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Elisabeth (born Duchess Elisabeth Amalie Eugenie in Bavaria; 24 December 1837 – 10 September 1898), nicknamed Sisi or Sissi, [1] was Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary from her marriage to Franz Josef I of Austria on 24 April 1854 until her assassination in 1898.
Empress Sisi from Netflix's 'The Empress' was assassinated by an anarchist while on vacation and died tragically at the age of 60, shocking the world.
The following is a chronological list of notable heads of governments and heads of state deaths that have resulted from assassination or execution. This list considers only the incumbent head of state or government. Heads of state or government assassinated or executed after they left office (e.g. Aldo Moro, Saddam Hussein and Shinzo Abe) are ...
Lincoln was attending a play at Ford's Theatre five days after the surrender of Confederate General Robert E. Lee in the American Civil War.Booth, a well-known actor and a Confederate sympathizer, was allowed into the president's box where he waited at the back until the audience laughed, hoping it would mask the sound of his gun.
Garfield was the second president to be assassinated, six months after taking office. He was walking through a train station in Washington on July 2, 1881, to catch a train to New England when he ...
The prosecutor also said a surgeon will take the stand to testify that if Rushdie was not rushed to a Level 1 trauma center he would have most likely died from his injuries.
Rogue military gunmen during the Assassination of Anwar Sadat [citation needed] Abdul Razzak Lafta: Iraqi Ambassador to Lebanon Beirut Lebanon: December 15, 1981: killed in an embassy bombing by the Islamic Dawa Party: Shlomo Argov: Israeli Ambassador to the United Kingdom: London United Kingdom: February 24, 2003 (shot on June 3, 1982) Abu ...
Salman Rushdie on Tuesday came face to face with the man accused of nearly killing him, describing the attack in gruesome detail in court — where he took off his glasses to reveal his blind ...