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1997 Gianni Versace, fashion designer, shot to death by Andrew Cunanan at 50
1997 Notorius B I G, Biggie Small, Chris Walkin, rapper, shot dead at 24 1996 NFL/Heisman Trophy Winner Mike Rozier, is shot several times 1995 Abdul Ali Mazari, Afghan shite leader, shot to death 1995 Mahmoud Sayed Selim, Egyptian moslim leader, shot to death at 29 1994 Dedrick Gobert, U.S. actor (Boyz 'n the Hood), shot to death at 22 1994 Ali Kouider Benyahia, sheik Boualem, Alg Moslem leader, shot at 26 1994 Cherif Gousmi, kalief Abu Abdallah Ahmed, Alger Moslem leader, shot 1994 Jean-Marie Vincent, Haitian Catholic priest, shot dead 1994 Andres Escobar, Colombia world cup soccer star, shot for losing to US 1994 Talaat Yassin Hamman, militant Moslem leader, shot dead at 32 1994 Ken Oosterbroek, South African press photographer, shot dead at 32 1994 Agatha Uwilingiyimana, Prime Minister of Rwanda (first female prime minister in Africa), assassinated, the day after President Habyarimana's plane was shot down, killing him and the president of Burundi 1993 Gertrude "Trudi" Duby Blom, actress, shot to death at about 92 1993 Douglas Hopkins, guitarist (Gin Blossoms), dies of gun shot at 32 1993 Pablo Escobar Gaviria, Colombian drug baron, shot to death at 44 1993 Khaled Moustapha Zir, Palestinian Hamas leader, shot to death at 25 1993 Imad Aqal, Palestinian Izz-Danish al-Qassem-leader, shot to death 1993 George Tiller, abortion doctor, shot in his arms by Rachelle Shannon 1993 Wolfgang Grams, German RAF-terrorist, shot to death at 40 1993 John B Connally, Governor of Texas/shot with John F. Kennedy in 1963, dies at 76 1993 Jesus Posadas Ocampo, Mexican cardinal/archbishop, shot dead at 66 1993 New York Islanders beat Washington Caps 4 to 1 in playoffs, Caps Dale Hunter attacks Pierre Turgeon after scoring, in hockey's worst cheap shot 1993 Sam Ntombani, ANC-secretary in Soweto South Africa, shot to death 1993 Brandon Lee, U.S. actor (Crow)/son of Bruce Lee, accidentally shot at 28 1993 Dino Bravo, wrestler (WWF), shot to death at 44 1992 Guardian Angel Curtis Sliwa is shot twice in New York City 1991 Major league umpire Steve Palermo and former NFL defensive lineman Terence Mann were shot trying to help 2 waitresses from being robbed 1991 Operation Desert Storm: 1st U.S. pilot shot down (Jeffrey Zahn) 1990 Robert Alex, shot to death by robber at 31 1989 Yusef Hawkins, shot by 30 whites in Bensonhurst because he's black 1989 Rebecca Schaeffer, actress (My Sister Sam), is shot by a fan at 21 1989 Huey Newton, U.S., Black Panther leader, shot dead at 47 1988 Peter Tosh, reggae singer shot dead at 43 in Jamacia 1988 Judith Barsi, child actress, shot dead with mother by her father at 11 1988 3 IRA suspects were shot dead in Gibraltar by SAS officers 1987 43 die in Pacific Southwest Airline crash in California (man shot pilots) 1987 Mehdi Hashemi, Iranian aid of Ayatollah Khomeini, shot for treason 1987 National Federation of High School adopts college 3 point shot (21 feet) 1987 R Budd Dwyer, Penns State Treasurer, facing prison for conspiracy and perjury, shot himself to death at a televised news conference 1986 Mail carrier Patrick Sherrill, Edmond Ok, shot 14 fellow workers dead 1985 Paul Castellano, Organized-crime chief, shot dead at a New York City restaurant 1985 Harchand Singh Longowai, Sikh leader, shot