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 The members of the Nation of Islam shot Malcolm X, a sometimes contentious leader of the religion and civil rights. The members of the Nation of Islam shot Malcolm X, a sometimes contentious leader of the religion and civil rights.
 Before he split up, his own group, the Organization of African-American Unity, began to name a religious group, the Islam nation. [([[https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/malcolm-x-assassinated|History]])] Before he split up, his own group, the Organization of African-American Unity, began to name a religious group, the Islam nation. [([[https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/malcolm-x-assassinated|History]])]
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 +===== Martin Luthor King Jr. =====
 +
 +King was shot dead in Memphis by a 40-year-old robber called James Earl Ray.
 +His activism and empowerment of speeches made King renowned. After Rosa Parks was detained because it refused to give up his seat on a bus, he organized several non-violent protests.
 +King continues to be an emblem of hope for racial harmony after his death. [([[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2018/01/15/kings-assassination-shaped-americas-identity-50-years-ago-and-continues-to-shape-it-today/|Washington Post]])]
 +
 +===== Robert F. Kennedy =====
 +
 +Sirhan Sirhan, a 24 year old Jordanian immigrant, shot Kennedy in Los Angeles, following a speech at the Ambassador Hotel.
 +Kennedy became a Democratic Party icon after his death. His campaign centered on civil rights. His work was viewed as an eventually uniting factor for the country.
 +The effects of his death are more difficult to measure than other countries in that list, although he recently won the primary California and took on the democratic presidential appointment. [([[https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/06/05/rfk-bobby-kennedy-myth-legend-history-218593/|Politico]])]
 +
 +===== Louis Mountbatten =====
 +
 +By placing and remotely detonating a bomb in his fishing boat, the Irish Republican Army murdered Lord Mountbatten, a military strategist and tutor for Prince Carlos. Three others were killed by the blast.
 +The murder was supposed to indicate that even the peak of British society was not safe from IRA, because the army sought to remove Northern Ireland's British control. [([[https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio-web/dead-dead-dead-the-day-lord-mountbatten-two-boys-one-woman-and-18-soldiers-died-1.3991952|Irish Times]])]
 +
 +===== South Korean President Park Chung-hee =====
 +
 +His buddy Kim Jae Kyu, the head of the Korean Central Intelligence Agent, shot President Park Chung-hee in the restaurant.
 +After a military coup in 1961, because Park had taken over the country, he ruled with a "iron hand." Kim told South Korea that the president was killed to bring democracy back. [([[https://abcnews.go.com/International/south-korean-president-park-chung-hee-assassinated-35/story?id=26433094|ABC News]])]
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