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==Assassinations and attempts== Prominent assassinations, targeted killings, and assassination attempts include: [[File:Aramburu ca 1956.jpg|thumb|133x133px|[[Pedro Eugenio Aramburu]]]] [[File:King Faisal of_Saudi Arabia in 1971 (cropped).jpg|thumb|120x120px|[[Faisal of Saudi Arabia|King Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud]]]] [[File:Aldo Moro 1976 (cropped).png|thumb|120x120px|[[Aldo Moro]]]] [[File:Park Chung Hee (박정희) Presidential Portrait (cropped).jpg|thumb|120x120px|[[Park Chung Hee]]]] {| class="wikitable mw-collapsible sortable" |- ! style="width:120px;"| Date ! Description |- | June 1, 1970 | [[Pedro Eugenio Aramburu]]. former President of Argentina, Kidnapped and killed by the [[Montoneros]], a guerrilla organization.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mario Firmenich Given Life In Prison |work=Associated Press |url=https://apnews.com/56faee9c904105caa104a70edd6bbff8 |access-date=14 February 2020}}</ref> |- | April 19, 1972 | [[Ntare V of Burundi|Ntare V]], the final [[King of Burundi]], was detained and assassinated upon his return from exile.<ref>{{cite web |author=[[Charles Mohr (journalist)|Charles Mohr]] |date=6 April 1972 |title=Burundi Seizes Ex-King After Luring Him Back With a Pledge of Safe Conduct |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/04/06/archives/burundi-seizes-exking-after-luring-him-back-with-a-pledge-of-safe.html |access-date=13 January 2022 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Melady |first=Thomas |url=https://archive.org/details/burunditragicyea0000mela/page/5 |title=Burundi: The Tragic years |publisher=[[Orbis Books]] |year=1974 |isbn=0-88344-045-8 |location=New York |pages=[https://archive.org/details/burunditragicyea0000mela/page/5 5–6] |authorlink=Thomas Patrick Melady}}</ref> |- | March 25, 1975 | [[Faisal of Saudi Arabia|Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud]], King of Saudi Arabia, is [[Faisal of Saudi Arabia#Assassination and aftermath|assassinated]] by his half-brother's son, [[Faisal bin Musaid]].<ref>James Wynbrandt (2010). A Brief History of Saudi Arabia. Infobase Publishing. p. 236. ISBN 978-0-8160-7876-9.</ref> |- | August 15, 1975 |[[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]], 1st and 5th [[President of Bangladesh]], and almost his entire family was [[assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman|assassinated]] when a group of [[Bangladesh Army]] personnel went to his residence and killed him, during a coup d'état.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vKbMDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA13|title=Islam and Politics in Bangladesh:The Followers of Ummah|last=Hasan|first=Mubashar|date=2020|publisher=Springer Singapore|pages=13|isbn=9789811511165}}</ref> |- | September 5 and 22, 1975 | [[Gerald Ford]], 38th President of the United States, survives two attempts on his life in September 1975 when two separate women open fire on him at two different events. The [[Attempted assassination of Gerald Ford in Sacramento|first]] occurring in Sacramento, and the [[Attempted assassination of Gerald Ford in San Francisco|second]] occurring in San Francisco.<ref>{{cite news |last1=James M. Naughton |title=Two feet away |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/09/06/archives/front-page-1-no-title-ford-safe-as-guard-seizes-a-gun-woman-pointed.html |access-date=26 December 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=5 September 1975}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/chronicle_vault/article/Chronicle-Covers-The-SF-assassination-attempt-on-9228091.php|title=Chronicle Covers: The SF assassination attempt on President Ford|first=Tim|last=O’Rourke|date=23 September 2016|website=San Francisco Chronicle|accessdate=26 December 2022}}</ref> |- | April 28, 1978 | [[Mohammad Daoud Khan]], first President of Afghanistan, is killed by [[People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan]] affiliated military officers during the [[Saur Revolution]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.afghanland.com/history/biography/daoud.html |title=Mohammad Daud Khan |date=2000 |website=Afghanland.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170817040633/http://www.afghanland.com/history/biography/daoud.html |archive-date=2017-08-17 |access-date=2018-03-11}}</ref> |- | May 9, 1978 | [[Aldo Moro]], former Prime Minister of Italy, is [[Kidnapping of Aldo Moro|kidnapped]] and later killed by the [[Red Brigades]], an Italian Marxist organization.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidbressan/2018/03/16/forensic-geology-and-the-unsolved-murder-of-italian-politician-aldo-moro/|title=Forensic Geology And The Unsolved Murder Mystery of Italian Politician Aldo Moro|first=David|last=Bressan|website=Forbes|accessdate=26 December 2022}}</ref> |- | October 26, 1979 | [[Park Chung Hee]], President of South Korea, is [[Assassination of Park Chung Hee|assassinated]] by [[National Intelligence Service (South Korea)|KCIA]] director [[Kim Jae-gyu]] during a dinner at the [[Blue House]] in [[Seoul]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://terms.naver.com/entry.nhn?cid=42958&docId=920431&categoryId=42958|title=10·26사태|website=terms.naver.com|language=ko|access-date=March 19, 2019}}</ref> |- | October 27, 1979 |[[Hafizullah Amin]], leader of [[Democratic Republic of Afghanistan]], is [[Tajbeg Palace assault|assassinated]] by the Soviet Union in the early stages of the [[Soviet–Afghan War]].<ref name="assassination">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F4-dAwAAQBAJ|title=Famous Assassinations in World History: An Encyclopedia|date=17 April 2014|page=17|publisher=ABC-CLIO|author=Michael Newton|isbn=9781610692861}}</ref> |}
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