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 .