assassination

JFK Researchers: Latest Released Assassination Documents Underwhelming

UVA's Larry Sabato says an unfortunate side effect of the release, which frames the removal of minor redactions as "new" documents, is that it feeds continuing conspiracy theories based on the idea that the government is concealing the truth about the assassination. 

2 Men Convicted in Malcolm X Assassination to be Exonerated

The investigation by the Manhattan DA did not identify who prosecutors believe did kill Malcolm X, and it does not affirm what many suspect – that law enforcement agencies conspired to assassinate the leader. 

Before ‘I Have a Dream,’ Martin Luther King Almost Died. This Man Saved Him

Al Howard, a Black NYPD officer, was able to save Dr. King from a stabbing in a New York department store in 1958, potentially changing the course of history.

The Search for the Truth About the Nazi Plot to Assassinate FDR

by Howard Blum

The events surrounding Operation Long Jump, as the Nazi assassination mission that targeted the Tehran Conference was known, remained a deeply buried official secret.

Yes, John Wilkes Booth did Speak Those Notorious Words At Lincoln's Last Speech

by Ken Lawrence

There is ample evidence Booth declared his intention--complete with racist invective-- to kill Lincoln after hearing the President state his willingness to make black Union soldiers citizens. The quote helps keep Booth's motives in focus for students of history.

How Hollywood has been fooled by Robert F. Kennedy assassination conspiracy theorists

by Mel Ayton

Sirhan Sirhan is guilty. 

Have We Entered a New Era of Political Assassination in America?

by Ronald L. Feinman

The explosives sent through the mail this week raise disturbing questions.

One Historian's Helpful Tip on Making History More Attractive to Students

by David Lee McMullen

This fall he'll be offering a course that no one could possible think is dull.

Now 2 of RFK’s children are calling for a fresh investigation of his assassination

They are not convinced that Sirhan Sirhan killed him.

Did Russia kill JFK? Long-secret CIA files show a Russian spy's theory.

KGB defector Yuri Nosenko was imprisoned after the CIA grew suspicious of claims he had intimate information regarding the assassination.

And Now We Hear that Someone Wants to Kill Donald Trump?

by Mel Ayton

This is what happens with politicians who have incited extreme reactions to their candidacies.

The brothers who killed Israeli leader Yitzhak Rabin remain proud of what they did

They assassinated Rabin 20 years ago this month to stop the peace process.  It worked. 

How Do You Unfriend an Assassin?

by Kathryn Canavan

That was the problem these people faced after their friend John Wilkes Booth killed the president of the United States.

Anniversary of Rabin assassination is marked by incitement

“Fans of Jerusalem’s national soccer team enthusiastically chanted the name of Rabin’s assassin, Yigal Amir, alongside the usual call of 'Death to Arabs.' ”

The Untold Miracle of Lincoln’s Last Day on Earth

by Michael Daly

One hundred fifty years ago to the day, the president welcomed a hungry, desperate soldier’s wife into the White House. Seven hours later, he would be assassinated.

For a Biography of John Wilkes Booth, Terry Alford Turns to Amateur Researchers

Mr. Alford’s book, published by Oxford University Press, is already being hailed as an important contribution, with the Lincoln scholar Harold Holzer praising it as “so deeply researched and persuasively argued that it should stand as the standard portrait for years.”

Lincoln’s Assassination – and Caesar’s

by Barry Strauss

Both Lincoln and his assassin misread the lessons of history.

Security lapses led to Lincoln's assassination

His security guard left to get a drink at a tavern.

New definitive biography of Clay Shaw exonerates him of any role in JFK's assassination

The real Clay Shaw simply does not emerge as the Kennedy-hater some have suspected he was.

Castro ordered JFK killed? Wiki entry edited by someone in the government says so.

by HNN Editor

Who's making the changes?  That's unknown.