1. Mohandas Gandhi
The political and spiritual leader of India, he was assassinated on January 30, 1948 when he went to evening prayer. He was killed by Nathuram Godse, a Hindu fanatic. His motive, he says, was the fact that India had given Pakistan 420 million rupees and independence, which weakened India’s strength. The Indian government has been terribly criticized for failing to prevent such an attack.
2. John F. Kennedy
The commission in charge of determining the motive for the murder failed to find the same for the assassin Lee Harvey Oswald. Eight years later, John’s brother Robert was killed by the mentally disturbed anti-Zionist Sirhan Sirhan.
3. Crown Prince Francis Ferdinand
He was killed by Gavrilo Princip, one of the seven members of the terrorist organization Young Bosnia. Not long after, World War I broke out, marking the beginning of the 20th century.
4. Julius Caesar
"Are you too, son Brutus?" This was the end of the Roman Republic and the beginning of the civil war that led to Octavian and the Roman Empire.
5. Abraham Lincoln
He was killed in the theater by John Wilkes Booth, who was a member of the Confederacy during the American Civil War.
6. Martin Luther King
He was killed by James Earl Ray, who claimed to be part of a larger conspiracy. King's family believes the U.S. government was also involved in the assassination.
7. John Lennon
He was killed by Mark David Chapman, who claimed for himself that he was obsessed with killing Lennon. At least two Lennon fans committed suicide after the incident. Large groups of fans gathered around the world to pay their respects to Lennon with a minute of silence.
8. Nicholas II, the last tsar of Russia
A firing squad under the command of Bolshevik Yakov Yurovsky executed the entire imperial family. Subsequent events led to the formation of the USSR, while the bodies of the imperial family were not transferred to the church with other Russian monarchs until 1998.
9. Malcolm X
A fighter for the rights of African Americans through Islam was killed by three assassins while he was giving a speech. Although he was assassinated, his ideas are still supported by many radicals around the world.
10. Benazir Bhutto - Prime Minister of Pakistan
Mustafa Abu-al Yazid, the commander of Al-Qaeda, claimed responsibility for the assassination. He stated that Benazir was the most valuable American pawn. Shortly afterwards, protests erupted in which about 20 people were killed and many buildings destroyed.