# Assassination

Today in History: John F. Kennedy is Born (1917)
John Fitzgerald Kennedy is one of the most beloved presidents in American History. He is often idolized for his inspiring…

Close Calls: 5 Unsuccessful Assassination Plots and Coups
Throughout history, there have been numerous successful plots and conspiracies that changed the world. For example, the Black Hand coordinated…

The Story of the Last Surviving Witness to the Lincoln Assassination
As the years go by, history grows and grows. More and more events are added to the tapestry of human…

The Bloody Assassination of a Roman Dictator “Julius Caesar”
The murder of Julius Caesar on March 15, 44 BC was one of the most significant assassinations in history. The…

FDR Survived an Assassination Attempt. You Won’t Believe What He Did Next.
Franklin Roosevelt found out just a few days before he took the oath of office in 1933 that the Presidency is…

Murder of a President: 5 Fascinating Conspiracy Theories about the Kennedy Assassination
In the first two articles in this series, I looked at the reasons why Oswald did and why he did not…

“I Am Only A Patsy”: 6 Reasons why Lee Harvey Oswald was NOT JFK’s Killer
In Part 1 of this series, I looked at 6 compelling reasons why Lee Harvey Oswald could have been JFK's…

Today in History: Assassin John Wilkes Booth is Killed (1865)
On April 14, 1865, just a few days after the official end to the American Civil War, Southern sympathizer John…

The Lone Assassin: 6 Reasons That Prove Lee Harvey Oswald Killed JFK
At approximately 12:30 p.m. on November 22, 1963, President John Fitzgerald Kennedy was murdered by an assassin’s bullets as he…

Today in History: Abraham Lincoln is Assassinated (1865)
Throughout the history of the United States there have been four presidential assassinations. Two of them are very well-known, the…