Gandhi was on his way to address a prayer meeting when his assassin fired three bullets from a Beretta 9mm 1934 semi-automatic pistol into his chest at point-blank range. (30 January 1948)
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Saturday 4th of February 1911 (x) — Mass poisoner John Hutchinson serves poisoned coffee at a party in his father's house. From the 18 guests two died the same evening and twelve others were violently ill. The dead were 50-year-old Charles Hutchison and Alexander Clapperton.