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Today in History: December 27, Benazir Bhutto assassinated

Also on this day, the Apollo 8 capsule splashed down safely in the Pacific, completing the first crewed mission to orbit the moon

People walk in memory of assassinated Pakistani leader Benazir Bhutto
TOPSHOT – Supporters of slain premier Benazir Bhutto gather on the sixth anniversary of Bhutto’s assassination, at a rally in Lahore on December 27, 2013. Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, the son of Pakistan’s slain premier Benazir Bhutto, said December 27 his two sisters would follow him into politics, in a speech on the sixth anniversary of his mother’s death. AFP PHOTO/Arif ALI (Photo by Arif Ali / AFP) (Photo by ARIF ALI/AFP via Getty Images)
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Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated in a shooting and bomb attack that killed at least 20 people in the city of Rawalpindi, Pakistan.

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