by Sikh extremists 1985 Bob Carpenter is unsuccessful on Washington Caps 1st playoff penalty shot 1985 Bruce Morris, Marshall University, makes a 92' 5" basketball shot 1985 Blackhawk Doug Wilson failed on 12th penalty shot against Islanders 1985 Bryan Trottier failed on 9th Islander penalty shot 1984 Percy Norris, deputy high commissioner of India, shot dead 1984 Flyers' Ron Sutter fails on 11th penalty shot against Islanders 1984 Blackhawk Bill Gardner scores on 10th penalty shot against Islanders 1984 James Oliver Huberty, shot by police after killing 21 in McDonalds 1984 U.S. missile shot down an incoming missile in space for 1st time 1984 Marvin Gaye, rocker (Sexual Healing), shot dead by his father at 45 1984 Oiler's Wayne Gretzky is 3rd to score on a Stanley Cup penalty shot 1984 Libyan embassy demonstration, 1 shot dead 1984 Marvin Gaye, shot to death by his father Marvin Gaye Sr in LA at 44 1984 Kenneth Whitty, 1st sec at British Embassy in Athens, shot dead 1984 Nordiques' Michel Goulet scored on 9th penalty shot against Islanders 1984 Malcolm H Kerr, 9th President of American University of Beirut, shot dead 1983 Pope John Paul II pardons man who shot him (Mehmet Ali Agca) 1983 Edgar Graham, member of N Ireland Assembly, shot dead by IRA 1983 Korean Boeing 747 strays into Siberia and is shot down by a Soviet jet 1983 Joseph Kreckman sets record of 2,215 clay pigeons shot in an hour 1983 Udo Beyer of East Germany sets record for shot put, 22.22 m 1983 Caps 2-Isles 6 -Patrick Semis-Denis Potvin fails on penalty shot 1983 Bob Bourne fails on 8th Islander penalty shot 1982 Clark Gilles fails in 7th Islander penalty shot 1982 3 CBS employees shot to death in New York City parking lot 1982 4 Dutch TV crew members shot dead in El Salvador 1981 Bangladesh President Ziaur Rahman is shot by group of rebel officers 1981 Pope John Paul II shot, wounded by assailant in St. Peter's Square 1981 Ranger's Anders Hedberg is 2nd to score on a Stanley Cup penalty shot 1981 Ronald Reagan arrives home from hospital after Hinkley shot him 1981 President Reagan shot and wounded by John W Hinckley III 1981 Klaus Grabowski, child molester, shot by parent 1980 Anders Kailur scores on 6th Islander penalty shot 1980 Stella Walsh-S-Walasiewicz, sprinter 1932 Olympics gold, shot at 69 1980 Dallas' "Who Shot JR?" episode (Kristen) gets a 53.3 rating (83 mill) 1980 It is revealed Kristen shot J.R. Ewing on "Dallas" 1980 On TV show Dallas, J.R. is shot 1979 Kings' Charley Simmer fails on 8th penalty shot against Islanders 1979 Jacques Mesrine, French "enemy of the state", shot to death 1979 Harry Drake set long distance footbow shot record of 2,006 yards 1'9" 1979 Ronald Adam, actor (Phantom Shot), dies at 82 1979 New York Islanders didn't get a shot off in 1 period against New York Rangers 1978 Islanders took 28 shots in 1 period vs Penguins Penguins' Ross Lonsberry failed on 7th penalty shot against Islanders 1978 George Moscone, (SF Mayor), shot by Dan White 1978 Harvey Milk, (SF City Supervisor), shot by Dan White 1978 Lyman Bostock, outfielder (Angels), shot and killed at 27 1978 Korean Airlines flight 007 shot down by Soviets in Russian airspace 1978 Flyers' Rick MacLeash scores on 6th penalty shot against Islanders 1978 Canuck's Ron Sedlbauer fails on 5th penalty shot against Islanders 1978 Ranger's Don Murdoch failed on 4th penalty shot against Islanders 