AH: People Who Could Have Died
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Larry Flynt (1978, Assassination Attempt)
There was an assassination attempt in 1978 which wounded Flynt and crippled him and confined him to a wheel chair since.
George Wallace (1972, Assassination Attempt)
In 1972, Arthur Bremer (a nut interested in demonstrating to the world that his pee-pee wasn't too small) attempted to assassinate George Wallace. Previously, he had planned to assassinate Richard Nixon, but he figured he couldn't get close enough to Nixon. The assassination attempt only wounded Wallace, leaving him paralyzed for the rest of his life.
There was an assassination attempt in 1978 which wounded Flynt and crippled him and confined him to a wheel chair since.
George Wallace (1972, Assassination Attempt)
In 1972, Arthur Bremer (a nut interested in demonstrating to the world that his pee-pee wasn't too small) attempted to assassinate George Wallace. Previously, he had planned to assassinate Richard Nixon, but he figured he couldn't get close enough to Nixon. The assassination attempt only wounded Wallace, leaving him paralyzed for the rest of his life.
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Burton K Wheeler
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Don't call people racist. I'm getting really tired of telling you to practice basic civility.
Take another week off.
George W. Bush- 2001 choked on a snack item
Ulysses S. Grant- 1861-1865 easily could have died during the War for Southern Independence, and the country would have probably been better off
Ulysses S. Grant- 1861-1865 easily could have died during the War for Southern Independence, and the country would have probably been better off
It would have been a rich man's nation (as it was when the selfish slave owning gentry ignored the common people of the South, who wanted to remain in the Union, and seceded anyway) which quickly devolved into a banana republic which would only break up into smaller, squabbling banana republics sustained only by European pity and slowly reabsorbed by the United States. *Throws down the gauntlet*
Peter Fonda
Shot himself accidently when he was six.
Alanis Morissette
Mugged at gun-point during the Jagged Little Pill sessions.
Nikki Sixx
Kickstart My Heart!
Shot himself accidently when he was six.
Alanis Morissette
Mugged at gun-point during the Jagged Little Pill sessions.
Nikki Sixx
Kickstart My Heart!
John Tyler (February 28, 1844, gun explosion)
John Tyler was on the USS Princeton when Secretary of the Navy Thomas Gilmer wanted to see another demonstration of the boat's guns. The gun exploded killing 6 people. Tyler had been pulled aside while other were heading onto the deck and wasn't standing next to his cabinet officials when it happened. We'd end up with Acting President Willie Mangum.
Queen Victoria (1840; 1842; 1849; 1852; 1882, Assassination)
Wow Vicky...wow. In 1840 we get King Ernest Augustus, in 42, 49 and 52 we get the Albert Edward Regency, with Albert Edward just being King in 82.
Similarly...
King Edward VII (1871, typhoid; 1900, assassination; 1901, surgery)
The latter two just move George V up, but the first one would put Albert Victor as the heir apparent. There might be a rush to marry him off before he has a chance to kick the bucket in the 1890s.
Dwight Eisenhower (1956, surgery)
It's not unreasonable to speculate on what would have happened if Eisenhower died on the operating table. Nixon would have become President just before some major international events and a Presidential election.
Ronald Reagan (1981, Assassination)
President George Bush in the 80's.
Abraham Lincoln (1864, Assassination)
It would be interesting to see what happens with a President Hamlin in the White House.
I like looking at political succession.
John Tyler was on the USS Princeton when Secretary of the Navy Thomas Gilmer wanted to see another demonstration of the boat's guns. The gun exploded killing 6 people. Tyler had been pulled aside while other were heading onto the deck and wasn't standing next to his cabinet officials when it happened. We'd end up with Acting President Willie Mangum.
Queen Victoria (1840; 1842; 1849; 1852; 1882, Assassination)
Wow Vicky...wow. In 1840 we get King Ernest Augustus, in 42, 49 and 52 we get the Albert Edward Regency, with Albert Edward just being King in 82.
