Zangara executed for killing Chicago Mayor Cermak in attempt on FDR’s life 80 years ago this hour (1933)

1930s, U.S. Presidents


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(Monday, March 20, 1933, 9:27 a.m. local time) — The state of Florida electrocuted Giuseppe Zangara today for the shooting death of Chicago Mayor Anton J. Cermak at a Miami event attended by then President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt, the presumed target, on February 15, 1933.

Cermak died March 6, 1933, at a Miami hospital at age 59, two days after FDR took office.