Contemporary era · 2025

Assassination of Charlie Kirk

On September 10, 2025, Charlie Kirk, an American right-wing political activist, was assassinated at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, while speaking at an outdoor campus debate planned by Turning Point USA, the conservative youth organization he co-founded and led. Kirk had been a close ally of US president Donald Trump and a highly influential figure in the MAGA movement.

Assassination of Charlie Kirk
Assassination of Charlie Kirk · KSL News Utah, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
When
10 Sept 2025
Where
Utah Valley University
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Contemporary

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