a
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Alexander I of Serbia
King / 1876 - 1903
Aleksandar Obrenovi was King of Serbia (1889–1903), whose authoritarian reign resulted in his assassination and the end of the Obrenovi dynasty.
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(1876-1903)
King
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Alexander I of Yugoslavia
General, King / 1888 - 1934
King Alexander I of Yugoslavia ruled the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (1921–29) and of Yugoslavia (1929–34).
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(1888-1934)
General, King
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S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike
Prime Minister / 1899 - 1959
S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike was the fourth prime minister of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka).
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(1899-1959)
Prime Minister
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Benazir Bhutto
Prime Minister / 1953 - 2007
Benazir Bhutto became the first female prime minister of Pakistan in 1988. She was killed by a suicide bomber in 2007.
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(1953-2007)
Prime Minister
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Amílcar Cabral
Activist, Political Leader / 1921 - 1973
Amílcar Cabral was a leader of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde. He was assassinated in 1973.
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(1921-1973)
Activist, Political Leader
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Caligula
Emperor / 12 - 41
Gaius Caesar, known as Caligula, succeeded Tiberius and served as Roman emperor from 37 to 41 A.D.
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(12-41)
Emperor
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Sadi Carnot
Engineer, World Leader / 1837 - 1894
Sadi Carnot served as the fourth president (1887–94) of the Third French Republic until he was assassinated by an Italian anarchist.
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(1837-1894)
Engineer, World Leader
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Michael Collins
Activist, Military Leader, Political Leader / 1890 - 1922
Michael Collins was a hero of the Irish struggle for independence, who directed guerrilla warfare during the intensification of the Anglo-Irish War.
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(1890-1922)
Activist, Military Leader, Political Leader
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Cuauhtémoc
Folk Hero, Military Leader, Emperor / 1495 - 1525
Cuauhtémoc was the last Aztec Emperor, ruling from 1520 to 1521. He was tortured and killed by the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés in 1522.
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(1495-1525)
Folk Hero, Military Leader, Emperor
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Jean-Jacques Dessalines
General, Dictator, Emperor / 1758 - 1806
Jean-Jacques Dessalines was a military leader who worked with Toussaint l'Ouverture and gave the country of Haiti its name.
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(1758-1806)
General, Dictator, Emperor
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Ngo Dinh Diem
World Leader / 1901 - 1963
Ngo Dinh Diem was leader of Vietnam from 1955 until his assassination in 1963. His heavy-handed rule and resulting ouster paved the way to the Vietnam War.
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(1901-1963)
World Leader
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Hrant Dink
Activist, Journalist / 1954 - 2007
Hrant Dink founded the Turkish-Armenian paper Agos and was murdered in 2007 after writing about the Armenian massacre, which authorities deny ever happened.
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(1954-2007)
Activist, Journalist
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Domitian
Emperor / 51 - 96
Domitian was a Roman emperor from years AD 81 to 96 and was known for the reign of terror members of the Senate lived under in his last years.
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(51-96)
Emperor
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Anwar el-Sadat
World Leader / 1918 - 1981
Anwar el-Sadat was the one-time president of Egypt (1970-1981) who shared the 1978 Nobel Peace Prize for establishing peace agreements with Israel.
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(1918-1981)
World Leader
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Alexandra Feodorovna
Empress / 1872 - 1918
Alexandra Feodorovna was consort of the Russian Czar Nicholas II. Her rule precipitated the collapse of Russia's imperial government. She was murdered, along with her entire family, in 1918.
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(1872-1918)
Empress
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Franz Ferdinand
Duke / 1863 - 1914
Franz Ferdinand's assassination on June 28, 1914, at the hand of a Serbian terrorist group the "Black Hand," led to the beginning of World War I.
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(1863-1914)
Duke
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Jorge Eliécer Gaitán
Mayor / 1902 - 1948
Jorge Eliécer Gaitán was a political leader who was considered a champion of the Colombian people and was revered as a martyr after his assassination.
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(1902-1948)
Mayor
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Indira Gandhi
Prime Minister / 1917 - 1984
Indira Gandhi was India's third prime minister, serving from 1966 until 1984, when her life ended in assassination. She was the daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first prime minister.
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(1917-1984)
Prime Minister
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Mahatma Gandhi
Anti-War Activist / 1869 - 1948
Mahatmas Gandhi was the primary leader of India's independence movement and also the architect of a form of civil disobedience that would influence the world.
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(1869-1948)
Anti-War Activist
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James Garfield
General, U.S. President, U.S. Representative / 1831 - 1881
James Garfield is best known as the 20th president of the United States. He was assassinated after only a few months in office.
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(1831-1881)
General, U.S. President, U.S. Representative
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Henry III
King / 1551 - 1589
Henry III of France, born in 1551, continued his father's war against the Huguenots, had his brother assassinated and was eventually stabbed dead by a friar.
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(1551-1589)
King
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Reinhard Heydrich
Mass Murderer, Military Leader / 1904 - 1942
Reinhard Heydrich was a high-ranking German Nazi official best known for being one of the main architects of the Holocaust during the early years of the war.
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(1904-1942)
Mass Murderer, Military Leader
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Julius Caesar
General, Dictator / 100 - 44
Roman general and statesman Julius Caesar turned the Roman Republic into the powerful Roman Empire. A coup ended his reign, and his life, on the Ides of March.
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(100-44)
General, Dictator
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John F. Kennedy
Civil Rights Activist, U.S. President, U.S. Representative / 1917 - 1963
John F. Kennedy, the 35th U.S. president, negotiated the Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty and initiated the Alliance for Progress. He was assassinated in 1963.
