ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS ON US PRESIDENTS

JOHN F. KENNEDY (1960)

While vacationing in Palm Beach, Florida on December 11,

Richard Pavlick, a retired postal worker, had the intention of

smashing his dynamite packed car into Kennedy’s vehicle.

He changed his mind, however, after seeing Kennedy’s wife and

daughter bid him farewell. He was arrested shortly afterwards.

RICHARD NIXON (1972)

On April 13th, Arthur Bremer was stopped by security at an event

where he intended to shoot Nixon. He went on to kill the governor

of Alabama, George Wallace, a few weeks later.

RICHARD NIXON (1974)

On February 22nd, Samuel Byck planned to kill the president

by crashing a plane into the White House. He ended up trying

to hijack a plane during which he shot both the pilot and co-pilot

(still on the ground), but officers shot him before he could

move the airliner.

GERALD FORD (1975)

On September 5th, while Ford was in Sacramento, Lynette Fromme,

a follower of Charles Manson, tried to shoot Ford as he shook

her hand. She was quickly restrained.

GERALD FORD (1975)

17 days later, in San Francisco, Sara Jane Moore fired at Ford

but a bystander deflected her arm and the bullet missed.

JIMMY CARTER (1979)

Raymond Lee Harvey, a drifter from Ohio, was arrested 10 minutes

before Carter was scheduled to give a speech in Los Angeles

on May 5th. He claimed he was part of a four man operation that

was attempting to assassinate the president. Charges were

eventually dismissed as Harvey had a history of mental illness

and no evidence could be found.

RONALD REAGAN (1981)

On March 30th, walking back to his limousine following a speech

in Washington, Reagan and three others were shot by

John Hinckley Jr. Reagan was rushed to the hospital and

recovered while his would-be assassin was arrested. Hinckley

claimed that his reason for trying to kill the president was to

impress the teen actress, Jodie Foster. He was later

sent to a mental institution.

GEORGE H. W. BUSH (1993)

On April 13th, Kuwaiti police arrested 14 people in a plot to detonate

a car bomb near Bush. It was determined that the men were

linked to the Iraqi Intelligence Service under Saddam Hussein.