#assassinated

[hoejangles20]

[kemetic-dreams]

In December 1964, Malcolm X told British activist Tariq Ali, "They're going to ki*ll me soon." Stunned, Ali asked, "Who'll ki*ll you Malcolm?" He predicted that it would be the Nation of Islam, the FBI, or both. Just three months later, he was assassinated.⁠

And while the full truth about his ki*llers remains shrouded in mystery, his eerie prediction was at least partially correct.⁠ ⁠

[illustratus]

A Roman Emperor (Claudius) by Lawrence Alma-Tadema

In AD 41, the debauched Roman emperor Caligula was murdered. Gratus, a member of the Praetorian, draws a curtain aside to reveal the terrified Claudius who is hailed as emperor on the spot. Beneath the herm in the background, lie the bodies of Caligula, his wife Caesonia, their young daughter and of a bystander. The blood stains on the herm denote the struggle that has transpired as well as the setting, the Hermaeum, an apartment in the Palace where Claudius had sought refuge.

[deathisinthecardsforusall]

Oh I can guarantee that he fucking hasn’t…

[stairnaheireann]

#OTD in 1919 – Birth of Máire Drumm in Newry, Co Down.

‘The only people worthy of freedom are those who are prepared to go out and fight for it every day, and die if necessary.’ –Máire Drumm Máire Drumm was the vice president of Sinn Féin and a commander in Cumann na mBan. She was killed by Ulster loyalists while recovering from an eye operation in Belfast’s Mater Hospital. Born in Newry, Co Down to a staunchly Irish republican family. Drumm’s mother…

[rabbitcruiser]

US President John F. Kennedy was assassinated and Texas Governor John Connally was seriously wounded on November 22, 1963.  

[youvebeengreeked]

ON THIS DAY, 222 AD

ELAGABALUS is MURDERED by the PRAETORIAN GUARD, and the world becomes a better place for it.

MY HISTORY BLOGS:

[so-weird-world]

Mexican Los Mochis city police ran away from violent drug cartel gangs

Members of the Mexican Los Mochis city police stopped to order a sandwich from a restaurant. One of the violent drug cartel gangs came and entered a flower shop and assassinated several people. Instead of chasing and arresting them, the policewoman ran away from the place, while the policeman got into his car and fled with his life.

[juicypalmtrees12]

I think I'd like to be assassinated like not in the fact of i want to be killed rn but like

if ur assassinated it means someone cares about u enough to want u dead

ur important enough

ur significant

[illustratus]

The Murder of St Thomas à Becket

[virgil-upinthestars]

art history nerd here! when the notre dame burned a few years ago, the most damaged area was the roof. y'know who has a very extensive 3D model of the roof? ubisoft, for assassin's creed! ubisoft has been very involved in the restoration of the notre dame, pledging over half a million euros in support. so yep, that is most likely an assassin's creed dude carrying the olympic torch!

[stairnaheireann]

#OTD in 1989 – Belfast solicitor, Patrick Finucane is murdered by Unionist assassins.

Pat Finucane, who acted as solicitor for republican hunger striker, Bobby Sands, was shot dead at his north Belfast home in front of his wife and children. The De Silva report into the brutal murder of Pat Finucane, coupled with the prime minister’s searing confession to parliament, revealed probably the worst atrocity by the British state within UK jurisdiction in recent times. Pat Finucane was…

[inkpotsprite]

This was after he blew up all of the Leagues tech.

[rabbitcruiser]

Morgan Earp was assassinated by outlaws while playing billiards in Tombstone on March 18, 1882.