Tag: history

Martin Luther King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. Friends inside the motel room heard the shots and ran to the balcony to find King shot in the throat. He was pronounced dead at St. Joseph's Hospital at 7:05 p.m. The assassination led to a nationwide wave of riots in more than 60 cities. Who allegedly shot King?

Perhaps one of the best known assassinations was that of Julius Caesar. Caesar's death was planned by a group of senators who were fearful of him gaining too much power. The assassination took place when Caesar went to the Capitol to deliver a speech. The conspirators surrounded him and stabbed him to death. On what day did this take place?

One of the most interesting characters in Russian history is Grigori Rasputin. Rasputin was a mystic who was supposedly psychic and was said by some to be able to heal people. Rasputin gained favor with the Tsar, and some nobles became fearful he was manipulating the Tsar too much. When a group of nobles attempted to assassinate him, they had a hard time. According to them, it took a variety of methods to finally kill Rasputin. What was the inital method they used?

On April 14, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln was attending a play at Ford's Theater. During the play, John Wilkes Booth, a well-known actor and Confederate sympathizer, snuck into Lincoln's box and shot him in the back of the head. What was the name of the play that Lincoln was watching when his assassination took place?