Giuseppe Zangara

Giuseppe Zangara
Zangara in 1933
Born	(1900-09-07)September 7, 1900 Ferruzzano, Calabria, Italy
Died	March 20, 1933(1933-03-20) (aged 32) Florida State Prison, Raiford, Florida, U.S.
Cause of death	Execution by electrocution
Conviction(s)	First degree murder Attempted murder (4 counts)
Criminal penalty	Death
Details
Date	February 15, 1933
Location(s)	Miami, Florida, U.S.
Killed	1 (Anton Cermak)
Injured	4
Weapon	.32-caliber revolver

Giuseppe Zangara (September 7, 1900 – March 20, 1933) was an Italian immigrant and naturalized United States citizen who attempted to assassinate the President-elect of the United States, Franklin D. Roosevelt, on February 15, 1933, 17 days before Roosevelt's inauguration.^[1] 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.^[2]