7 of History’s Most Tragic Assassinations

Take note of the people below who were murdered.

All of these people were murdered because they were a threat to corrupt governments, individuals, and institutions worldwide…

All it takes to bring change is ONE great leader.

ONE person has the power to awaken the hearts, minds, and souls of humanity and bring peace on earth.

These people were such a threat to other evil sources that they were murdered in some of the most gruesome ways.

1. Jesus Christ of Nazareth

Jesus of Nazareth, who Christians believe is the son of God and whose life, death, and resurrection as reported in the New Testament of the Bible are the basis of the Christian religion.

Jesus gained a following after teaching and encouraging messages of peace, love, and courage.

He was a rebel against everything the government stood for, which is why the government at the time had him crucified.

Even then, “the system,” was fearful of a man as peaceful as Jesus Christ.

Crucifixion is one of the most painful deaths one could experience.

It was invented by the Persians between 300-400 B.C.

Did you know? – The word “excruciating” is derived from the word “crucifixion,” acknowledging it as a form of slow, painful suffering.

2. Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968)

MLK Jr. was fatally shot on April 4th, 1968, while standing on his balcony at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. The civil rights leader was in Memphis to support a sanitation workers’ strike and was on his way to dinner when a bullet struck him in the jaw and severed his spinal cord.

King was pronounced dead after his arrival at a Memphis hospital. He was 39 years old.

Martin Luther King Jr. will go down in history as one of America’s most powerful, inspiring, and loving individuals who shaped the future of our country for the better. MLK was the driving force behind the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the 1963 March on Washington, which helped bring about such landmark legislation as the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act.

KING WAS TIME MAGAZINE’S MAN OF THE YEAR IN 1963

In its January 1964 issue, Time named Martin Luther King, Jr., ”Man of the Year” for 1963 recognizing him as a fearless leader who fought to bring equality in America. He was the first African American recipient of this honor.

Being the selfless man he was, King viewed the accomplishment not as a personal honor but as a tribute to the civil rights movement.

Martin Luther King Jr. was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.

His efforts for peace, love, and unity amongst blacks, whites, and people from all walks of life will never be forgotten.

3. Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1948)

Mahatma Gandhi was one of the greatest national and civil rights leaders of the 20th century. He served as a lawyer, politician, and activist in the struggle for social justice and for India’s independence from British rule.

Gandhi is internationally recognized for his non-violent, peaceful protests (satyagraha) to achieve political and social progress.

One of Gandhi’s most impactful accomplishments was his life-long fight for the independence of India. His dream for his country’s independence finally became reality on August 15, 1947.

On the evening of 30 January 1948, Gandhi was shot dead at point-blank range as he emerged from a prayer meeting in the capital, Delhi.

Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated by a young Hindu extremist while walking to his prayer meeting in the lawn of Birla House, New Delhi. He was 78.

On 13 January, beginning what would prove to be his last fast, Gandhi said, “Death for me would be a glorious deliverance rather than that I should be a helpless witness of the destruction of India, Hinduism, Sikhism and Islam’, and explained that his dream was for the Hindus, Sikhs, Parsis, Christians and Muslims of all India to live together in amity.

Gandhi offered a beautiful comment on something as dark as death, saying,

“If I am to die by the bullet of a madman, I must do so smiling. There must be no anger within me. God must be in my heart and on my lips.”

4. Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)

Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States.

Lincoln’s legacy is based on his momentous achievements including preserving the Union, ending slavery, and creating the possibility and foundation for civil and social freedom for African-Americans.

At  7:22 a.m. on April 15th, 1865, Lincoln, 56, was shot during a performance at the Ford Theater in Washington, D.C. John Wilkes Booth, an actor and Confederate sympathizer, burst through the door of Lincoln’s box in the balcony and shot the President point-blank in the back of his head. He died shortly after.

The president’s death came only six days after Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his massive army at Appomattox Court House, effectively ending the American Civil War.

