11: In 1858 James A. Garfield and Lucretia Rudolph were married in Hiram, Ohio. Garfield was the twentieth president of the United States. Just four months after he began his term, he was shot by Charles Jules Guiteaus and died soon after. Submitted by Jessica Hall, student at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke
12: Twenty-one people in the Arab Suicide Redemption Falange were charged in 1950 with seven bombings, fifteen killings and several assassination attempts. One of those attempts was on the King of Jordan, King Abdullah. The group was said to be affiliated with Saudi Arabia and Egypt in their fight against Jordan and Iraq. Submitted by Jessica Hall, student at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke
13: In 1775 General Richard Montgomery led American troops into the city of Montreal during the Revolutionary War. The city had been occupied by the British but was abandoned. American control ended on June 15, 1776. Montgomery was killed on December 31, 1775 while on a siege of Quebec. He died without knowing Congress had promoted him to Major General. Submitted by Jessica Hall, student at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke
14: The trial of Charles Jules Guiteaus began in 1881. He was diagnosed  as  mentally ill and found guilty on November 25 of assassinating President James A. Garfield on July 2, 1881. Submitted by Jessica Hall, student at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke
15: The first long distance electric transmission took place in 1896. It powered the streetlights of Buffalo, New York from Niagara Falls, almost twenty miles away. Submitted by Jessica Hall, student at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke