Shots fired from House spectators’ gallery, five members of Congress wounded 60 years ago this hour (Mar 1 1954)

1950s


Video: 'Recollections of the 1954 Shooting on the House Floor'

(Monday, March 1, 1954, 2:30 p.m. EST) — Four Puerto Rican nationalists opened fire today from the spectators’ gallery of the U.S. House of Representatives, wounding five members of Congress.