In 1979, a wild rabbit swam aggressively toward President Jimmy Carter's fishing boat in 1979. It quickly became known as the "killer rabbit attack," and was used against him by Ronald Reagan's campaign in the 1980 election.
The incident occurred on April 20 while Carter was fishing alone in a pond near his hometown of Plains, Georgia. — Read the rest
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