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  From Lincoln to JFK and Julius Caesar to Martin Luther King, entire books have been written about famous assassinations and how they changed the course of history. Few people, however, take more than a passing glance at those failed attempts that, had they succeeded, would have transformed history just as much, if not more, than those that were successful. While playing the “what if” game is always a dicey proposition, it’s interesting to speculate on how things might have turned out differently but for the incompetence of an assassin—not only in terms of what positives might have been lost, but what negatives might have been avoided as well.
 
 
As such, below is a list of failed assassination attempts that, had they succeeded, would have had tremendous repercussions to this day.
 
(Note: I’m only including actual attempts here, not plots that were stopped before they had a chance to be carried out.)
 10. Charles De Gaulle President of France, 1962 (re-enactment in video starting 4:50)
 
While the controversial French President and World War Two leader of the Free French had several close calls with assassins throughout his long political career, none came as close to success as that of August, 1962. Riding in his car down the Avenue de la Liberation, De Gaulle’s vehicle was suddenly sprayed with machine gun fire as it sped through the streets of Paris at 70 miles per hour. (The attack was carried out by a maverick French Air Force officer infuriated with DeGaulle’s decision to grant Algeria its independence.)
Though the attack killed two policemen, shattered the rear window of his Citroen, and took all out all four tires, his driver managed to get away with the President and his wife unharmed. Had he not, it’s interesting to consider what direction France might have gone without the larger-than-life De Gaulle at the helm for the next seven years.
 9. Gamal Nasser President of Egypt, 1954

Most people outside the Arab world have probably never heard of Gamal Nasser, but for almost two decades he was the driving force behind Arab nationalism in the region and the impetus behind the country’s many wars with Israel. As such, had he been hit by even one of the eight bullets fired at him while he was delivering a live radio speech in October of 1954, it’s unlikely the Arab/Israeli wars of 1956 or 1967 would have happened, nor would the deadliest of all Arab-Israeli Wars, the Yom Kippur conflict of October, 1973, have occurred. (Though this last war was engineered by his successor, Anwar Sadat—Nassar having died of a heart attack three years earlier—it was in direct response to the humiliation the Egyptians suffered at the hands of Israel six years earlier.) Of course, it’s entirely possible one of his many lieutenants would have stepped into his shoes upon his death, but none of them appeared to possess Nasser’s charisma or bellicose tendencies, making the future direction Egypt might’ve taken less certain. It’s possible it would have been less confrontational; but, of course, there’s no way of knowing.
 8. Andrew Jackson President of the United States, 1835

While most people imagine Lincoln’s assassination to have been the first attempt on a sitting American president’s life, few realize how close one of his predecessors came from being the first to die at the hands of a gunman. It happened late in Jackson’s first term when a crazed man walked up to the president as he walked out of the Capitol building’s east portico and aimed two percussion pistols at “Old Hickory.” Remarkably, both pistols misfired, leaving Jackson unharmed but his attacker bloodied and bruised after a thorough thrashing by the burly commander-in-chief, who apparently was as adept at wielding his cane as he was a musket. The man was unceremoniously hauled away by authorities (including a former congressman named Davy Crockett) and, after being deemed insane by doctors, was left to rot in an asylum for the rest of his life. Had the two shots, fired at point blank range, succeeded, the impact on the political direction the country was heading under Jackson’s heavy handed federalism would have been dramatic. Whether it would have been better or worse for the country is debatable but that it would have been different is not.
 7. Ronald Reagan President of the United States, 1981
 
It’s interesting to imagine what the eighties would have looked like had one of John Hinkley’s hastily fired bullets found its mark and Reagan’s more moderate Vice-President George H.W. Bush become president eight years earlier than he eventually did. Would he have been able to rejuvenate the economy, as Reagonomics did in the mid-eighties, or rally the people to bring pressure on the Soviet Union? While much of Reagan’s agenda would probably still have made it through, it’s difficult imagining the more moderate Bush persuading the populace with the elegance of the “Great Communicator” or demanding that Gorbachev dismantle the Berlin Wall. Still, he did navigate the country through the collapse of the Soviet Union and two wars during his single term, so it’s entirely possible he would have been up to the task eight years earlier. Fortunately, modern medicine and Reagan’s hearty constitution ensured that the world would never find out what the eighties might’ve looked like without the “Gipper” at the helm.
 6. Benito Mussolini Fascist Leader of Italy, 1926

