Giuseppe Zangara: Difference between revisions

'''Giuseppe Zangara''' (September 7, 1900 – March 20, 1933) was an Italian immigrant and naturalized United States citizen who attempted to assassinate the [[President-elect of the United States]], [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], on February 15, 1933, 17 days before Roosevelt's [[First inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt|inauguration]].{{sfn|Picchi|1998|pp=14–15}} During a night speech by Roosevelt in [[Miami, Florida]], Zangara fired five shots with a handgun he had purchased a couple of days before. He missed his target and instead injured five bystanders, includingand killed [[Anton Cermak]], the [[Mayor of Chicago]] who died 19 days later from his wound he sustained.{{sfn|Picchi|1998|pp=19–20}}