US President Elect Franklin D. Roosevelt escaped unhurt after an assassination attempt in Miami, Florida, USA

Unemployed brick layer Giuseppe Zangara fired six shots at the car carrying Roosevelt, killing Chicago mayor Anton Cermak and wounding four others.

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