6. Missed Shot in Dallas (1963)
On December 11, 1960, Richard Paul Pavlick, a 73-year-old former postal worker from New Hampshire, attempted to assassinate President-elect John F. Kennedy. Pavlick planned to detonate dynamite in his car, killing both himself and Kennedy. However, upon seeing Kennedy’s wife and children, he hesitated and abandoned the plan. He was arrested four days later after a traffic stop revealed the explosives. This incident underscores the razor-thin margin between survival and tragedy.
