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Can you name the intended victims of these failed assassins?

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Would-Be Assassin	Intended Victim	When & Where
Roderick McLean		1882: Windsor
Michael Riccardi		1991: Bensonhurst, Brooklyn
Valerie Solanas		1968: The Factory, Manhattan
Violet Gibson		1926: Rome, Italy
Alexander Berkman		1892: the victim's office, Pittsburgh, PA
Dmitry Karakozov		1866: Summer Garden, St.Petersburg
Marcus Sarjeant		1981: The Mall, London
Mehmet Ali Ağca		1981: Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Michael Abram		1999: the victim's home, Henley-on-Thames
Vladimir Arutyunian		2005: Freedom Square, Tbilisi, Georgia
Guy Fawkes		1605: underneath Parliament, London
Claus von Stauffenberg		1944: Wolfsschanze, Prussia
John Hinckley, Jr.		1981: outside the Hilton Hotel, Washington DC

Would-Be Assassin	Intended Victim	When & Where
John Flammang Schrank		1912: Hotel Gilpatrick, Milwaukee, WI
Nguyen Van Troi		1963: airport road into Saigon
Lewis Powell		1865: the victim's home, Washington, DC
Jean-Marie Bastien-Thiry		1962: Petit-Clamart, France
Joseph Paul Franklin		1978: county courthouse, Lawrenceville, GA
Richard Lawrence		1835: Capitol Building, Washington DC
Lynnette 'Squeaky' Fromme		1975: Capitol Park, Sacramento
Fanni Kaplan		1918: Hammer and Sickle Factory, Moscow
James Hadfield		1800: Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London
Arthur Bremer		1972: Laurel Shopping Center, Laurel, MD
Maxime Brunerie		2002: Champs-Élysées, Paris
Oscar Collazo and Griselio Torresola		1950: Blair House, Washington DC
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