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Events on Sunday 30 January 1927 1
1927 – 1986Olof Palme (1927-1986)Died 28 February 1986, aged 59Swedish prime minister and Social Democratic leader, shot dead while walking home from a cinema in Stockholm without bodyguards. His assassination shocked Sweden, where street crime against senior politicians was almost unheard of. The killing was never conclusively solved despite decades of investigation.