Historical Assassinations
Cases tied to political violence, public figures, and crimes with historical impact.
Abraham Lincoln Assassination
President Abraham Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1865, and died the next morning.
James A. Garfield Assassination
President James A. Garfield was assassinated in Washington, D.C., in 1881, a solved case remembered for the fatal medical treatment that followed the shooting.
John F. Kennedy Assassination
President John F. Kennedy was fatally shot in Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963, during a presidential motorcade that also seriously wounded Governor John Connally.
William McKinley Assassination
President William McKinley was shot by anarchist Leon Czolgosz at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York, on September 6, 1901, and died on September 14 after an initially hopeful but failed recovery.