It appears that 1926 was not a good year for il Duce, who was to face—and survive—no fewer than four separate attempts on his life over the span of just seven months. (On the other hand, since none of the attempts succeeded, it may have been a very good year for him, if a very bad one for Italy.) The first attempt was made by an Irish woman who very nearly shot off his nose, while three others—all men—either missed their mark or were caught in the planning stages. In every case, they ended up deader than their intended target. Had any of them proven a little more steady on the trigger, however, the Fascists would have not only lost the driving force behind their movement, but quite possibly even their tenuous hold on power. Who—or what—would have replaced him? Another fascist who might have proven even more capable than il Duce himself? A reinvigorated monarchy? A pseudo-democratic republic? It’s anyone’s guess.
 5. Franklin Roosevelt President-Elect of the United States, 1933
 
It’s hard to imagine weathering the twin storms presented by the Great Depression and World War Two without Roosevelt at the helm, but that almost was the case. It (almost) happened in February of 1933 when the then president-elect was riding in an open car in Miami, Florida. A crazed Italian immigrant named Giuseppe Zangara fired five shots at him, missing him but managing to hit and kill the mayor of Chicago, Anton Cermak (who had been riding in the car with Roosevelt). Had Zangara succeeded, Vice-President John Garner would have been sworn in as the 32^nd President and the thirties could well have been very different. Better? Worse? There’s no way of knowing what kind of president Garner would have made, but it’s hard to see how the more diminutive Garner would have gotten the New Deal, Social Security, or Lend-Lease through a hostile congress.
 4. Abraham Lincoln U.S. President, 1864
 
Lincoln’s assassination at the hands of actor turned southern agitator John Wilkes Booth in 1865 was the stuff of legend as well as an unmitigated disaster for the South, Yet, imagine if an earlier attempt in August of 1864 had succeeded. While not generally known to most people, someone took a shot at the president while he was riding in his carriage around Washington, missing his head by inches (and putting a hole in his trademark top hat). Had their aim been just a little better, the Great Emancipator would have been succeeded by Hannibal Hamlin (who?) which may have well given the upcoming election to Lincoln’s overly cautious former commander, General George McClellan. How either Hamlin (had he won reelection) or McClellan would have prosecuted the last year of the war—much less dealt with southern reconstruction—is a source for some debate. Lincoln’s death, if combined with a lame-duck Hamlin and a conciliatory McClellan, might have encouraged the South to hold on just a while longer and resulted in an armistice rather than a victory, dramatically changing the history of America.
 3. Vladimir Ilyich Lenin Russian Revolutionary and Founder of the USSR, 1918
 
Shortly before he became the undisputed leader of the Soviet Union, Lenin was nearly done in by a female assassin and fellow communist named Fanya Kaplin, who got off three shots at the man just as he was about to step into his car. Though seriously injured (he was hit in the arm and jaw), he recovered and used the attempt on his life to both bolster his popularity as well as instigate a reign of terror against his opponents.
But what would’ve happened if Fanya’s aim had been better? Would the Communists have prevailed against the Mensheviks or defeated the royalist White Army without their philosophical and political leader? Certainly the future would have been much more up for grabs without Lenin in charge, though it’s difficult to tell how it could have been much worse for the Russian people. It’s at least a safe bet that Stalin—the man who would eventually succeed Lenin and turn Russia into one giant gulag—was in no position to take power at that point, making it difficult to know who might’ve finally seized the reins of power. This makes this one of those failed attempts that’s difficult to assess whether its success would have been beneficial for Russia or detrimental; in either case, it certainly would have been different.
 2. Wilhelm II German Kaiser, 1901 (video is footage of Wilhelm II and son, not actual assassination attempt)
 
