Data bank of assassinations, 1948-1967

Data on 409 assassination attempts, perpetrated between 1948 and 1967 in 84 countries, were gathered from The New York Times Index. Data include plotted, attempted, or actual murders of prominent public figures, such as top governmental officeholders and military figures, leaders of large trade unions or religious movements, or leaders of minority groups. For each event, information is presented on the country, date, and location of occurrence, the actual (verbalized) name of the assassin (when available) and of the target, the issue, the type of group to which the assassin belonged, and the political position of the target.