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1. Greetings. Little is known about me, other than I was either part black or part Indian, and died in Boston, March 5, 1770. Many consider me the first U.S. casualty of the American Revolution. Who am I?
2. Hello. I was a spy for General Washington's army. After being captured, I was hanged in New York, September 22, 1776. My career was not especially impressive, but I'm remembered for my dying words, which were misquoted as "I only regret that I have one life to give for my country." Who am I?
3. Guten Tag! I was a down and out Nazi supporter during a period of Nazi/Communist street fighting. I died in a brawl in Berlin, February, 1930. When Joseph Goebbels learned I'd written a patriotic song, he had it made the Nazi national anthem. Who am I?
4. Howdy! I was just a simple railroad engineer from Kentucky. On the morning of April 30, 1900, I was driving the Cannonball express into Vaughan, Mississippi when I encountered a stalled train. The fireman bailed, but they pulled me from the wreckage with my hand still on the brake. I was later immortalized in a folk song. Who am I?
5. Welcome. I was a Baptist missionary to China in 1940. I stayed there throughout World War II as an American intelligence agent. Ten days after the Japanese surrendered, I was shot by the Communists. The ultra-right wing organization that carries my name calls me 'the first uniformed casualty of World War III.' Who am I?
6. Hi there! I was just a regular Dallas patrolman, until the day of November 22, 1963. That was the day I was (allegedly) shot and killed by a wanted criminal, by the name of Lee Harvey Oswald. Who am I?
7. G' evening, mate. I was just a poor streetwalker in the seedy London Whitechapel district. In the early morning hours of August 31, 1888, I was murdered by the man who would come to be known as Jack the Ripper. I was his first victim. Who am I?
8. Hi. I was a former secretary to Robert Kennedy. On July 18, 1968 I attended a party for former RFK staffers on Chappaquiddick Island. Senator Edward Kennedy offered me a ride home. He subsequently ran his car off a bridge into a pond, where I drowned. Who am I?
9. Hey. I was a twenty-one-year-old college student from Wyoming. On the morning of October 7, 1998, I was brutally robbed and beaten, and died on the 12th. This was one of the first widely reported cases of gay-bashing in the US. Who am I?
10. Peace be upon you. I was a 66-year-old Buddhist monk from Vietnam. One June 11, 1963, I lit myself on fire at a busy Saigon intersection. I did this to protest the way the government of Vietnam was oppressing the Buddhist religion. Witnesses say I never moved a muscle, never made a sound. Who am I?
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