TIL in 1960, the chairman of the Japanese Socialist Party was assassinated during a televised debate by a man wielding a samurai sword.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4KROpdUkrM



Submitted March 26, 2015 at 09:46PM by Nugatorysurplusage http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/30dw9o/til_in_1960_the_chairman_of_the_japanese/