Leon Trotsky / Date of assassination
August 21, 1940
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In May 1940 Trotsky survived an assassination attempt when men with machine guns fired into his home. Three months later he was assassinated by Ramón Mercader, ...
Aug 21, 2015 · Leon Trotsky awaited the inevitable as he fed his rabbits on the afternoon of August 20, 1940. ... Any thoughts of finding a sanctuary in exile ...
On August 20, 1940, Spanish communist Ramón Mercader fatally struck Trotsky with an ice pick.
Leon Trotsky, the exiled Bolshevik leader, died early this morning from injuries received when he was attacked in his home in a suburb of Mexico City some ...