Journalist and French revolutionary <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Paul_Marat" id="mwVg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Jean-Paul Marat">Jean-Paul Marat</a> is assassinated in his bathtub by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_Corday" id="mwVw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Charlotte Corday">Charlotte Corday</a>, a member of the opposing political faction.