“ | "I have the gun in my hand. I kill kings and presidents first and next all capitalists." | ” |
–Giuseppe Zangara |
Giuseppe Zangara | |
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![]() Zangara's mugshot | |
Born | September 7, 1900 |
Died | March 20, 1933 Union Correctional Institution, Raidford, Florida | (aged 32)
Cause of death | Execution by electrocution |
Known for | Assassination of Franklin D. Roosevelt |
Giuseppe Zangara (September 7, 1900 – March 20, 1933) was an Italian immigrant and naturalized United States citizen who assassinated the President-elect of the United States, Franklin D. Roosevelt, on February 15, 1933, 17 days before Roosevelt's inauguration.