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Events on Tuesday 7 April 1868 1
1825 – 1868Thomas D'Arcy McGee (1825-1868)Died 7 April 1868, aged 42McGee was an Irish-Canadian politician, journalist, and a Father of Canadian Confederation. He was assassinated in Ottawa hours after delivering a speech in Parliament, likely in retaliation for his denunciation of the Fenian movement. His killing was Canada's only assassination of a federal politician.