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Giuseppe Zangara

Giuseppe Zangara, Italian-American assassin of Anton Cermak (died 1933)

Born
September 7, 1900
Died
March 20, 1933
Zodiac sign
Virgo
Birth year
1900

About Giuseppe Zangara

Giuseppe Zangara was an Italian-born American who attempted to assassinate the President-elect of the United States, Franklin D. Roosevelt, on February 15, 1933, 17 days before Roosevelt's inauguration. During a night speech by Roosevelt in Miami, Florida, Zangara fired five shots with a handgun he had purchased a couple of days before. He missed his target and instead killed Anton Cermak, the Mayor of Chicago, and injured four bystanders. Zangara was promptly indicted for first-degree murder in Cermak's death. Except for his entry and discharge dates, no records remained of Zangara's military service, though he reportedly served in the Tyrolean Alps during World War I. On September 3, 1929, Zangara became a naturalized US citizen after his citizenship application, filed the day of his arrival, was approved.

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The world when Giuseppe Zangara was born

Giuseppe Zangara was born in 1900. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1900

  • Best-selling book"To Have and to Hold" – Mary Johnston

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst Davis Cup tennis tournament
  • Top headlineGalveston Hurricane kills 8,000+ — deadliest US disaster
  • Technology milestoneFirst zeppelin flight
  • World population~1.6B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWilliam McKinley
  • U.S. population76.2M

1900 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Giuseppe Zangara's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19002026
Average income$438$67,500
Postage stamp$0.02$0.73
Population76.2M341 million

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