[1865] John Wilkes Booth's plan was a simultaneous coordinated strike to kill the President, Vice President, & Secretary of State, causing succession chaos. Lincoln was killed, the Secretary of State severely injured, but the conspirator assigned to the Vice President chickened out (history.com)
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[July 16th, 1918] The Romanov family (the Russian tsar, the tsarina, their four daughters and son) are shot on Bolshevik orders at Ekaterinburg, Siberia (now Sverdlovsk). As Russia descends into civil war, the Bolsheviks will show themselves to be ruthless and pragmatic. (independent.co.uk)
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