When an anarchist took a shot at the Kaiser while the king was visiting Bremen, Germany in March of 1901—only mildly injuring the man—few realized just how costly that miss would prove to be. How so? Had the shot found its mark, it’s possible World War One never would have happened and the course of history—especially in Europe— would have been dramatically altered. Of course, one can’t put all the blame for Europe’s descent into madness in 1914 on the bellicose Wilhelm II, but it’s entirely possible that a more practical and cool-headed leader might have been able to keep events from spiraling out of control as quickly and completely as they did. Would that man have been the Kaiser’s son, Wilhelm III? Probably. The only question then would be whether the boy king (he would have been just 19 years old when he succeeded his father in 1901) would have been the man to change history thirteen years later or would he have gone down the same tragic path his father took? We will never know.
 1. Adolf Hitler Leader of Germany, 1944
 
The details of just how close a band of conspirators headed up by a disfigured Army Colonel named Claus von Stauffenberg came to killing Hitler in his Prussian hideout in July of 1944 is the stuff of legend (and has even been made into a recent movie starring Tom Cruise). But, consider what it would have meant to the war in Europe had it succeeded. Clearly the conspirators would’ve had the upper hand and, with the help of key anti-Nazi elements within the Army—who saw the war as a lost cause at that point—might well have succeeded in ousting the Nazis and negotiating a quick surrender to the allies, shortening the war by ten months and saving millions of lives in the process. With Germany entirely unoccupied by foreign invaders at that point, it would not only have greatly reduced the level of death and destruction that was to be seen over the next few months, but would have undoubtedly altered the political landscape of Europe and likely changed the complexion of the looming Cold War, probably in the ally’s favor. As it was, the bomb that was planted under Hitler’s briefing table was a little too far away from der Fuhrer when it went off, dooming Germany in the process.

 
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  Jan. 5

Republicans assume control of the House of Representatives.
 

Jan. 8

Six people are killed and 16 injured when Jared Loughner, 22, starts shooting at a political event outside a shopping centre near Tucson, Arizona. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, the intended target, is shot through the head but survived. A U.S. district court judge and 9-year-old girl born on 9/11 are both killed. Loughner is charged with murder and attempted assassination.
 

Jan. 10

Flash flooding in Queensland state in Australia kills at least 10 and left 70 missing. Rain since November caused sporadic flooding in the state in December and January.; affected more than 250,000 people.
 

Jan. 11

Heavy rainfall in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janerio triggers floods and mudslides killing at least 665 and displacing 14,000 people.
 

Jan. 14

After weeks of protest over unemployment, food prices and overall poor living conditions, the 23-year rule of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in Tunisia collapses. He flees the country with members of his family and a large quantity of gold.
 

Jan. 24

A suicide bombing in Moscow's Domodedovo International Airport kills 37 and injured another 180. A Chechen warlord claims responsibility.
 

Jan. 25

Egyptians start protesting against President Hosni Mubarak's government. On Jan. 28, thousands demonstrate in several cities after Friday prayers. Access to the Internet and mobile phone networks are cut. Mubarak dismisses his government and appoints a new cabinet.
 

Feb. 2

After weeks of protests, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak resigns. A military council takes power and promises elections.
 

Feb.14

American President Obama releases his budget plan that includes a U.S.$1.6 trillion dollar deficit for 2012.
 

Feb. 17

A popular uprising begins in Libya but leader Colonel Moammar Gadhafi refuses to resign and fights back against rebels.
 

Feb. 22

A 6.3-magnitude earthquake strikes near Christchurch, New Zealand. 155 people were killed and thousands of buildings were destroyed.
 

March 7

After a public spat with the creator of Two and a Half Men, lead actor Charlie Sheen is fired from the hit show. Sheen had been in and out of rehab, been arrested for domestic assault and in trouble for destroying a New York City hotel room during a party. Sheen takes to Twitter and reaches one million followers within hours. His erratic behaviour continues for weeks.
 

March 11

A massive 9.0-magnitude earthquake strikes northern Japan, triggering an even more devastating tsunami. More than 10,000 people are killed or missing and the Fukushima nuclear reactors are damaged causing radiation leaks and long-term evacuations.
 

March 17

The United Nations votes to impose a no-fly zone over Libya after weeks of violent government attacks on protesters.
 

March 18

Libya announces a ceasefire, but fighting continues and the UN mission launches the first air strikes the next day.
 

