Assassinations of political leaders is not a new thing, and indeed has it’s roots deeply entrenched in ancient, even biblical, tribal disputes, which often led to the untimely death of one leader or another.

9. 9. James GarfieldrnJames A. Garfield, the 20th president of the United States, for only a few months in 1881, was shot to death on July 2, rnhaving only been in office for four months. He was on his way to visit his sick wife in hospital when he was shot in the back at the a railroad station in Washington D.C.