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 …

Jul 15, 2025 · By 1929, he became a US citizen. Zangara worked as a bricklayer in New Jersey until the Great Depression cost him his job. He moved around seeking work and ended up in …

Mar 11, 2025 · Discover 35 intriguing facts about Giuseppe Zangara, the man who attempted to assassinate President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Guiseppe Zangara, also known as Joseph Zangara, is infamous for the murder of the mayor of Chicago, Anton J. Cermak during an assasination attempt on President-elect Franklin D. …

This is the definitive account of Zangara’s life and death, which includes extensive eyewitness accounts together with Zangara’s memoir, written shortly before his execution.

Mar 26, 2025 · Zangara’s political beliefs reflected the anarchist-communist ideology popular in Italian American radical circles that advocated for an end to capitalism and the creation of an …

Apr 20, 2025 · Giuseppe Zangara’s attempt on the life of President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt on February 15, 1933, cemented his place in history, albeit infamously. While his intended target …

Giuseppe Zangara was the attempted assassin. He was born in Italy, came to the United States in the early 1920s, became a citizen and in 1933 was working as a bricklayer in Miami.

Nov 16, 2009 · On February 15, 1933, a deranged, unemployed brick layer named Giuseppe Zangara shouts "Too many people are starving!" and fires a gun at America’s president-elect, …

The would-be assassin, Italian immigrant Giuseppe Zangara, fired five shots with a handgun, injuring four bystanders and mortally wounding Chicago mayor Anton Cermak, who was …