1978 Terry Kath, rock guitarist (Chicago), accidently shot in head at 32 1977 Canuck's Ron Sedlbauer fails on 3rd penalty shot against Islanders 1977 25th Islander shut-out Resch 6-0 Gilles scores on 5th penalty shot 1977 Stacy Moskowitz, shot to death by Son of Sam, at 20 1977 Cap's H Monahan scored on 2nd penalty shot against Islanders 1976 Bryan Trottier failed in 4th Islander penalty shot 1976 Brad Snyder, Ontario, shot putter 1996 Olympics 1975 Richard S Welch, CIA station chief in Athens, shot dead 1975 Turkish diplomat shot dead in Paris 1975 Turkish diplomat shot to death in Vienna 1975 Brian Oldfield of U.S. put shot 75', an unofficial record 1975 Brian Oldfield shot puts 22.86 m (world record) 1975 Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz, king of Saudi-Arab (1964-75), shot by nephew 1975 Caps only got one shot in a period against Islanders 1975 1st successful Washington Capitals penalty shot, Ken Lockett vs Vancouver Canucks 1975 Lorne Henning scores on 3rd Islander penalty shot 1974 1st Washington Capitals penalty shot, Tom Williams unsuccessful vs Buff Sabres 1974 Tom Williams is unsuccessful on Washington Capitals 1st NHL penalty shot 1974 Amy Fisher, born in Long Island, New York, shot Mary Jo Buttafucco 1974 Ralph Stewart failed in 2nd Islander penalty shot 1973 Udo Beyer of East Germany puts the shot a record 20.47 m 1972 Billy Harris failed in 1st Islander penalty shot 1972 Morocco King Hassan II's B727 shot at 1972 George Wallace shot and left paralyzed by Arthur Bremer in Laurel, Maryland 1972 Phil King, rock (Blue Oyster Cult), shot in head at 24 while gambling 1972 John Godina, born in Fort Sill Oklahoma, shot putter/discus thrower, 1996 Olympics silver 1971 Lisa-Marie Vizaniari, Australian discus/shot putter 1996 Olympics 1971 George Jackson, U.S. prisoner, shot to death at 29 1971 Mohamed Madbouh, Moroccan general/putschist, shot to death 1971 Joseph Colombo, mobster, shot dead at 48 1970 ... Haley, U.S. judge, shot dead 1970 James McClain, U.S. black activist, shot dead 1970 Jonathan P Jackson, U.S. black activist, shot dead 1970 William Christmas, U.S. black activist, shot dead 1969 100-1 shot New York Mets beat Orioles 5-3 and win 66th World Series in 5 1969 Mick Jagger accidentally shot while filming "Ned Kelly" 1968 Donovan Leitch, Jr., actor/musician, I Shot Andy Warhol 1968 Wayne Connelly is 1st to score on a Stanley Cup penalty shot 1968 Bobby Hutton, U.S. Black Panther leader, shot to death 1968 Former President Dwight Eisenhower shot a hole-in-one 1968 Famous photo: Saigon police chief Nguyen Ngoc Loan executes a Viet Cong officer with a pistol shot to head 1967 Kevin Toth, born in Cleveland, Ohio, shot putter 1966 Charles Whitman, former marine, kills 13 at University of Texas, shot by cops 1966 Randy Barnes, Charleston, West Virginia, shot putter, Gold Medal 1996 Olympics, Silver Medal 1988 Olympics 1966 Randolph Turpin, boxer, shot dead in his home 1965 50 mph gust carries 165 lb Robert Mitera's tee shot 447 1965 Daniela Costian, Australian discus/shot putter 1996 Olympics 1964 Sam Cooke, rock vocalist, shot to death at 29 1964 U.S. reconnaissance plane shot down over East Germany 1963 Lee Harvey Oswald, John F. Kennedy's assassinator, shot dead by Jack Ruby 1963 Medgar Evers, NAACP official, shot in Jackson Miss at 37 1962 Rudolph Anderson, U-2 pilot, shot down over Cuba 1962 E