Similarly...
King Edward VII (1871, typhoid; 1900, assassination; 1901, surgery)
The latter two just move George V up, but the first one would put Albert Victor as the heir apparent. There might be a rush to marry him off before he has a chance to kick the bucket in the 1890s.
Dwight Eisenhower (1956, surgery)
It's not unreasonable to speculate on what would have happened if Eisenhower died on the operating table. Nixon would have become President just before some major international events and a Presidential election.
Ronald Reagan (1981, Assassination)
President George Bush in the 80's.
Abraham Lincoln (1864, Assassination)
It would be interesting to see what happens with a President Hamlin in the White House.
I like looking at political succession.
Really anyone before 1850 or so gets a cut and it gets infected or blood poisoning and they're doomed, or even later in less developed areas.
Any of the explorers could die rather easily.
Any of the explorers could die rather easily.
Damn butterflies, their wings are made of the sharpest material on earth.
How about a butterfly of Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild's collection spooks one of his pet zebras, kicking him in the head?
unprincipled peter
Donor
future Tsar Nicholas II
assaulted in Japan, lived, but easily could have been killed.
assaulted in Japan, lived, but easily could have been killed.
There have only been few assassination attempts in the history of the FRG, but two of them occured in 1990 and both would have had far reaching consequences:
Oscar Lafontaines got stabbed in the neck
Wolfgang Schäuble got shot (and has been paralyzed since then)
Lafontaine was the SPD's candidate for the upcoming general elections in late 1990. His course did not help the party and led to a crashing defeat in December. A different candidate (Engholm? Rau? Vogel?) might not have snatched victory, but a better performance might have laid a groundwork for a better result in 1998.
Later, Lafontaine was pivotal in the split of left-leaning parts of the SPD which lead to the formation of "Die Linke" and the establishment of the PDS as less an Eastern, but also a +5%-party in the west.
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Schäuble's death would mean that someone else would be the "crown-prince" of Kohl who gets snubbed in the late 90s - and might perhaps react less calm. Rühe perhaps?
Also, someone else than the experienced and very pro-European Schäuble as German Finanzminister since 2009 might lead to butterflies during the present economic crisis.
Oscar Lafontaines got stabbed in the neck
Wolfgang Schäuble got shot (and has been paralyzed since then)
Lafontaine was the SPD's candidate for the upcoming general elections in late 1990. His course did not help the party and led to a crashing defeat in December. A different candidate (Engholm? Rau? Vogel?) might not have snatched victory, but a better performance might have laid a groundwork for a better result in 1998.
Later, Lafontaine was pivotal in the split of left-leaning parts of the SPD which lead to the formation of "Die Linke" and the establishment of the PDS as less an Eastern, but also a +5%-party in the west.
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Schäuble's death would mean that someone else would be the "crown-prince" of Kohl who gets snubbed in the late 90s - and might perhaps react less calm. Rühe perhaps?
Also, someone else than the experienced and very pro-European Schäuble as German Finanzminister since 2009 might lead to butterflies during the present economic crisis.
Augusto Pinochet: Suffered a murder attempt in 1986 with heavy gunfire (including an antitank projectile that dind't explode). Several of his bodyguards died in the fight.
Michael Foot - was severely injured in a car crash in October 1963.
Leonard Cohen - In 1977, Phil Spector pulled a gun to Cohen's head during the recording of Death of a Ladies' Man. Of course, Spector tragically pulled the trigger on Lana Clarkson.
Eli Wallach - was almost decapitated during the shooting of the train scene in The Good, The Bad and The Ugly in 1966.
Leonard Cohen - In 1977, Phil Spector pulled a gun to Cohen's head during the recording of Death of a Ladies' Man. Of course, Spector tragically pulled the trigger on Lana Clarkson.
Eli Wallach - was almost decapitated during the shooting of the train scene in The Good, The Bad and The Ugly in 1966.