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(1917-1963)
Civil Rights Activist, U.S. President, U.S. Representative
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Robert Kennedy
Government Official / 1925 - 1968
Robert Kennedy was Attorney General during his brother JFK's administration. He later served as a U.S. Senator and was assassinated during his run for the presidency.
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(1925-1968)
Government Official
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Martin Luther King Jr.
Civil Rights Activist, Minister / 1929 - 1968
Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister and social activist, who led the Civil Rights Movement in the United States from the mid-1950s until his death by assassination in 1968.
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(1929-1968)
Civil Rights Activist, Minister
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Abraham Lincoln
Civil Rights Activist, Lawyer, U.S. President, U.S. Representative / 1809 - 1865
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States. He preserved the Union during the U.S. Civil War and brought about the emancipation of slaves.
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(1809-1865)
Civil Rights Activist, Lawyer, U.S. President, U.S. Representative
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Huey Long
Lawyer, Governor, U.S. Representative / 1893 - 1935
Huey Long was a popular and radically outspoken U.S. Senator from Louisiana who pushed populist reforms during the Great Depression.
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(1893-1935)
Lawyer, Governor, U.S. Representative
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Patrice Lumumba
Activist, Prime Minister / 1925 - 1961
Patrice Lumumba was an African nationalist leader and the first prime minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo who was an key figure in the Congo Crisis.
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(1925-1961)
Activist, Prime Minister
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Francisco Madero
World Leader / 1873 - 1913
Francisco Madero was a reformist politician who successfully removed dictator Porfirio Diaz from office in Mexico. He became president in 1911, but was assassinated two years later.
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(1873-1913)
World Leader
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William McKinley
U.S. President / 1843 - 1901
William McKinley is best known for being president when the United States acquired Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines.
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(1843-1901)
U.S. President
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Harvey Milk
Activist, Political Leader / 1930 - 1978
Harvey Milk became one of the first openly gay officials in the United States in 1977, when he was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Tragically, he was killed the following year.
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(1930-1978)
Activist, Political Leader
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Aldo Moro
Educator, Lawyer, Political Leader / 1916 - 1978
Aldo Moro was leader of the Christian Democratic Party, who served five times as premier of Italy. In 1978 he was kidnapped and murdered by terrorists.
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(1916-1978)
Educator, Lawyer, Political Leader
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Alexei Nikolaevich
Duke, Prince, Tsar / 1904 - 1918
Alexei Nikolaevich was the only son of Nicholas II, the last tsar of Russia, and the tsarina Alexandra. He was killed with his family during the Russian Revolution.
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(1904-1918)
Duke, Prince, Tsar
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Anastasia
Duchess / 1901 - 1918
Anastasia was the daughter of the last Russian tsar, Nicholas II. After she and her family were executed, rumors claimed that she might have survived.
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(1901-1918)
Duchess
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Álvaro Obregón
Military Leader, World Leader / 1880 - 1928
Álvaro Obregón was a statesman, soldier and reformer who, as president, restored order to Mexico after a decade of political upheavals and civil war.
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(1880-1928)
Military Leader, World Leader
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Paul I of Russia
Emperor / 1754 - 1801
Paul I of Russia served as the nation's emperor for a brief, tyrannical five years before he was assassinated 1801.
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(1754-1801)
Emperor
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Peter III
Emperor / 1728 - 1762
Peter III was the Emperor of Russia for a mere six months in 1762 before he was overthrown by his wife, Catherine the Great, and assassinated in 1762.
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(1728-1762)
Emperor
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Pontiac
Warrior / 1720 - 1769
Native Indian Chief Pontiac was famous for his role in Pontiac's Rebellion, an American Indian struggle against the British occupation of the Great Lakes area.
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(1720-1769)
Warrior
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Yitzhak Rabin
Prime Minister / 1922 - 1995
Yitzhak Rabin was Israeli statesman who, as prime minister of Israel, led his country toward peace with its Palestinian and Arab neighbors.
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(1922-1995)
Prime Minister
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César Augusto Sandino
Military Leader / 1893 - 1934
Guerrilla leader César Augusto Sandino opposed U.S. involvement in Nicaragua’s government. Sandinistas named their group after him.
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(1893-1934)
Military Leader
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Leon Trotsky
Activist, Political Leader / 1879 - 1940
Communist Leon Trotsky helped ignite the Russian Revolution of 1917, and built the Red Army afterward. He was exiled and later assassinated by Soviet agents.
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(1879-1940)
Activist, Political Leader
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Rafael Trujillo
War Criminal, Dictator, World Leader / 1891 - 1961
Rafael Trujillo was a dictator of the Dominican Republic for decades. He was assassinated in 1961.
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(1891-1961)
War Criminal, Dictator, World Leader
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Pancho Villa
Military Leader / 1878 - 1923
Pancho Villa was a top military leader of the Mexican Revolution whose exploits were regularly filmed by a Hollywood company.
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(1878-1923)
Military Leader
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Malcolm X
Civil Rights Activist, Minister / 1925 - 1965
African-American leader and prominent figure in the Nation of Islam, Malcolm X articulated concepts of race pride and black nationalism in the 1950s and '60s.
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(1925-1965)
Civil Rights Activist, Minister
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Yangdi
Emperor / 1569 - 1618
Yangdi was the second and penultimate emperor (604–617/618) of China’s Sui dynasty (581–618).
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(1569-1618)
Emperor