German border guards shot and kill Peter Fechter, 18, attempting to cross Berlin Wall into western sector 1962 James F Doehring, born in Santa Barbara, California, shot putter, Olympics-silver-1992 1961 Ramona Pagel, born in Los Angeles, California, shot putter 1960 Michael Carter, born in Dallas, Texas, shot putter 1984 Olympics silver 1959 Boughera El Quafi, marathoner, Gold Medal 1928 Olympics, shot to death at 60 1959 Bill Sharman hits a NBA record 56 consecutive foul shot 1959 Carl Switzer, actor (Alfalfa-Our Gang), shot to death at 31 1955 2 Egyptian fighters shot down over Israel 1955 Israeli passenger plane shot down above Bulgaria, 58 die 1955 U.S. air patrol plane shot down above Bering sea 1955 John Hinckley, Jr., shot and wounded President Reagan, 1981 1954 1st use of 24-sec shot clock in pro basketball (Rochester vs Boston) 1954 Johnny Ace, Memphis rocker, accidently shot self in head at 25 1954 U.S. spy plane shot down North of Japan 1954 U.S. plane shot down above Siberia 1954 NBA adopts 24-second shot clock and 6 team-foul rule 1953 Kevin Nealon, Bridgeport Conn, actor, SNL, Hot Shot, Coneheads 1953 U.S. bombers shot down at north of Wladiwostok 1953 Baseball star/pilot Ted Williams uninjured as plane shot down in Korea 1951 Mustafa Shuqri Ashu, tailor/murderer of king Abdullah, shot to death 1951 Maren Seidler, born in Brooklyn, New York, shot putter, Olympics-11th-1968 1950 Griselio Torresola, attempted to assassinate President Truman, shot dead 1950 Salvatore Giuliano, Sicilian bandit, shot by police 1950 U.S. B-29 bomber shot down above Latvia 1949 Geoff Capes, born in Holbeach, England, shot putter, two-time winner, World's Strongest Man title, two-time Commonwealth Games shot put champion 1949 Husni al-Barazi, premier of Syria, shot to death 1949 Husni el-Zaim, president/dictator of Syria, shot to death 1949 Helena Fibingerova, born in Czechoslovakia, shot putter 1976 Olympics bronze 1949 Phils Eddie Waitkus, shot by Ruth Steinhagen, 19, at Eddgewater Hotel 1948 Walter P Reuther UAW President shot and wounded at his home in Detroit 1948 Walter P Reuther, President (United Auto Workers), shot at his home 1947 Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, gangster, shot dead in Beverly Hills Cal 1946 Aston Barrett, Jamaican reggae bassist, I Shot the Sheriff 1946 Ananda Mahidol, king of Siam, shot dead at 20 1946 Michael Ontkean, Vancouver BC, actor, Rookies, Slap Shot, Twin Peaks 1945 Nadezhda Chizova, U.S.S.R., shot putter, Olympic-gold/silv/bronze-68/72/76 1945 Bernito Mussolini, Fascist leader (Italy), tried and shot 1945 Isaack Stouten, resistance fighter, shot to death at 29 1945 Randy Matson, U.S., shot putter, Olympic gold 1968 1944 Bijnen, Dutch opposition leader (LKP), shot to death in Apeldoorn 1944 Swoosie Kurtz, born in Omaha, Nebraska, actress, Slap Shot, Garp, Sisters 1944 Krijn van den Helm, resistance fighter (KP Leeuwarden), shot to death 1944 Battle of Philippines Sea, 300 Japanese aircraft shot down 1944 1st B-29 attacked by Japanese fighters, one fighter shot down 1944 40 Jewish policemen in Riga Latvia ghetto are shot by the gestapo 1944 Heinrich zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, German major/pilot, shot down 1943 P-47D Thunderbolt shot down above North-Holland 1943 Otto Skorzeny's Heinkel-111 shot down at Sardinia 1943 Zelo Bloch, Polish? Treblinka-rebel, shot