April 8

After months of escalating protests, security forces kill a few dozen anti-government protesters in the Syrian cities of Damascus and Daraa. Tens of thousands of Syrians protest the violence.
 

April 14

Deadly tornadoes rip through the southern United States, killing 18 people. By the end of the month, tornadoes will have killed about 300 people.
 

April 19

Syria lifts the 48-year-old state of emergency laws in an effort to defuse protests. Reports suggest more than 600 were killed and 1,000 arrested.
 

April 24

Nearly 500 insurgents escape from a Kandahar prison through a tunnel built by the Taliban.
 

April 29

Britain celebrates the fairytale-like royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton.
 

May 1

After a nine-and-a-half year manhunt, American commandos find and kill Osama Bin Laden in a compound north of Islamabad, Pakistan.
 

May 14

International Monetary Fund chief Dominic Strauss-Kahn is arrested minutes before he was to leave for France, after being accused of a sexual attack on a hotel maid in New York. He will resign from the IMF five days later.
 

May 19

U.S. President Barack Obama signals a shift in his Middle East policy by publicly calling for the creation of a Palestinian state along 1967 borders — bluntly telling Israel the "status quo is unsustainable" if it wants to achieve lasting peace, angering Israeli leaders.
 

May 24

Ousted Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak is ordered to stand trial, facing the death penalty, for the killing of democracy protesters.
 

June 19

Drug violence spreads across Mexico as at least 17 people are killed in a string of attacks, including a shooting at a bar in Monterrey.
 

June 24

Conrad Black's wife Barbara Amiel faints after a U.S. judge orders the former media baron back to prison.
 

June 29

Greek police fire tear gas at masked demonstrators attacking the finance ministry after lawmakers pass the first of two austerity bills demanded by international lenders to stave off default and avert a deepening of the global financial crisis.
 

July 7

Media baron Rupert Murdoch announces the closure of the embattled News of the World tabloid in the wake of an ever-growing phone-hacking scandal. The paper dies after 168 years of publishing.
 

July 21

The space shuttle Atlantis touches down just before 6 a.m. for the last time at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, ending the American space shuttle program.
 

July 22

In what is being described as the worst violence Norway has faced since the Second World War, a gunman opens fire on a youth camp and a detonates a bomb in the country's capital, killing 77 and injuring 151 people.
 

July 29

The United Nations warns that the whole of southern Somalia is heading into famine as the Horn of Africa food crisis deepens, leaving millions at risk of starvation.
 

Aug. 3

American officials release details of indictments in what's being billed as the largest online child porn bust of its kind. Two Canadians are caught in the global sweep.
 

Aug. 5

The United States' credit rating is cut for the first time when Standard & Poor's lowers it from triple-A to AA+, citing the country's looming deficit burden and weak policy-making process.
 

Aug. 10

British Prime Minister David Cameron British authorizes the use of water cannon for the first time outside Northern Ireland to deal with the worst riots in a generation in London and surrounding cities.
 

Aug. 24

Steve Jobs, the co-founder and CEO of tech giant Apple Inc., announces he is resigning immediately from his post after years of health problems.
 

Sept. 2

Whistleblower website WikiLeaks releases online its entire cache of American diplomatic cables, drawing a furious response from its media partners and foreign governments for releasing unredacted information that could endanger the lives of sources.
 

Sept. 7

A Russian plane carrying one of the country's top hockey teams — Lokomotiv of the Kontinental Hockey League — crashes during takeoff, killing 43 members of the team and leaving two survivors in grave condition.
 

Sept. 11

Family members of 9/11's approximately 3,000 victims, including 24 Canadians, finally see the official memorial — two reflecting pools set in the footprints of the original Twin Towers — in New York City on the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks.
 

Sept. 16

Winnipeg-born and raised pilot George Hewitt is killed along with nine others when a plane crashes into the grandstands at a Reno, Nevada, air race.
 

Sept. 17

Protesting corporate greed and economic disparity, a group of protesters march through the heart of New York's financial district and give birth to Occupy Wall Street.
 

Sept. 24

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas asks the United Nations to recognize a state for his people, despite opposition from the United States and Israel.
 