5. John F Kennedy

On November 22nd, 1963,  John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, was assassinated while traveling in a motorcade through Dallas, Texas, in an open-top convertible.

First lady Jacqueline Kennedy rarely accompanied her husband on political outings, but she was beside him, along with Texas Governor John Connally and his wife. President Kennedy had been preparing for his next presidential campaign. Although he had not formally announced his candidacy, it was clear that he would run and seemed confident about his chances for re-election.

J.F.K.’s death became one of the most famous assassinations in history.

As their vehicle passed the Texas School Book Depository Building at 12:30 p.m., Lee Harvey Oswald allegedly fired three shots from the sixth floor, fatally wounding President Kennedy and seriously injuring Governor Connally.

The president was shot multiple times in his neck.

Governor Connally was shot in his back.

Immediately, the President was taken to Parkland Memorial Hospital just a few minutes away. Unfortunately, little could be done for the President.

A Catholic priest was summoned to administer the last rites, and Kennedy was pronounced dead 30 minutes later at Dallas’ Parkland Hospital. He was 46 years old.

Though seriously wounded, Governor Connally was able to recover.

6. YITZHAK RABIN 1922 – 1995

Rabin was the Israel’s 5th Prime Minister.

He served two terms in office, 1974-1977 and 1992 until his assassination in 1995 at the hands of Yigal Amir.

The Oslo Accords

On September 13, 1993, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Negotiator Mahmoud Abbas signed a Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements. This became known as the “Oslo Accords.”

Both sides agreed that a Palestinian Authority (PA) would be established and assume governing responsibilities in the West Bank and Gaza Strip over a five-year period.

The Oslo Accords marked the first time Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) formally recognized one another. Many at that time believed this was a step in the right direction. But what followed over the next 20 years of negotiations revealed that Israel merely used the agreements to justify the further expansion of illegal settlements in the territories it occupied in 1967, according to one source.

The Oslo Accords were signed in the White House, but named after Norway’s capital city, where the secret negotiations took place.

The assassin was an Israeli terrorist who was violently opposed to Rabin’s signing of the Oslo Accords, the framework for a peaceful resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

The Prime Minister had just finished giving a speech at a rally in support of the Oslo Accords when he was murdered.

Prime Minister Rabin was walking towards his car when the murderer shot him twice. His bodyguard was shot as well and injured.

Within the hour, the prime minister died during the emergency operation at the hospital.

Yigal Amir was sentenced to life in prison plus six years for injuring Amir’s bodyguard.

7. Malcolm X

The American Muslim and human rights activist told an interviewer on 19th Feb, 1965, that he was a target for the Nation of Islam, a group that he had denounced a year before.

On February 21, 1965, while preparing to address the Organization of Afro-American Unity in Manhattan’s Audubon Ballroom, Malcolm X was shot 21 times all over his body by 3 gunmen, supposedly.

He was pronounced dead at 3:30 pm. The autopsy revealed 21 gunshot wounds to the chest, legs, arms, and left shoulder.

The 3 gunmen were all convicted in March 1966 and sentenced to life in prison, HOWEVER, convictions of the two men were thrown out after a lengthy investigation just last year.

They two men were apparently wrongfully imprisoned for the murder of Malcolm X and were exonerated in 2021.

The reversal arrived more than 50 years after the civil rights leader’s 1965 assassination, according to a report by the New York Times.

A judge cleared Muhammad A. Aziz and Khalil Islam, two of the three men convicted of the killing in 1966, after a 22-month investigation led by Manhattan district attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. and lawyers from the Innocence Project, which seeks to exonerate those who have been wrongly convicted.

An FBI report dated February 22, 1965, the day after the murder, states that “the killers of Malcolm X were possibly imported to NYC,” and that the shooters were “two men, occupying the front seats, left side of the middle aisle.” The report provides a detailed description of two suspects: Halim, who was known to the FBI, and a second assailant believed to have used the shotgun, who was described as “a negro male, age twenty-eight, six feet two inches, two hundred pounds, heavy build, dark complexion, wearing a gray coat.”

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