April 6th 1969: After failing to secure an opportunity in January, Viktor Ilyin, a deserter from the Soviet Army, fires at Leonid Brezhnev during a parade in Moscow. The leader of the Soviet Union is struck three times before Ilyin is mowed down in a hail of gunfire that fatally injures 2 bystanders. Brezhnev is rushed to the closest hospital. While unconscious and fighting for his life, he remains alive for the remainder of April 6th.