Sept. 29

German Chancellor Angela Merkel receives an overwhelming show of support from her government for a beefed-up EU bailout, sending a strong signal to the five remaining EU countries that have to ratify the deal.
 

Oct. 3

American student Amanda Knox is released from an Italian prison after being acquitted of the murder and sexual assault of British student Meredith Kercher, ending her four-year legal battle to prove her innocence.
 

Oct. 5

Steve Jobs, the co-founder of Apple Inc., and its long-time CEO, dies at age 56.
 

Oct. 18

Gilad Shalit salutes his prime minister and hugs his parents after a landmark prisoner swap between Hamas and Israel brings the captured soldier home after five years. His freedom was exchanged for that of more than 1,000 Palestinians.
 

Oct. 20

Moammar Gadhafi's 42-year reign over Libya ends when he is killed during an assault by opposition forces on his hometown of Sirte.
 

Oct. 21

President Barack Obama announces all remaining U.S. troops will leave Iraq by the end of 2011, ending a war that deeply divided the nation, left almost 4,500 American soldiers dead and cost more than $800 billion.
 

Oct. 27

Marathon talks among European Union leaders ends with agreement over a complex plan to help solve Greece's debt problem and strengthen EU banks.
 

Nov. 6

Greece's Prime Minister George Papandreou announces he will resign his post over his botched decision to put the EU bailout agreement to a referendum.
 

Nov. 9

An earthquake in eastern Turkey kills at least five people and traps scores more under the rubble of two hotels and a dozen other buildings, less than three weeks after another killed 600 in the same area.
 

Nov. 10

The Obama administration says it is delaying a final ruling on the Keystone XL oilsands pipeline until after the November 2012 presidential election while the government looks to reroute it.
 

Nov. 12

The EU economic crisis claims its second leader in less than a week when Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi bows to pressure and resigns.
 

Nov. 15

An early morning operation by New York City police clears Zuccotti Park in Manhattan of Occupy Wall Street protesters, eliminating the movement's symbolic home.
 

Nov. 21

After almost a year away from the game of hockey, Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby makes a triumphant return to the ice, scoring four points in his first game back from concussion.
 

Dec. 5

King Albert II names Elio Rupo as the prime minister of Belgium after 541 days of negotiations following an indecisive election in June 2010.

NHL star Sidney Crosby's post concussion return is aborted after just a few weeks. He suffers concussion symptoms again after two collisions in a game against Boston, the second one with his own teammate Chris Kunitz.
 

Dec. 6

Two explosions at religious shrines on the Shiite holy day of Ashura kills at least 59 people in Kabul and the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif in Afghanistan.
 

Dec. 11

After two weeks and two days of negotiation, the international community signs a new agreement to tackle global warming in Durban, South Africa.
 

Dec. 13

A man armed with a gun and grenades kills five people and himself in a public square in the Belgian city of Liege.
 

Dec. 15

The nine-year mission American military mission in Iraq comes to a formal end with a ceremony at the Baghdad Airport.

 
 

-he's wondering whether living is worse than death and about meaning of death...

 
 
Ms. ਦਿਲਰਾਜ has volunteered to run the Lok Virsa Pehchaan Section for us. As such, it will be updated regularly. Please look out for new topics on our Virsa and cooperate with her to make it a success. Rajjo has helped us a lot behind the scenes to make PJ run smoothely. This is another effort from her to contibute to PJ. So, let's all wish her success in this endeavor.
 
 
Je koyi hor PJ layi kuch karna chahunda, please let me know. We are always looking for new talent to shine.

 

Jatt Mullanpuria - Please welcome our newest PJ Gabru. There have been exceptions, where we have proceeded to make early promotions for users. Jatt Mullanpuria is one of the exceptions. We have noticed a tremendous amount of effort from him to improve the PJ community. Ess ne kayi bahut wadhiya topics create kitte ne jiwe ki Post Karo Motivational Vids - such a positive topic to inspire/motivate all users.
 
Body shody banaun diya vi bahut tips de rahe ne ehe janaab: The Anything to do with GYM,Exercise,Workout Routines thread!!
 
All in all, so far he has done a great job and we hope he'll continue to stir-up more ideas contribute to PJ tremendously!