In what year did Charles J. Guiteau assassinate James A. Garfield?
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The assassination of James A. Garfield, the 20th President of the United States, occurred on July 2, 1881. The perpetrator, Charles J. Guiteau, a mentally disturbed office seeker, shot Garfield twice at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. The wounds proved fatal, and Garfield succumbed to infection on September 19, 1881, becoming the second U.S. President to be assassinated.
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