Prime Minister Spencer Perceval: "I Am Murdered!"
May 10, 2017 05:10:18 #
Event Date: May 11, 1812
Location: London, England, United Kingdom
John Bellingham had been sitting quietly by a fireplace. "As Perceval entered, Bellingham got up, walked towards him, pulled a pistol out of his coat and fired at the Prime Minister, fatally hitting him in the chest. “I am murdered!” Perceval cried out as he slumped to the floor. And he was right."
“I have been denied the redress of my grievances by government,” he thundered, adding: “I have been ill-treated. They all know who I am and what I am. I am a most unfortunate man and feel sufficient justification for what I have done.” Sound familiar?
Spencer Perceval is the only Prime Minister, ever, to have been assassinated while in office.
http://www.onthisday.com/articles/prime-minister-assassinated?utm_source=On+This+Day+in+History+by+OnThisDay.com&utm_campaign=ce4e27a235-Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b15ebf209d-ce4e27a235-112776277
Location: London, England, United Kingdom
John Bellingham had been sitting quietly by a fireplace. "As Perceval entered, Bellingham got up, walked towards him, pulled a pistol out of his coat and fired at the Prime Minister, fatally hitting him in the chest. “I am murdered!” Perceval cried out as he slumped to the floor. And he was right."
“I have been denied the redress of my grievances by government,” he thundered, adding: “I have been ill-treated. They all know who I am and what I am. I am a most unfortunate man and feel sufficient justification for what I have done.” Sound familiar?
Spencer Perceval is the only Prime Minister, ever, to have been assassinated while in office.
http://www.onthisday.com/articles/prime-minister-assassinated?utm_source=On+This+Day+in+History+by+OnThisDay.com&utm_campaign=ce4e27a235-Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b15ebf209d-ce4e27a235-112776277
May 10, 2017 06:46:14 #
Larry the Legend wrote:
Event Date: May 11, 1812 br Location: London, Engl... (show quote)
I will give you the benefit of doubt, and hope that you are not implying what I am thinking.
May 10, 2017 07:30:30 #
ACP45 wrote:
I will give you the benefit of doubt, and hope that you are not implying what I am thinking.
Ahem! Moi?? (I dunno... Whatcha thinkin'?)
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