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

2007

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

2022

A US National Reconnaissance Office mission launched on a reused SpaceX booster for the first time.

2021

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

1951

The United Kingdom officially created its first National Park, the Peak District National Park.

2024

Dua Lipa made the cover of the TIME100 list of the world’s most influential people.

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