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Assassination of Malcolm X

Name: Assassination of Malcolm X – United States factsheet records
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United States · Politics / OAAU. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1965Date range

2Named people

1Places

Chronological records

1965

Talmadge Hayer21 February 1965

New York · Politics / OAAU

Assassinates Malcolm X

Malcolm X21 February 1965

New York · Politics / OAAU

Assassinated addressing a rally at the Audobon Ballroom, Harlem, on the first day of National Brotherhood Week

Names involved

Malcolm XTalmadge Hayer

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