1970s/Assassinations
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![]() The House Select Committee on Assassinations was convened after the high rate of assassinations in the 1960s | |
The assassinations of the 1970s |
This list is of people who were specifically targeted. For people who may have been randomly murdered, see 1970s/Murders.
The assassinations of the 1970s, in part, stemmed from the desire to contain the truth about the assassinations of the 1960s, especially the JFK assassination. In 2008, Peter Dale Scott published an essay on The Assassinations of the 1960s as "Deep Events", an important step in spreading the term "deep event".[1]
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HSCA/Premature deaths
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Many people, especially mid level spooks, died sudden deaths just prior to testifying before this committee.
- Full article: JFK/Assassination/Premature deaths
- Full article: JFK/Assassination/Premature deaths
The JFK assassination lead to more assassinations in the 1970s, just as it did in the 1960. These included witnesses, participants and would be investigators. George de Mohrenschildt (Lee Harvey Oswald's handler) was perhaps the most prominent of those involved, while Dorothy Kilgallen was perhaps the most famous journalist assassinated.
Assassinated in the 1970s
Wikispooks page | Born | Died | Summary | Description |
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Giorgio Ambrosoli | 17 October 1933 | 11 July 1979 | Lawyer | An Italian lawyer assassinated while investigating Michele Sindona. |
Outel Bono | 1934 | 26 August 1973 | Politician | African political leader assassinated by French secret services |
Jean de Broglie | 21 June 1921 | 24 December 1976 | Politician | The investigation into his 1976 assassination was soon classified as a military secret. |
Luigi Calabresi | 14 November 1937 | 17 May 1972 | Police officer | An Italian policeman who was alleged to have killed a suspect of the Piazza Fontana bombing. Assassinated in 1972, leading to public unrest. |
Park Chung-hee | 14 November 1917 | 26 October 1979 | Soldier | President of South Korea assassinated in office |
Henri Curiel | 13 September 1914 | 4 May 1978 | Activist | International left wing activist with many enemies, gunned down. |
John Francis Green | 18 December 1946 | 10 January 1975 | Soldier | A member of the North Armagh Brigade of the Provisional IRA. |
Orlando Letelier | 13 April 1932 | 21 September 1976 | Diplomat Politician Economist | A Chilean socialist politician and diplomat, assassinated in Washington D.C. |
Georgi Markov | 1 March 1929 | 11 September 1978 | Author Defector | A Bulgarian dissident writer who assassinated in 1978 |
Rolando Masferrer | 12 July 1918 | 31 October 1975 | "Terrorist" Assassin Businessperson | Operation 40 member car bombed in Miami a week mafter he published a newspaper editorial arguing that car bombs were a justifiable tactic. |
Harvey Milk | 22 May 1930 | 27 November 1978 | Politician | The first openly gay elected official in the history of California. Assassinated. |
George de Mohrenschildt | 17 April 1911 | 29 March 1977 | Spook Deep state functionary Geologist JFK/Assassination/Premature death Handler HSCA/Premature deaths | Lee Harvey Oswald's handler, found dead after attempting to share some of what he knew with the media. |
Aldo Moro | 23 September 1916 | 9 May 1978 | ||
George Moscone | 24 November 1929 | 27 November 1978 | Politician | Mayor of San Francisco. Assassinated |
Louis Mountbatten | 25 June 1900 | 27 August 1979 | Mariner Royalty | A man "of extremely low morals" according to an FBI file. Mentor to Charles Windsor. Assassinated |
Nematollah Nassiri | August 1911 | 15 February 1979 | Spook | |
Airey Neave | 23 January 1916 | 30 March 1979 | Spook Politician Lawyer | Thatcher aide who may have been intent on tackling corruption. Assassinated, allegedly by a splinter Irish group. |
Carlos Prats | 24 February 1915 | 30 September 1974 | Soldier | Chilean army leader who defended the constitution and President Allende. His resignation opened for the September 11, 1973 coup. Assassinated in exile with bomb planted by the Chilean intelligence service. |
Hanns Martin Schleyer | 1 May 1915 | 18 October 1977 | Business leader | |
René Schneider | 31 December 1913 | 25 October 1970 | Soldier | The commander-in-chief of the Chilean Army at the time of the 1970 Chilean presidential election, when he was assassinated during a botched kidnapping attempt. |
Karen Silkwood | 19 February 1946 | 13 November 1974 | Whistleblower | The assassinated US nuclear whistleblower whose case was taken up by the Christic Institute. |
Yuk Young-soo | 14 November 1917 | 15 August 1974 | Premature death | The First Lady of South Korea was assassinated in 1974. |
Jacobo Árbenz | 14 September 1913 | 27 January 1971 | Soldier Politician | A democratically elected President of Guatemala whom the CIA liquidated due to his land redistribution policy |