Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma · 1978

1978Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

The IRA had allegedly attempted to shoot Mountbatten as he was aboard his boat, but poor weather had prevented the sniper from taking his shot

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