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Chappaquiddick incident

1969 CE · United States, North America · War

Chappaquiddick incident
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The Chappaquiddick incident occurred on Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts, United States, sometime around midnight between July 18 and 19, 1969, when Mary Jo Kopechne died inside the car driven by U. S. senator Ted Kennedy after he accidentally drove off a narrow bridge into Poucha Pond.

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