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TIL: In 1979 Park Chung Hee, the third president of South Korea, was assassinated during a dinner, the gun jammed at the 3rd shot. (en.wikipedia.org)
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Used for the assassination: Small handguns; Smith & Wesson Model 36 and Walther PPK

Kim Jae-gyu fired the gun twice at Park's chest from a distance of two to three meters, but the PPK jammed on a third shot.

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