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He died in hospital the following day. Palestinian immigrant Sirhan Sirhan was convicted of his murder and given a whole life sentence.
78 years ago (1944) At 6.30am thousands of Allied troops landed on five beaches in Normandy marking the start of D-Day to liberate France and the rest of Europe from the Nazis.
Of the 24,000 British, US, Canadian and Commonwealth troops who took part in what remains the biggest seaborne invasion in history, 4,414 were killed.
38 years ago (1984) The Indian Army stormed the Golden Temple in Amritsar amid tensions with Sikhs in the northern state of Punjab.
According to the Indian government 400 people were killed in the massacre but Sikhs claimed the figure was much higher.
Attacks were also launched against dissidents besieged in other temples and shrines throughout Punjab.
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