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Assassinations That Changed the World

  • 1996-1996
  • 1 season
  • New Video Group
  • Documentary, Suspense

The murders of the most famous historical figures have been described, starting from the end of the 19th century. These events influenced the fate of the world and changed the course of history. Hitler, Trotsky, Lenin. Mahatma Gandhi, Abraham Lincoln, John F. Kennedy, and Ronald Reagan.

Season 1 Episode Guide

4 Episodes 1996

Episode 1

Conspiracy for Change

Wed, Sep 4, 1996 45 mins

The assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand on June 28, 1918, in Sarajevo, Bosnia (later Yugoslavia) by Gavrilo Princip.

Episode 2

Fanaticism That Endures

Wed, Sep 4, 1996

The word "assassin" comes from the European name for the member of a secret order of the Ismaili sect of Islam.

Episode 3

Murder That Changed the World

Wed, Sep 4, 1996

Focuses on the assassinations of three men who were at the peaks of their careers, but whose deaths came before their full impact had had been realized: Huey Long, Robert Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr.

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Episode 4

The Loner Meets the President

Wed, Sep 4, 1996

U.S. Presidents, who are among the most powerful leaders in the world, have often been targets for assassination.

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