Samuel Byck

Assassanation
Samuel Byck tried to kill 37th President Richard Nixon on February 22, 1974 by ramming a hijacked plane into the White House. Byck got onto a Baltimore flight heading for D.C., he hijacked the plane but he didn't get far, after he hijacked the plane, police shot him, fatally wounding him.

Motive
Samuel Byck, in video tapes he recorded before killing Nixon, revealed he wanted to be known as a hero for killing Nixon.