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Cermak's death, and was a Capone hitman. The first half of the next episode partly involves Ness' Untouchables identifying the actual gunman (a Capone hitman named
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Zangara told the police that he hated rich and powerful people, but not
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Roosevelt. At the critical moment, Lillian Cross, a woman standing near
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Attempted assassinations of presidents of the United States
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Frank Nitti: The True Story of Chicago’s Notorious Enforcer
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Monument to Anton Cermak in the town in which he was born.
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Dwyer, Jim, ed. (1989). "An Assassin's Bullets for FDR".
1790:"Attempted Assassination of FDR in Bayfront Park in 1933"
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line, and then tended horses in the stables of Chicago's
1729:"The Forgotten Tax Revolt of the 1930s | David T. Beito"
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Chicago to Springfield: Crime and Politics in the 1920s
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Boss Cermak of Chicago: A Study of Political Leadership
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2149:Strange Stories, Amazing Facts of America's Past
1834:Kitsch, Propaganda, and the American Avant-Garde
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1803:Benzkofer, Stephen (February 10, 2013).
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1518:Kendall, Peter (December 19, 2007).
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848:Association of Real Estate Taxpayers
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3013:American people of Bohemian descent
1953:. Simon and Schuster. p. 367.
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2027:"Kerner-Cermak family of Illinois"
1655:Gunderson, Erica (July 15, 2016).
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1482:Wisconsin State Assembly (1933).
1388:Johnston, Rosie (June 18, 2008).
866:University of Illinois at Chicago
797:I won’t take a back seat to that
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2048:Reveals Colitis Fatal to Cermak"
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1411:Rechcigl, Miloslav Jr. (2018).
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27:American politician (1873–1933)
1759:. University Park: PSU Press.
1520:"The shooting of Anton Cermak"
1469:Chicago Portraits: New Edition
1441:Chicago Portraits: New Edition
1438:Sawyers, June Skinner (2012).
1233:The history-based crime novel
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3043:Chicago City Council members
1116:American Medical Association
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721:St. Valentine's Day Massacre
641:Mayor of Chicago (1931–1933)
245:Cook County Democratic Party
1831:Pearce, Michael J. (2023).
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2064:Picchi, Blaise (1998).
2054:, March 31, 1933, pg. 1
2052:Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
1919:. Arcadia. p. 19.
1164:Cermak is mentioned in
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2117:10.1055/s-0040-1709459
1895:. Nation Books, 2005;
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1343:Chicago Public Library
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2375:William H. Dieterich
1980:Smith, Jean Edward,
1913:Ridings, J. (2010).
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1580:on September 4, 2018
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631:United States Senate
389:AntonĂn Josef ÄŚermák
288:Chicago City Council
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3023:Assassinated mayors
2545:William N. Erickson
2105:The Surgery Journal
1148:The Gun of Zangara,
1080:Frank J. Jirka, Jr.
1014:on March 20, 1933.
770:U.S. Representative
753:Before Cermak, the
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576:Braidwood, Illinois
529:Anton Joseph Cermak
2565:Richard B. Ogilvie
2500:Edward J. Brundage
2273:Political offices
2218:Babylon 5 Magazine
1861:Smith, pp. 297–98.
1756:The American Mayor
1714:Gottfried, Alex.
1137:The Man Who Dared,
1130:In popular culture
1100:Battle of Iwo Jima
1088:United States Navy
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1530:on March 22, 2020
1239:Max Allan Collins
1192:Objects in Motion
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