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feb 14, 1933 - Giuseppe Zangara attempted to assassinate President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt

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During a night speech by Roosevelt in Miami, Florida, Zangara fired five shots with a handgun he had purchased a couple days before. He missed his target and instead injured five bystanders, killing Anton Cermak, the Mayor of Chicago.

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feb 14, 1933
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~ 93 years ago