to death 1943 U.S. 82nd Airborne division shot at, by "friendly fire" in Sicily 1943 Leslie Howard, actor (Romeo and Juliet), Nazis shot down his plane at 50 1943 Wa'er, shot dead by Defiance 1943 ... Reydons, wife of General Reydons, shot to death by resistance 1943 1st Spitfire in action above Darwin, Australia, Mu Ki-46 shot down 1943 Wim Gertenbach, Dutch resistance fighter (Slogan), shot by Nazis 1943 German under officers shot down in Haarlem, Netherlands 1942 Adolf Opalka, Czechoslovakian resistance fighter, shot down 1942 Josef Gabcik, Czechoslovakian resistance fighter, shot by Heydrich 1942 Top German Nazi Reinhard Heydrich is shot and mortally wounded in Prague 1941 Ivanka Khristova, Bulgaria, shot putter 1976 Olympics gold 1941 Franklin D. Roosevelt orders any Axis ship found in American waters be shot on sight 1941 Jennifer Warren, born in New York City, actress, Slap Shot, Fatal Beauty, Mutant 1941 551 Jews are shot in Kishnev ghetto in Romania 1941 Margritta Gummel, born in East Germany, shot putter, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics 1941 1st Messerschmidt 109F shot down above England 1941 Jan Keizer, Zaanse February striker, shot to death 1940 12 German aircraft shot down above England 1940 17 German aircrafts shot down above England 1940 47 German aircrafts shot down above England 1940 55 German aircraft shot down above England 1940 19 German aircrafts shot down above England 1940 28 German aircraft shot down above England 1940 71 German aircrafts shot down above England 1940 45 German aircrafts shot down over England 1940 38 German aircrafts shot down above England 1940 31 German aircraft shot down over England 1939 Dirk Klop, Dutch intelligence lt, shot by German Abwehr 1939 Melinda Dillon, Hope, Arkansas, actress, Close Encounters, Slap Shot 1937 Tamara Press, U.S.S.R., shot putter/discus thrower, 3 Gold Medals 1960, 1964 Olympics, Silver Medal 1960 Olympics 1937 Lionel Conacher misses on 1st Stanley Cup penalty shot 1936 1st successful Toronto Maple Leaf penalty shot, Conacher vs Rangers 1935 Carl Austin Weiss, murderer of Senator Huey Long, shot down 1935 Earlene Dennis Brown, born in Latero, Texas, shot putter 1960 Olympics bronze 1934 1st Toronto Maple Leaf penalty shot, Conacher unsuccessful vs Rangers 1934 "Baby Face" Nelson, Lester Gillis, gangster, shot by FBI at 26 1934 1st penalty shot vs Toronto Maple Leafs, Mondou (Mont) unsuccessful 1934 Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd, gangster, shot dead at 30 by FBI in Ohio 1934 John Dillinger, shot dead at Biograph Theater in Chicago, at 33 1933 Bill Nieder, shot putter, 1960 Olympics gold 1932 Cubs shortstop Bill Jurges is shot twice in Chicago hotel room by a spurned girlfriend, Violet Popovich Valli 1932 Erv A Kelley, U.S. policeman, shot to death by Pretty Boy Floyd 1928 Arnold Rothstein, A R, U.S. businessman/gambler, shot to death at 46 1927 59th Belmont: Earl Sande aboard Chance Shot wins in 2:32.6 1926 Beah Richards, born in Vicksburg, Mississippi, actress/playwright, Big Shot, Generation 1922 George Roy Hill, dir, Slap Shot, Little Drummer Girl, Little Romance 1921 Johnny Otis, California, R&B talent scout, Cold Shot, Cuttin' Up 1920 Claude Tozer, cricketer, dashing NSW batsman, shot to death 1920 Robert Harron, actor (Intolerance), accidental shot to death at 27 1918 Lenin, new leader of Soviet Russia, shot and