Assassination Attempts That Could’ve Changed History | History 101

Imagine if World War II never happened. Or if America never had the New Deal. What if Pope John Paul II had died in St. Peter’s Square? These weren’t just hypothetical questions — they were very real possibilities. This video explores the assassination attempts that failed by inches but had the potential to reshape the entire world.

History is full of near-death moments where a single bullet, bomb, or decision could have rewritten the future. In this documentary, we uncover the chilling stories of world leaders and public figures who were almost killed — and the alternate histories we narrowly avoided.

You’ll hear about the 1939 bomb plot against Adolf Hitler, the shooting that nearly took Franklin D. Roosevelt’s life, and the 1981 attempt on Ronald Reagan. We revisit the murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and the failed Gunpowder Plot targeting King James I. You’ll also learn about Operation Long Jump — the Nazi plan to kill Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Joseph Stalin all at once.

We cover the attack on Harry Truman at Blair House, a buried plot against Harold Wilson, the deadly bombing of Airey Neave, and Adolf Hitler’s failed plan to poison Churchill. You’ll discover the overlooked story of suffragette Emily Wilding Davison, the foiled bombing plot against Herbert Hoover, and the intercepted sniper plan against Tony Blair.

We explore the stabbing of Stephen Timms, the shooting of civil rights leader Vernon Jordan, two close calls involving Gerald Ford, and the 2011 attack on Gabby Giffords. We also cover the 2008 plot to assassinate Barack Obama, Charles de Gaulle’s 30+ escape attempts, and the storming of government buildings in Brazil shortly after Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva took office in 2023.

These are the moments when history almost broke. And the world — as we know it — came terrifyingly close to being something else entirely.

Timestamps:
00:00 The Moment the World Held Its Breath
00:38 The Hitler Bomb Plot – 13 Minutes from Ending WWII
01:21 FDR’s Close Call in Miami
01:44 Reagan and the Cold War Panic
02:08 The Bullet That Started World War I – Franz Ferdinand
02:49 Pope John Paul II – Shot in St. Peter’s Square
03:10 Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot
03:28 Operation Long Jump – Nazi Plan to Kill Churchill, Roosevelt & Stalin
03:45 The Blair House Attack on President Truman
04:10 Harold Wilson and the Buried British Plot
04:34 Airey Neave’s Assassination
04:52 Hitler’s Plan to Kill Churchill
05:16 Emily Davison’s Forgotten Plot
05:34 The Foiled Attack on President Herbert Hoover
05:53 Tony Blair and the Intercepted Sniper Plan
06:15 Vernon Jordan – Civil Rights in the Crosshairs
06:38 Two Assassination Attempts on Gerald Ford
06:58 Gabby Giffords and U.S. Political Violence
07:15 Barack Obama’s Assassination Plot in 2008
07:40 Charles de Gaulle – 30+ Assassination Attempts
08:00 2023 Brazil – Lula and the Threat to Democracy
08:18 Final Reflection – How Close We Came to a Different World

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