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Related: About this forumOn this day, July 19, 1969, Senator Kennedy crashed his car into a tidal pond at Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_19 1969 Chappaquiddick incident: U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy crashes his car into a tidal pond at Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts, killing his passenger Mary Jo Kopechne.
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On this day, July 19, 1969, Senator Kennedy crashed his car into a tidal pond at Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts. (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Jul 2024
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hlthe2b
(108,058 posts)1. Tragedy that continues to echo in time...

Demovictory9
(34,424 posts)2. Repubs mentioned this event until Kennedy died
hlthe2b
(108,058 posts)3. Yup... and some of the Senate RW cretins... still do
Probably Trump, too.
twodogsbarking
(12,815 posts)4. Apollo 11 got most of the news at the time.
Ferryboat
(1,114 posts)5. If only he was driving a Volkswagen.....
Infamous National Lampoon ad.