A Life, a Knife, and a Strife

On this day in 1881, eighty days after a failed office seeker shot him in Washington, D.C., U.S. President James A. Garfield died of complications from his wounds. In 1827, Jim Bowie stabbed a Louisiana banker with his famous knife. And in 1959, in one of the more surreal moments in the history of the Cold War, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, while touring the United States, exploded with anger when he learned that for security reasons, he would not be allowed to visit Disneyland. The incident marked the climax of Khrushchev’s day in Los Angeles, one that was marked by both frivolity and tension.

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Intro text:  history.com
Definitions:  Merriam-Webster 11th Collegiate Dictionary

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