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28-12-2009

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Sirhan Sirhan convicted of assassinating Robert F Kennedy

In order to avoid the death penalty, the defence had offered a guilty plea in exchange for life imprisonment.

The Rosenbergs are sentenced to be executed for espionage

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On this date, Marshall Applewhite offered ‘humans’ the chance to evolve.

The body of ‘The Black Dahlia’ is found mutilated and dissected

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