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Listen: The Blues ProgramGiuseppe Zangara in custody after his unsuccessful attempt on President Roosevelt's life
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Ethnicity, Italian
Italians--United States
Italian Americans--Florida--Dade County--Miami
Italian American men--Florida--Dade County--Miami
Portraits, Group--Florida--Dade County--Miami
Law enforcement--Florida--Dade County--Miami
Peace officers--Florida--Dade County--Miami
Assassins
Political crimes and offenses
Offenses against heads of state
Presidents--Assassination attempts
Police--Florida--Dade County--Miami
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Giuseppe Zangara, unemployed bricklayer who on February 15, 1933 made an unsuccessful attempt on the life of President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt. Chicago's Mayor Anton Cermak received the fatal bullet instead. 14 days after Cermak's death from peritonitis on March 6th, Zangara sat in the electric chair at Florida's Raiford prison, and when asked by Sheriff Dan Hardie if he had anything to say, replied "Push da button".
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