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New York Times: December 14, 1931:

British Statesman Killed In Auto Accident

The British statesman Winston Churchill, former First Lord of the Admiralty and Chancellor of the Exchequer, was run down and killed yesterday evening by a taxi driving northbound while he crossing Fifth Avenue in Manhatten. Churchill was rushed to New York Hospital but was pronounced dead upon arrival from head injuries sustained when he was flung head first against the fender of a parked car. The taxi driver, identified as Mario Contasino of Yonkers, was held by police for questioning in this incident.

Winston Churchill was born on November 30, 1874, son of the British statesman Lord Randolph Churchill and the former Jenny Jerome, a citizen of the United States ...



New York Times, February 16, 1933:

PRESIDENT-ELECT ROOSEVELT ASSASSINATED IN MIAMI;
GARNER TO BE PRESIDENT.

President-elect Franklin Delano Roosevelt was shot and killed yesterday by Giusseppe Zangara in Miami, Florida, as he was giving an impromptu speech ...

...Vice President elect John Nance Garner will become President on Inauguration Day. President Hoover has ordered extra Secret Service protection for Mr. Garner ...
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