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Olof Palme, 26th Prime Minister of Sweden, is assassinated in Stockholm.
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Olof Palme
Swedish Prime Minister (1969–76, 1982–86)
Sven Olof Joachim Palme was a Swedish politician and statesman who served as Prime Minister of Sweden from 1969 to 1976 and 1982 to 1986. Palme led the Swedish Social Democratic Party from 1969 until his assassination in 1986.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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Assassination of Olof Palme
1986 murder of the Prime Minister of Sweden
On 28 February 1986, at 23:21 CET, Olof Palme, Prime Minister of Sweden, was fatally wounded by a single gunshot while walking home from a cinema with his wife Lisbeth Palme on the central Stockholm street Sveavägen. Lisbeth Palme was slightly wounded by a second shot. The…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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