Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 15 February 1933

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar

Apart from Croce, 24-year-old guitarist Maury Muehleisen, 57-year-old charter pilot Robert N. Elliott, 36-year-old comedian George Stevens, 28-year-old manager and booking agent Kenneth D. Cortose and 30-year-old road manager Dennis Rast also died. The plane crashed an hour after the end of a concert at Northwestern State University's Prather Coliseum.
(20 September 1973)

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Wednesday 15th of February 1933

91 years ago

Anton Joseph Cermak, originally Antonín Josef Čermák is shot by assassin Giuseppe Zangara at the age of 60 in Miami, Florida, United States.

Zangara actually tried to assassinate 32nd president of the USA Franklin Roosevelt. At the critical moment Lilian Cross, a woman standing near Zangara, hit Zangara's arm with her purse and spoiled his aim. Cermak died of his wounds at Jackson Memorial Hospital on 6 March.