March 20

Giuseppe Zangara died on the 20th in 1933. Zangara was an unremarkable person. Except, that is, for one little thing, a minor detail really: He attempted to assassinate both President-elect Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Chicago mayor Anton Cermak on the preceding February 15. FDR, of course, survived the attempt. Cermak did not. Zangara pled guilty and was sentenced to death in Old Sparky, Florida’s electric chair. The sentence was carried out only 10 days after Cermak’s confession. Zangara was an ardent anti-capitalist who stated to police "I have the gun in my hand. I kill kings and presidents first and next all capitalists." It is more than likely that the reason for Zangara failing to hit both of his targets is that he was only 5 feet tall and had to stand on a folding chair to see over the hat that spectator Lilian Cross was wearing while standing in front of him. I imagine that having to do that threw his aim off just a little bit.