Original: Gourgen Mkrtich (Megerdich) Yanikian (, December 24, 1895, Erzerum, Ottoman Armenia - March 27, 1984, USA) was an Armenian author, engineer and an Armenian Genocide survivor who assassinated two Turkish consular officials in California in 1973Imprisoned Armenian Dies, New York Times, March 1, 1984.
Simplified: Gourgen Yanikian (, December 24, 1895, Erzurum, Ottoman Armenia - March 27, 1984, USA) was an Armenian author and engineer who killed two Turkish consular officials in California in 1973Imprisoned Armenian Dies, New York Times, March 1, 1984.