Oct. 14 will mark the birthday of two very different American martyrs.

On that day in 1973, George Floyd was born.

As everyone knows only too well, he died in 2020 after being placed under arrest by a Minneapolis police officer.

In 1993, Charlie Kirk was born on the same October day.

Charlie Kirk hands out hats before he was fatally shot at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. AP

The nation is still coming to terms with his assassination while speaking to students on the Utah Valley University campus four weeks ago.

Floyd’s death was the result of a tragic mistake; Officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of second-degree murder , but on the basis that he killed Floyd unintentionally.

Kirk was struck down by an assassin with an explicitly political

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