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Giuseppe Zangara

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Convicted killer (1900-1933)

United StatesPoliticiansLived 1900 to 1933 · aged 32
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Giuseppe Zangara was an Italian-born American man who attempted to assassinate the President-elect of the United States, Franklin D. Roosevelt, on February 15, 1933, 17 days before Roosevelt's inauguration.

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Giuseppe Zangara was an Italian-born American man who attempted to assassinate the President-elect of the United States, Franklin D. Roosevelt, on February 15, 1933, 17 days before Roosevelt's inauguration. During a night speech by Roosevelt in Miami, Florida, Zangara fired five shots with a handgun he had purchased a couple of days before. He missed his target and instead killed Anton Cermak, the Mayor of Chicago, and injured four bystanders.

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United States
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Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
deceased
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Lived 1900 to 1933 · aged 32
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15 languages

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