In the Philippines, the assassination of Benigno Aquino, Jr. triggered the eventual downfall of the 20-year autocratic rule of President Ferdinand Marcos.

In 1983, his government was accused of being involved in the assassination of his primary political opponent, Benigno Aquino, Jr. Public outrage over the assassination served as the catalyst for the People Power Revolution in February 1986 that led to his removal from power and eventual exile in Hawaii.

Following the assassination of Philippine opposition leader Benigno Aquino, Jr. in 1983 many within the Reagan administration including the President himself began to fear that the Philippines could fall to the communists and the U. S. military would lose its strongholds at Clark Air Force Base and Subic Bay Naval Station.

It is also referred to as the Yellow Revolution due to the presence of yellow ribbons during the demonstrations following the assassination of Benigno Aquino, Jr ..

He is credited as being the first person to inform future President Corazon Aquino about the assassination of her husband Senator Benigno Aquino, Jr. on August 21, 1983.

When Ver was implicated in the assassination of Former Senator Benigno Aquino, Jr. who is also known as Ninoy on 1983, Ramos became the acting AFP chief of staff for a short time only because on 1985, Ver was reinstated after he was acquitted by the court on the charges against him with regards to the assassination of the Marcos regime's chief political enemy and renowned opposition leader.

Aquino rode on the crest of widespread public outrage over the assassination of her husband, Benigno Aquino, Jr., in 1983.

Then, in the aftermath of the assassination of Marcos ’ s chief rival, Benigno “ Ninoy ” Aquino in 1983, Pimentel won a seat in the Batasan Pambansa elections of 1984.

It is said he was the mastermind of assassination of former Senator Benigno Aquino, Jr.

Political mismanagement would ensue, culminating with the 1983 assassination of popular oppositionist Senator Benigno Aquino, Jr. upon his return from exile in the United States.

It was a series of peaceful demonstrations against the authoritarian regime of then-President Ferdinand Marcos that increased after the 1983 assassination of opposition Senator Benigno Aquino Jr. A tainted snap election on 7 February 1986 and a call by the local Catholic hierarchy sparked mass demonstrations in Metro Manila from 22-25 February that ousted Marcos, with Benigno's widow opposition candidate Corazon replacing him as President and ushering in the present Fifth Republic.

His group became active in anti-government rallies after the assassination of Benigno Aquino, Jr., eventually becoming one of the progressive organizations representing artists and cultural workers in the country.

These deficits were precipitated by the oil crises ' and the mass protests against the Marcos regime ( supported by the international financial community ) following the assassination of opposition leader Benigno Aquino Jr.

The Manila Bulletin headline of Aquino's assassination on August 21, 1983Despite warnings from the military and other pro-Marcos groups, Ninoy Aquino was determined to return to the Philippines.

The assassination of Ninoy Aquino caused the economy of the country to deteriorate even further, and the government plunged further into debt.

After her husband's assassination on August 21, 1983, upon returning to the Philippines after three years in exile in the United States, Corazon Aquino emerged as the leader of the opposition against the Marcos administration.

Following her husband's assassination in 1983, Aquino became active and visible in various demonstrations and protests held against the Marcos regime.

In 1984, Marcos appointed a commission, led by Chief Justice Enrique Fernando, to launch an investigation into Aquino ’ s assassination.

* October 24-The Agrava Board, tasked with investigating the Aquino assassination, concludes that there was a military conspiracy behind the killing and implicates AFP Chief of Staff Fabian Ver.

After the tumultuous snap elections on February 7, Marcos announced that he was replacing Ver with Fidel Ramos due to his alleged ties with the Aquino assassination although he tacitly kept Ver in power.

The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. was a catalyst for the 1968 Kansas City riot.

In the aftermath of the 1968 assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Brando made one of the strongest commitments to furthering King's work.

Lorraine Motel, Martin Luther King, Jr .'s 1968 assassination site, as part of a National Civil Rights Museum | civil rights museum

* unrest in African-American communities, such as the 1968 riots following the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr ..

* King assassination riots: 125 cities in April and May, in response to the murder of Martin Luther King, Jr. including:

Taxi Driver formed part of the delusional fantasy of John Hinckley, Jr. which triggered his attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan in 1981, an act for which he was found not guilty by reason of insanity.

McVeigh later said he considered " a campaign of individual assassination ," with " eligible " targets including Attorney-General Janet Reno, Judge Walter S. Smith Jr. of Federal District Court, who handled the Branch Davidian trial, and Lon Horiuchi, a member of the FBI hostage-rescue team who shot and killed Vicki Weaver in a standoff at a remote cabin at Ruby Ridge, Idaho, in 1992.

* June 8 – James Earl Ray is arrested for the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

However, during the riots that followed the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., in the spring of 1968, Agnew angered many African American leaders when he stated in reference to their constituents, " I call on you to publicly repudiate all black racists.

In April, Daley was castigated by many for his sharp rhetoric in the aftermath of rioting that took place after Martin Luther King, Jr .' s assassination.

After the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., he introduced a bill aimed at making King's birthday a state holiday ; it was tabled and later vetoed.

The convention was held during a year of violence, political turbulence, and civil unrest, particularly riots in more than 100 cities following the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. on April 4.

Despair after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in April 1968 contributed to riots in North Omaha, including one at the Logan Fontenelle Housing Project.

The Lorraine Motel in the city was also the venue of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. on April 4, 1968, the day after giving his prophetic I've Been to the Mountaintop speech at the Mason Temple.

* Elliot D. Coleman ( 1881 – 1963 ), sheriff of Tensas Parish from 1936 – 1960 and a bodyguard at the assassination of U. S. Senator Huey P. Long, Jr.

He joined the Louisiana Bureau of Investigations under Governor Huey Pierce Long, Jr. On the night of Long's assassination on September 8, 1935, he transported the governor to the hospital in Baton Rouge, only to be told that he should return to the state capitol to find out who had shot him.

After the assassination of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on April 4, 1968, riots broke out in the District, primarily in the U Street, 14th Street, 7th Street, and H Street corridors, centers of black residential and commercial areas.

* The assassination attempt of Ronald Reagan by John Hinckley, Jr. was reported to have been driven by an erotomanic delusion to Jodie Foster.

* John Hinckley Jr., the man who shot former President Ronald Reagan in a failed assassination attempt in 1981, whose father worked for a local oil company.

The infamous mob boss, Santo Trafficante, Jr., resided in Sudden Valley while the CIA was investigating the possibility that he was in some way connected with the John F. Kennedy assassination.

This became a major news event for weeks in the aftermath of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. At one point, University president S. I.

* April 4 – James Brown appears on national television, in an attempt to calm feelings of anger in the United States following the assassination of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.