Robert F. Kennedy murdered by Sirhan Sirhan

On April 17, 1969

Sirhan Sirhan was convicted of killing US Senator Robert F. Kennedy.

The Palestinian immigrant was sentenced to death by gas chamber.

This Day in History - April 17

1492

Explorer Christopher Columbus was given funding for his first journey.

1964

Ford Mustang went on sale for the first time.

2007

Jazz composer and musician John Coltrane received the Special Citation Pulitzer Prize after his death.

2019

Using gene therapy, eight babies suffering from ''bubble boy disease" were cured in Memphis, Tennessee.

2021

Johns Hopkins University announced that the number of people who died worldwide due to the COVID-19 pandemic had reached three million.

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