• Samuel Joseph Byck (January 30, 1930 – February 22, 1974) was an American hijacker and attempted assassin. On February 22, 1974, he attempted to hijack...
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  • Executive agent during World War II Samuel Byck (1930–1974), who attempted to assassinate U.S. President Richard Nixon Sylvan Byck (1904–1982), American editor...
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  • 1974: Delta Air Lines Flight 523, operating a DC-9, was hijacked when Samuel Byck, an unemployed tire salesman from Pennsylvania, shot and killed an Aviation...
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    attempts and plots John Schrank (attempted Theodore Roosevelt 1912) Samuel Byck (attempted Nixon 1974) Lynette Fromme (attempted Ford 1975) Sara Jane...
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    CelebrateBoston.com Hiskey, Daven (February 22, 2012). "This Day in History: Samuel Byck Hijacks an Airliner with the Intent of Flying it into the White House...
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  • Thompson and Naomi Watts. It is based on the story of would-be assassin Samuel Byck, who plotted to kill Richard Nixon in 1974. It was screened in the Un...
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    reviews and closed after 54 performances. In 2004, Cantone appeared as Samuel Byck in Stephen Sondheim's musical Assassins. Originally slated for the 2001...
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    2012. At Carnegie Mellon University, Henson performed in Assassins as Samuel Byck and Sweeney Todd as Beadle Bamford. As a junior at Carnegie Mellon, Henson...
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  • William Shakespeare Sam Mendes Royal Shakespeare Company 1992 Assassins Samuel Byck Stephen Sondheim, John Weidman Sam Mendes Donmar Warehouse, London 1993...
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  • reporter spotted a battery on the roof of a building across the street. Samuel Byck Francisco Martin Duran List of White House security breaches United Airlines...
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    Base Willow Grove. It is believed that Preston's actions influenced Samuel Byck to attempt to hijack a plane five days later, carrying a .22 caliber...
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    Richard Nixon, playing the wife of the would-be presidential assassin Samuel Byck (Penn). She teamed up with Jude Law and Dustin Hoffman in David O. Russell's...
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    57th British Academy Film Awards. In 2004, Penn played Samuel Bicke, a character based on Samuel Byck, who in 1974 attempted and failed to assassinate President...
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    Promenade Theatre and New York City Center, Off-Broadway 1989 Assassins Samuel Byck New York Reading 1990 Bad Habits Jason Pepper, M.D. Hugh Gumbs New York...
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    hijack to fly into the U.S. Capitol, part of the September 11th Attacks. Samuel Byck attempted to hijack an airliner to fly into the White House in 1974....
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    began in 1989 with a workshop reading of Assassins, where he played Samuel Byck, the would-be murderer of Richard Nixon. Lane also appeared in the television...
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    diseases or defects John Schrank (attempted Theodore Roosevelt 1912) Samuel Byck (attempted Nixon 1974) Lynette Fromme (attempted Ford 1975) Sara Jane...
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    people were wounded. Bremer served 35 years in prison. February 22, 1974: Samuel Byck planned to kill Nixon by crashing a commercial airliner into the White...
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  • hijacking February 22, 1974: At Baltimore/Washington International Airport Samuel Byck shot and killed Maryland Aviation Administration Police Officer George...
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    executive-produced The Assassination of Richard Nixon, which starred Sean Penn as Samuel Byck, and was screened at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival. DiCaprio and Scorsese...
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  • Year Title Role 2003 Grease 2009 Don Juan Raphael Assassins Samuel Byck 2013 Next to Normal Gabe Jesus Christ Superstar Judas Iscariot The Scarlet Pimpernel...
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    were attempted in 1973, both by psychiatric patients; one hijacker, Samuel Byck, intended to crash the airliner into the White House to kill President...
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  • state and government participate. It also recognizes Bangladesh. 1974 – Samuel Byck attempts to hijack an aircraft at Baltimore/Washington International...
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  • The Fantasticks El Gallo 2012 Anything Goes Moonface Martin Assassins Samuel Byck Pal Joey Ludlow Lowell 2013 Singin' in the Rain Cosmo Brown Carnival...
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    Horrors, as Seymour, 1982 Angry Housewives, as Lewd, 1986 Assassins, as Samuel Byck, 1990 Do Re Mi, (Encores! Concert), as Fatso O'Rear, 1999 Little Shop...
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    aircraft was not hostile. 2023 Virginia plane crash February 22, 1974 – Samuel Byck, planned to hijack a plane and fly it into the White House in an assassination...
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    near the airport since its opening in July 1950. On February 22, 1974, Samuel Byck entered BWI, shot and killed an aviation police officer and stormed onto...
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  • was The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004), starring Sean Penn as Samuel Byck, who attempted to assassinate US president Richard Nixon in 1974. It...
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  • The Assassination of Richard Nixon – a 2004 film featuring Penn as Samuel Byck, who died during a failed attempt to assassinate Richard Nixon Truitt...
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