhamidovich (1951–2004) 247
Kahane, Meir (1932–1990) 249
Kapodistrias, Ioannis Antonios (1776–1831) 252
Kapuuo, Clemens (1923–1978) 254
Karume, Sheikh Abeid Amani (1905–1972) 255
CONTENTS ix
Kennedy, John Fitzgerald (1917–1963) 257
Kennedy, Robert Francis (1925–1968) 264
Khoyski Isgender oglu, Fatali Khan (1875–1920) 269
King, Martin Luther, Jr. (1929–1968) 271
Ku Klux Klan (1866– ) 277
Lambrakis, Grigoris (1912–1963) 281
Laporte, Pierre (1921–1970) 282
Lennon, John Winston (1940–1980) 285
Letelier del Solar, Marcos Orlando (1932–1976) 288
Lincoln, Abraham (1809–1865) 291
Litvinenko, Alexander Valterovich (1962–2006) 295
Liu, Henry (1932–1984) 298
Long, Huey Pierce, Jr. (1893–1935) 299
Lumumba, Patrice Émery (1925–1961) 302
Luwum, Janani Jakaliya (1922–1977) 305
Madero González, Francisco Ignacio (1873–1913) 307
Maher Pasha, Ahmed (1888–1945) 309
Maïnassara, Ibrahim Baré (1949–1999) 311
Malcolm X (1925–1965) 312
Marat, Jean-Paul (1743–1793) 317
Maskhadov, Aslan Aliyevich (1951–2005) 320
McGlinchey, Dominic (1954–1994) 321
McKinley, William, Jr. (1843–1901) 323
Medici, Giuliano de’ (1453–1478) 326
Mitrione, Daniel Anthony (1920–1970) 328
Moawad, René (1925–1989) 330
Mohammed, Murtala Ramat (1938–1976) 331
Mondlane, Eduardo Chivambo (1920–1969) 333
Moore, Harry Tyson (1905–1951) 335
Moro, Aldo (1916–1978) 336
Moscone, George Richard (1929–1978) 339
Mosharraf, Khaled (1938–1975) 341
Mountbatten, Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas George
(1900–1979) 342
Mussolini, Benito Amilcare Andrea (1883–1945) 344