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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
Maxime Brunerie		2002: Champs-Élysées, Paris
Claus von Stauffenberg		1944: Wolfsschanze, Prussia
Violet Gibson		1926: Rome, Italy
John Flammang Schrank		1912: Hotel Gilpatrick, Milwaukee, WI
Michael Abram		1999: the victim's home, Henley-on-Thames
Joseph Paul Franklin		1978: county courthouse, Lawrenceville, GA
Fanni Kaplan		1918: Hammer and Sickle Factory, Moscow
Alexander Berkman		1892: the victim's office, Pittsburgh, PA
Oscar Collazo and Griselio Torresola		1950: Blair House, Washington DC
Marcus Sarjeant		1981: The Mall, London
Arthur Bremer		1972: Laurel Shopping Center, Laurel, MD
Guy Fawkes		1605: underneath Parliament, London
Nguyen Van Troi		1963: airport road into Saigon

Would-Be Assassin	Intended Victim	When & Where
Mehmet Ali Ağca		1981: Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
John Hinckley, Jr.		1981: outside the Hilton Hotel, Washington DC
Lewis Powell		1865: the victim's home, Washington, DC
Vladimir Arutyunian		2005: Freedom Square, Tbilisi, Georgia
Roderick McLean		1882: Windsor
Michael Riccardi		1991: Bensonhurst, Brooklyn
Lynnette 'Squeaky' Fromme		1975: Capitol Park, Sacramento
James Hadfield		1800: Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London
Valerie Solanas		1968: The Factory, Manhattan
Jean-Marie Bastien-Thiry		1962: Petit-Clamart, France
Richard Lawrence		1835: Capitol Building, Washington DC
Dmitry Karakozov		1866: Summer Garden, St.Petersburg
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