September 7th

On this day - September 7th 1978 - Bulgarian dissident, Markov, was killed with an Umbrella

Georgi Markov was a writer from Bulgaria who escaped and moved to London during the communist regime in his home country. After he left Bulgaria in 1969 worked he as a reporter for BBC, and the assassination might have been a plot between KGB (Soviet secret police) and Bulgarian government to keep him quiet. Markov was waiting for the bus on the Waterloo bridge in London when he felt a sting in his thigh. A man with an umbrella had left the area in a taxy shortly after. Markov was left with what looked like a pimple, but he died four days later from ricin poisoning (also known from breaking bad). A small pellet with ricin had probably been shot from the tip of the umbrella, and the assassination have later been nicknamed the “umbrella killing”. The prime suspect, Gullino, is still alive, and no one has been charged for the murder.