TIL Baseball Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson was attacked four times in the 1980s, including a thrown bottle (followed by three missed shots with a revolver), a would-be gunman (who he neutralized), a drug-addled spectator smashing a car he was in, and nearly being struck with a tire iron.
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He also tried assassinating Queen Elizabeth II during her goodwill trip to Los Angeles in 1988.