Robert F. Kennedy Shot
1968

Senator Robert F. Kennedy was shot today in 1968 by one Sirhan Sirhan, in a hotel in Los Angeles where Kennedy was scheduled to speak. He died on June 6.

The reasons for the assassination have never been made clear either by the authorities or, in public at least, by the killer. As such the cloud hanging over the murder of this Kennedy is reminiscent of that of his brother Jack.

Birth of Economist Adam Smith
1723

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Montgolfiers Demonstrate Balloon
1783

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Congress Passes Neutrality Act
1794

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Draft Registration Begins for WWI
1917

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Gold Standard Abandoned
1933

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Allies Partition Germany
1945

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Marshall Proposes His Plan for Europe
1947

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Six-Day War Erupts Between Israel, Arabs
1967

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CDC Identifies First AIDS Cases
1981

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