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Let's start with one of the earliest recorded assassinations in 336 BC of Philip II of Macedon. Who stabbed him?

Pausanius. The murder took place at the grand wedding of Philip's daughter, Cleopatra. Philip's son was to be known as Alexander the Great.

Name one of the killers of Julius Caesar in 44 BC.

Cassius. Cassius was just one of Caesar's assassins when, on the Ides of March, he was stabbed 23 times. "Et tu, Brute?"

Who was responsible for the death of James A. Garfield in 1881?

Charles Guiteau. James Garfield, the 20th President of the United States, died from blood poisoning and pneumonia. He is one of only three presidents to predecease their mothers (with Polk and Kennedy being the other two).

Who was the anarchist who shot President William McKinley in Buffalo in 1901?

Leon Czolgosz. Although McKinley was shot twice, he began to recover after surgery, only to die eight days later from gangrene surrounding his wounds.

Who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife in Sarajevo in 1914?

Gavrilo Princip. The Archduke was killed by one of a group of assassins known as "The Black Hand". This is widely seen as the one of the factors that triggered for World War I.

Nicholas II of Russia and his family were "executed" in 1918 by whom?

Yakov Yurovsky. It is believed his death was orchestrated from Moscow by Lenin and the Bolsheviks. The other three incorrect choices were all part of Tsar Nicholas' staff and were murdered with him.

Who murdered Indian leader Mohandas K. Gandhi in 1948?

Nathuram Godse. Gandhi was known for his "non-violent" teachings, and was given the title Mahatma, which is Sanskrit for "Great Soul".

Who fired the shot which killed Egyptian President Anwar El Sadat on October 6, 1981?

Khalid Islambouli. Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin were awarded the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize for the Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty.

Who was claimed to have gunned down Philippine leader Benigno Aquino, Jr. on August 21, 1983?

Rolando Galman. After the assassination, Aquino's widow Corazon (Cory) Aquino was thrust into the public eye and campaigned against Ferdinand Marcos. The Filipino people refused to accept the allegedly fraudulent outcome of the election, leading to Marcos' exile and Cory's assuming the seat of power.

Who was believed to be responsible for the death, in 2007, of former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Benazir Bhutto?

All of these (Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, Baitullah Mehsud, Lashkar i Jhangvi). Benazir Bhutto was the first woman to be elected to lead a Muslim state and Pakistan's first female prime minister.