Question: Which president-elect was targeted in an assassination attempt in Miami by Guiseppe Zangara?
Answer: Franklin D. Roosevelt
On Feb. 15, 1933, President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt had just finished speaking to a crowd in Miami’s Bay Front Park from the backseat of a car when gunshots rang out. Guiseppe Zangara fired five shots at Roosevelt from close range. A bystander deflected Zangara’s hand and the bullets missed FDR, but four others were shot including Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak, who later died of his injuries.
