Robert Kennedy Saved from Drowning | Compare and Contrast
1968: Robert Kennedy is assassinated on June 5 after giving a campaign speech in California Sirhan Sirhan is convicted of the crime and sentenced to life in prison.
1995: Israeli president Itzak Rabin is assassinated in November after giving a speech at a peace rally.
1968: Many American young people become active in protest causes. College students, in particular, stage many campus protests of the Vietnam War. The voting age is lowered to eighteen in 1971, in response to those who criticize the fact that teenagers are old enough to be drafted into war,...
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