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. (15 February 1933)
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Friday 5th of September 1969 (x) — American hero and mass murderer William Calley is charged with six specifications of premeditated murder for the deaths of 109 South Vietnamese civilians on 16 March 1968 near the village of My Lai in Vietnam