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'''''Infamous Assassinations''''' was a 2007 British documentary television series about high-profile murders and attempted murders of public figures. The series was narrated by actor [[Robert Powell]]. It is currently being shown on [[Yesterday (TV channel)|Yesterday]].<br />
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== Episode 1: Ernst Röhm ==<br />
On 1 July 1934 in [[Munich]], the [[Sturmabteilung|SA]] leader Röhm was killed on [[Adolf Hitler]]'s orders, shortly after many other [[Nazi]]s were also killed on Hitler's orders, on what became known as the [[Night of the Long Knives]]. Hitler ordered the killings to prevent any rivals within his party from gaining more power than he was comfortable with.<br />
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== Episode 2: Che Guevara ==<br />
On 9 October 1967 in [[La Higuera]], [[Bolivia]], Argentine [[communist]] [[guerrilla]] leader Guevara was shot dead by the Bolivian army.<br />
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== Episode 3: Princess Anne ==<br />
On 20 March 1974 in central London, a gunman attempted to kidnap [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|The Queen]]'s daughter, believing he could receive a multi-million pound ransom by doing so.<br />
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== Episode 4: Anwar Sadat ==<br />
On 6 October 1981 in [[Cairo]], Egyptian President Sadat was shot dead by Islamic extremist soldiers.<br />
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== Episode 5: Lord Mountbatten ==<br />
On 27 August 1979 in [[County Sligo]], Republic of Ireland, Prince Philip's uncle Louis Mountbatten was killed by an [[Irish Republican Army|IRA]] bomb.<br />
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== Episode 6: Ronald Reagan ==<br />
On 30 March 1981 in Washington D.C., [[John Hinckley, Jr.]] shot US President Reagan, wrongly believing that doing so would make actress [[Jodie Foster]] love him.<br />
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== Episode 7: John Lennon ==<br />
On 8 December 1980, in New York City, [[Mark David Chapman]] shot dead pop star Lennon. His motive was that he felt Lennon was a hypocrite for espousing universal brotherhood, whilst at the same time being a multi-millionaire enjoying a lavish lifestyle far beyond the reach of the large majority of people.<br />
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== Episode 8: Michael Collins ==<br />
On 22 August 1922 in [[County Cork]], Ireland, Irish nationalist leader who fought for [[Irish War of Independence|Irish independence]] was shot dead by Anti-[[Anglo-Irish Treaty|Treaty]] [[ Irish Republican Army|IRA]] gunmen as they believe he betrayed the Irish Republic.<br />
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== Episode 9: Leon Trotsky ==<br />
On 21 August 1940 in [[Mexico City]], Bolshevik leader Trotsky was killed with a mountaineering [[ice axe]] by [[Ramón Mercader]], on the orders of [[Joseph Stalin]].<br />
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== Episode 10: Charles de Gaulle ==<br />
Attempts to kill French President de Gaulle.<br />
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== Episode 11: Pope John Paul II ==<br />
On 13 May 1981 in [[Vatican City]], Turkish nationalist [[Mehmet Ali Ağca]] shot the Pope for reasons that still remain unclear and disputed.<br />
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== Episode 12: Adolf Hitler ==<br />
On 20 July 1944 in [[Rastenburg]], Germany, [[20 July plot|a bomb was planted]] with the intention of killing the Nazi dictator, but he was only slightly injured. Hitler had many people who were involved in the plot killed soon after.<br />
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== Episode 13: Wladyslaw Sikorski ==<br />
On 4 July 1943 in [[Gibraltar]], Polish leader [[Władysław Sikorski]] was killed when the plane he was travelling in crashed. Although the crash was declared to be an accident, that ruling is disputed.<br />
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== Episode 14: Robert F. Kennedy ==<br />
On 5 June 1968 in Los Angeles, [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]] immigrant [[Sirhan Sirhan]] shot Senator Kennedy, who died from his wounds the following day.<br />
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== Episode 15: William McKinley ==<br />
On 6 September 1901 in [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]], [[New York (state)|New York]], Polish-American anarchist [[Leon Czolgosz]] shot [[William McKinley|US President McKinley]], who died as a result 8 days later.<br />
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== Episode 16: Mahatma Gandhi ==<br />
On 30 January 1948 in [[Delhi]], [[India]], Gandhi was shot dead by [[Nathuram Godse]].<br />
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== Episode 17: Reinhard Heydrich ==<br />
On 27 May 1942 in [[Prague]], [[Czechoslovakia]], SS General Heydrich was killed by a grenade thrown by Czech resistance fighters [[Jan Kubiš]] and [[Jozef Gabcik]]. Heydrich died of his injuries on 4 June 1942.<br />
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== Episode 18: Martin Luther King ==<br />
On 4 April 1968 in [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]], Tennessee, black civil rights leader King was shot dead by [[James Earl Ray]], an escaped convict.<br />
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== Episode 19: Yitzhak Rabin ==<br />
On 4 November 1995 in [[Tel Aviv]], [[Israel]], Israeli Prime Minister Rabin was shot dead by right-wing Israeli Jew [[Yigal Amir]]. Amir considered Rabin to be a traitor for doing deals with the Palestinians.<br />
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== Episode 20: Tsar Nicholas II ==<br />
On 17 July 1918 in [[Ekaterinburg]], Russia, Bolsheviks shot dead the tsar, his wife, and their five children; then buried them in a wood.<br />
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== Episode 21: Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq ==<br />
On 17 August 1988 in [[Pakistan]], Pakistani President Zia-ul-Haq died in a plane crash, along with the US Ambassador and several high-ranking military officials. It was ruled an accident, but there are many [[conspiracy theories about the death of Zia-ul-Haq]].<br />
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== Episode 22: Alexander I of Yugoslavia ==<br />
On 9 October 1934 in [[Marseille]], France, Yugoslav King Alexander was shot dead by [[Vlado Chernozemski]], a Bulgarian nationalist.<br />
The episode seriously lacks factual accuracy in multiple occasions, e.g. claiming that Bulgaria was a Muslim country etc. and speaker seriously mispronounces most of the names and titles.<br />
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== Episode 23: Hendrik Verwoerd ==<br />
On 6 September 1966 in [[Cape Town]], South Africa, South African Prime Minister [[Hendrik Verwoerd]] was stabbed to death by [[Dimitri Tsafendas]].<br />
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== Episode 24: Franz Ferdinand ==<br />
On 28 June 1914 in [[Sarajevo]], Austrian Archduke Ferdinand was shot dead by Serb nationalist [[Gavrilo Princip]].<br />
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== Episode 25: Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi ==<br />
On 31 October 1984 in New Delhi, Indian Prime Minister I. Gandhi was shot dead by her [[Sikh]] bodyguards. Almost 7 years later, her son R. Gandhi was killed by a [[Tamil people|Tamil]] suicide bomber.<br />
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== Episode 26: John F. Kennedy ==<br />
On 22 November 1963 in [[Dallas]], Texas, US President Kennedy was shot dead by [[Lee Harvey Oswald]].<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [http://uktv.co.uk/yesterday/homepage/sid/6447 Infamous Assassinations]<br />
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