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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.
On 1 July 1934 in Munich, the SA leader Röhm was killed on Adolf Hitler's orders, shortly after many other Nazis 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.
On 20 March 1974 in central London, a gunman attempted to kidnap The Queen's daughter, believing he could receive a multi-million pound ransom by doing so.
Episode 4: Anwar Sadat
On 6 October 1981 in Cairo, Egyptian President Sadat was shot dead by Islamic extremist soldiers.
Episode 5: Lord Mountbatten
On 27 August 1979 in County Sligo, Republic of Ireland, Prince Philip's uncle Louis Mountbatten was killed by an IRA bomb.
Episode 6: Ronald Reagan
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.
Episode 7: John Lennon
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.
Episode 8: Michael Collins
On 22 August 1922 in County Cork, Ireland, Irish nationalist leader who fought for Irish independence was shot dead by Anti-TreatyIRA gunmen as they believe he betrayed the Irish Republic.
On 13 May 1981 in Vatican City, Turkish nationalist Mehmet Ali Ağca shot the Pope for reasons that still remain unclear and disputed.
Episode 12: Adolf Hitler
On 20 July 1944 in Rastenburg, Germany, 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.
Episode 13: Wladyslaw Sikorski
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.
Episode 14: Robert F. Kennedy
On 5 June 1968 in Los Angeles, Palestinian immigrant Sirhan Sirhan shot Senator Kennedy, who died from his wounds the following day.
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.
Episode 18: Martin Luther King
On 4 April 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee, black civil rights leader King was shot dead by James Earl Ray, an escaped convict.
Episode 19: Yitzhak Rabin
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.
Episode 20: Tsar Nicholas II
On 17 July 1918 in Ekaterinburg, Russia, Bolsheviks shot dead the tsar, his wife, and their five children; then buried them in a wood.
Episode 21: Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
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.
Episode 22: Alexander I of Yugoslavia
On 9 October 1934 in Marseille, France, Yugoslav King Alexander was shot dead by Vlado Chernozemski, a Bulgarian nationalist. 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.
On 28 June 1914 in Sarajevo, Austrian Archduke Ferdinand was shot dead by Serb nationalist Gavrilo Princip.
Episode 25: Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi
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 suicide bomber.
Episode 26: John F. Kennedy
On 22 November 1963 in Dallas, Texas, US President Kennedy was shot dead by Lee Harvey Oswald.
Rehavam Ze'evi was an Israeli general and politician who founded the right-wing nationalist Moledet party, mainly advocating population transfer.
Yitzhak Rabin was an Israeli politician, statesman and general. He was the fifth Prime Minister of Israel, serving two terms in office, 1974–77, and from 1992 until his assassination in 1995.
General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq HI, GCSJ, ร.ม.ภ, was a Pakistani four-star general and politician who became the sixth President of Pakistan following a coup and declaration of martial law in 1977. Zia served in office until his death in a plane crash in 1988. He remains the country's longest-serving de facto head of state and Chief of Army Staff.
The Eighth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan allowed the President to unilaterally dissolve the National Assembly and elected governments. The National Assembly of Pakistan amended the Constitution of Pakistan in 1985 and the law stayed on the books until its repeal in 1997.
Yigal Amir is an Israeli right-wing extremist who assassinated former Prime Minister of Israel, Yitzhak Rabin. At the time of the assassination he was a law student at Bar-Ilan University. The assassination took place on November 4, 1995, at the conclusion of a rally in Tel Aviv, Israel. Amir is serving a life sentence for murder plus six years for injuring Rabin's bodyguard, Yoram Rubin, under aggravating circumstances. He was later sentenced to an additional eight years for conspiracy to murder. Amir has never expressed regret for the assassination.
On 10 November 2002, an attack in Metzer resulted in the death of five residents.
Tehreek-e-Jafaria was a Shia political party, which was founded in 1979 by Syed Arif Hussain Al Hussaini.Its creation coincided with the enforcement of controversial Islamic laws by then President of Pakistan, General Mohammad Zia-ul-Haq. At the same time, 1979 Iranian Revolution in Shi'a Iran added extra confidence and comfort in the movement.
Akhtar Abdur Rahman Khan NI(M), HI(M), TI(M), SBt, was a Pakistani senior army general who served as the 5th Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee of the Pakistan Armed Forces from 1987 to 1988 and as also served as the 7th Director-General of Inter-Services Intelligence from 1979 to 1987. As DG ISI, General Akhtar collaborated with the Central Intelligence Agency and masterminded the resistance network of the Afghan Mujahideen against the Soviet Union, eventually managing to force the Soviets out of Afghanistan. Due to his close friendship with President of Pakistan General Zia-ul-Haq, General Akhtar was widely considered to be the second most powerful man in the country during General Zia's eleven-year military dictatorship. He died in the plane crash which also killed General Zia and the US Ambassador to Pakistan Arnold Lewis Raphel. After his death, his sons Humayun Akhtar Khan and Haroon Akhtar Khan joined politics and have been elected as Members of Parliament and headed key ministerial portfolios several times.
Arnold Lewis Raphel was the 18th United States Ambassador to Pakistan.
The assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, the fifth prime minister of Israel, took place on 4 November 1995 at 21:30, at the end of a rally in support of the Oslo Accords at the Kings of Israel Square in Tel Aviv. The assassin, an Israeli ultranationalist named Yigal Amir, radically opposed Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin's peace initiative, particularly the signing of the Oslo Accords.
The Movement for the Restoration of Democracy (MRD), was a historically left-wing populism and massive socialist political alliance formed to oppose and end the military government of President General Zia-ul-Haq. Directed and chaired by Benazir Bhutto of Pakistan Peoples Party, its primary objectives and aims were to restoration of the democracy as well as gaining the civilian control of the military.
Events in the year 1988 in Pakistan.
Assassination, the murder of an opponent or well-known public figure, is one of the oldest tools of power struggles, as well as the expression of certain psychopathic disorders. It dates back to the earliest governments and tribal structures of the world.
Pakistan declared as a country on 14 August 1947
The state funeral of Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq was held on 19 August 1988 in the Shah Faisal Mosque in Islamabad, Pakistan. General Zia-ul-Haq, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) who was also serving as the President of Pakistan, was killed when a C-130 Hercules plane crashed near the Sutlej river on 17 August 1988. Several conspiracy theories exist regarding this incident, as other high-profile civilian and military personnel also died in the crash including the Chairman Joint chiefs General Akhtar Abdur Rehman and the United States Ambassador to Pakistan, Arnold Lewis Raphel, and the military attaché, Brigadier General Herbert M. Wassom.
A Case of Exploding Mangoes (2008) is a comic novel by the Pakistani writer Mohammed Hanif based on the 1988 plane crash that killed General Muhammad Zia ul-Haq, former president of Pakistan. The book received generally positive reviews from critics. It won the Commonwealth Foundation's Best First Book prize in 2009, and was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award.
Operation Fair Play was the code name for the 5 July 1977 coup by Pakistan Chief of Army Staff General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, overthrowing the government of Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. The coup itself was bloodless, and was preceded by social unrest and political conflict between the ruling leftist Pakistan Peoples Party government of Bhutto, and the right-wing Islamist opposition Pakistan National Alliance which accused Bhutto of rigging the 1977 general elections. In announcing the coup, Zia promised "free and fair elections" within 90 days, but these were repeatedly postponed on the excuse of accountability and it was not until 1985 that ("party-less") general elections were held. Zia himself stayed in power for 11 years until his death in a plane crash.
Events in the year 2000 in Israel.
Events in the year 1995 in Israel.
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