2014 Event Sony Pictures releases its comedy 'The Interview' today in over 300 theaters and through online channels; the film depicts an attempted assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un and was initially canceled due to threats and hacking attacks 2014 Event Sony Pictures will release its controversial comedy, 'The Interview', about an attempted assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un; the film was canceled after hacking attacks and threats, but Sony now seeks a wide audience for the movie 2014 Event Sony Pictures cancels release of its movie "The Interview" after hacking attacks and threats thought to be ordered by the North Korean government; the movie is reportedly a comedy depicting an attempted assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un 2013 Event The U.S. commemorates day of John F. Kennedy's assassination in Dallas, Texas 2011 Event In Guinea, up to 80 people, including soldiers, are arrested for a failed assassination attempt on President Alpha Conde, which occurred July 19 1998 Event Failed assassination attempt on Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze 1997 Event Tajik President Imomali Rakhmonov wounded in assassination attempt 1996 Event Assassination attempt on Uday (Iraqi's heir to Sadam Hussain) 1995 Death James Altgens, John F. Kennedy assassination photographer, dies at 76 1992 Death Jim Garrison, Louisiana DA (investigate John F. Kennedy assassination), dies at 70 1987 Event Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, serving a life sentence for attempted assassination of President Gerald R Ford escapes from Alderson Prison 1986 Event Failed assassination attempt on India premier Rajiv Gandhi 1986 Event Failed assassination attempt on Chilean dictator Pinochet, 5 killed 1982 Event John Hinckley found not guilty of 1981 attempted assassination of President Reagan by reason of insanity 1981 Event Pope John Paul II released from hospital after assassination attempt 1980 Event Attempted assassination on Vernon Jordan, Jr. National Urban League president 1980 Event Failed assassination attempt on Iraqi vice-premier Tariq Aziz 1975 Event Federal jury finds Lynette Fromme guilty of attempted assassination 1975 Event Assassination attempt on president Gerald Ford 1974 Event South Korean President Park Chung-Hee escapes assassination 1972 Event Assassination attempt on governor George Wallace of Alabama 1970 Event Failed assassination attempt on Jordanian king Hussain 1968 Event Sirhan Sirhan indicted for Bobby Kennedy assassination 1968 Event Baseball's Opening Day is postponed because of Martin Luther King assassination 1964 Event Jacqueline Kennedy's 1st public appearance (TV) since assassination 1964 Event Failed assassination attempt on president Nkrumah of Ghana 1963 Event Lyndon Baines Johnson sets up Warren Commission to investigate assassination of John F. Kennedy 1962 Event Failed assassination on president De Gaulle 1962 Event Failed assassination on president Nkrumah of Ghana 1962 Event Assassination attempt on Indonesian president Sukarno, fails 1961 Event Failed assassination attempt on King Saif al-Islam Achmad of Yemen 1961 Event Eisenhower allegedly orders assassination of Congo's Lumumba 1957 Event Assassination attempt on Indonesian president Sukarno, kills 8 1952 Event Failed assassination attempt of German Chancellor Adenauer 1949 Event Failed assassination attempt on Shah of Persia 1945 Event Assassination attempt on Hohere, SS Police fuhrer Rauter 1944 Death Berthold Schenk von Stauffenberg, attempt Hitler assassination, dies 1944 Event July 20th Plot-Failed assassination attempt on Hitler 1944 Event Bomb assassination against Southern Tirol congregation in Rome, 33 die 1943 Event Assassination attempt on Van de Peat at Amsterdams census bureau 1943 Event Assassination attempt on Hitler fails 1939 Event Failed assassination attempt on Hitler in Burgerbraukeller, Munich 1936 Birthday Jill Ireland, born in London, actress, Breakout, Assassination, Chino 1933 Death Giuseppe [Joe] Zangara, electrocuted for assassination attempt on FDR 1933 Event President-elect Franklin Roosevelt survives assassination attempt 1929 Event Belgium princess Marie-Jose and Italian crown prince Umberto gets engaged, assassination attempt on Umberto fails 1928 Event Assassination attempt on king Victor Emmanuel II of Italy 1926 Event Failed assassination on General Primo de Rivera in Barcelona 1924 Event Austria chancellor Ignaz Seipel, resigns after assassination attempt 1924 Event Assassination attempt on Mussolini fails 1919 Event French premier Clemenceau injured during assassination attempt 1912 Event King Vittorio Emanuel III of Rome injured during assassination attempt 1911 Event Failed assassination attempt on premier Briand in French Assembly 1910 Event New York City Mayor Wm J Gaynor seriously wounded during assassination attempt 1908 Event Failed assassination attempt on Shah Mohammed Ali in Teheran 1900 Event Attempted assassination of Prince of Wales in Brussels, fails 1900 Event Assassination attempt on prince of Wales/king Edward VII 1887 Death Alexander Ulyanov, brother of Lenin/hanged for assassination of tsar 1881 Event Charles J. Guiteau went on trial for President Garfield's assassination 1880 Event Tsar Alexander II of Russia survives an assassination attempt 1865 Event 8 alleged conspirators in assassination of Lincoln are found guilty 1865 Event Mary Surratt is arrested as a conspirator in Lincoln's assassination 1829 Event German 1st assassination on abandoned teenager Kaspar Hauser 1829 Event Failed assassination attempt on Simon Bolivar 1807 Death John Opie, born at Trevellas, England, teacher, artist, portraitist, historical works include, the Assassination of James I, Murder of Rizzio, dies at 45 in Berners Street, London 1800 Event King George III survives a 2nd assassination attempt 1761 Birthday John Opie, born at Trevellas, England, teacher, artist, portraitist, historical works include, the Assassination of James I, Murder of Rizzio 1757 Event Failed assassination attempt on French king Louis XV by Damiens 1572 Event Failed assassination on Admiral De Coligny 1392 Event Assassination attempt on Pierre de Craon Van Clisson of France, fails 644 Event Kalief Omar I injured during assassination attempt
