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He was assassinated in 1934, ostensibly by an expelled party member with a grudge.

Moore chose this moment for a shocking crime in an era nearly defined by them — on Sept. 22, 1975, she tried to assassinate Ford in front of the fashionable St. Francis Hotel.

In June, he ordered the Navy to rename one its ships, which bore the name of an assassinated gay rights activist and Navy veteran, Harvey Milk.

Some speculated Comedy Central postponed the episode out of caution after conservative pundit Charlie Kirk was assassinated on Sept. 10.

When Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, were assassinated in their home in June, the media widely reported it as an attack on progressive politicians.