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Assassination

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Persons
John Wilkes Booth, Charles Guiteau, Leon Czolgosz and Lee Harvey Oswald all assassinated American presidents - Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, William McKinley and John F. Kennedy respectively. Read more

History
The term assassin originally referred to a heretical Islamic order known as the Hashshashin, an offshoot of Ismailism, and originated in a castle called Alamut in the mountains of Northern Iran in the 11th century. More: Wikipedia

Film
Lessons for an Assassin (2001): directed by James Glenn Dudelson and starring Shannon Lee and Robert Vitelli. Plot Summary: A criminal finds himself an unwilling recruit, who's identity and past has been erased... Source IMDb

Numbers
7: number of unsuccessful assassin attempts on future, current or ex-presidents of the USA. John W. Hinckley, Jr., shot Ronald Reagan in 1981, but Reagan survived. Other assassination attempts have included ...
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Thing
A bulletproof vest – also called body armour (U.S. body armor) – is an article of protective clothing that works as a form of armour to minimize injury from being hit by a fired bullet. More: Wikipedia

Song
Assassin by Kukl
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Recipe
Angel of Death Cheese (Piedomontese)
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Wordplay
The assassination of President Abraham Lincoln is an anagram of Fanatical sniper man shot his nation's leader. Sob!
Source: Anagram Genius

Literature
The Life and Death of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, Act III, Scene I

CAESAR: Doth not Brutus bootless kneel?
CASCA: Speak, hands for me!
   CASCA first, then the other Conspirators and BRUTUS stab CAESAR
CAESAR: Et tu, Brute! Then fall, Caesar.
   Dies
CINNA: Liberty! Freedom! Tyranny is dead! Run hence, proclaim, cry it about the streets.

Quotes
So I'm happy tonight. I'm not worried about anything. I'm not fearing any man. Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord! (Martin Luther King, Jr., address in Memphis the night before his assassination.

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