wounded after speech 1918 Alexandra Fjodorova, wife of tsar Nicolas II, shot to death at 46 1918 Botkin, personal physician of tsar Nicolas II, shot to death 1918 Charitonov, cook of tsar Nicolas II, shot to death 1918 Demidova, lady in waiting of tsar Nicolas II, shot to death 1918 Maria Romanova, daughter of tsar Nicolas II, shot to death 1918 Olga Romanova, daughter of tsar Nicolas II, shot to death 1918 Tatyana Romanova, daughter of tsar Nicolas II, shot to death 1918 Trupp, lackey of tsar Nicolas II, shot to death 1918 "Red Baron", Manfred von Richtofen, shot down in WW I at 25 1917 1st Infantry division "Big Red One" shoots 1st U.S. shot in WW I 1917 Fanya Kaplan, Russian who shot at Lenin on Aug 30th, executed 1917 John Connally, Gov-D/R-Texas, shot in Kennedy motorcade 1916 Hank Luisetti, NBA forward, 1st to use a one-handed shot 1914 Rose Hill, singer and actress, Nicholas Nickleby, Shot in the Dark 1912 Bull Moose Teddy Roosevelt shot while campaigning in Milwaukee 1910 Stanley "Midnight Assassin" Ketchel, HW boxing champ, shot and killed 1908 Robert F Simon, Mansfield, Ohio, actor, Man who shot Liberty Valance 1907 Jim Bishop, author, The Day Lincoln was Shot 1906 Stanford White, Architect, shot dead atop Madison Square Garden which he designed by Harry Thaw jealous husband of Evelyn Nesbit 1901 President William McKinley, shot by anarchist Leon Czolgosz at Pan American Exposition in Buffalo NY, he dies 8th days later 1900 250 grave robbers shot to death 1896 Ronald Adam, Herefordshire England, actor, Phantom Shot 1890 Record 19'2" alligator shot in Louisiana by E A McIlhenny 1882 Jesse James, outlaw, shot dead at 34, in St. Joseph, Missouri by Robert Ford 1882 Guy Kibbee, born in El Paso, Texas, actor, Big Shot 1881 William "Billy the Kid" Bonney, shot by sheriff Pat Garrett at 21 1881 President Garfield shot by Charles J Guiteau a disappointed office-seeker 1876 Wild Bill Hickok, shot dead (from behind) by Jack McCall while playing poker. He held a pair of Aces and a pair of 8's 1871 The 1st human cannonball, Emilio Onra, is shot 1871 Satank, Kiowa indian chief, shot to death 1868 Thomas Carmichael Hindman, attorney and Confederate general-major, shot at 40 1865 Flag flown at full staff over White House, 1st time since Lincoln shot 1865 John Wilkes Booth, assassin, is shot dead near Bowling Green Virginia at 27 1865 President Abraham Lincoln shot in Ford's Theater by John Wilkes Booth 1864 Union General O Howard orders plunderers, shot to death 1863 President Lincoln issues "eye-for-eye" order to shoot a rebel prisoner for every black prisoner shot 1863 Martin E Green, Confederate Brigadier-General, shot dead at 38 1862 Samuel Colt, inventor (6 shot revolver), dies at 47 1861 Elmer Ellsworth, U.S. warrior (Chicago Zouaves), shot to death at 23 1861 James T Jackson, U.S. landlord (doodde EE Ellsworth), shot dead) 1848 Denis-Auguste Affre, archbsp of Paris (1840-48), shot to death at 54 1814 Samuel Colt, U.S. inventor, Colt 6 shot revolver 1810 Andrew Hofer, Tyrolian rebel against French and Bavarians, shot dead 1775 Revolution begins-Lexington Common, shot "heard round the world" 1718 Charles XII, King of Sweden (1697-1718), shot dead 1676 King Philip, Metacomet, leader Wampanoag-indians, shot to death 1100 William II, Rufus, king of England, shot in New Forest at 44 |
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