On this day in 1969, Senator Ted Kennedy killed Mary Jo Kopechne on Chappaquiddick Island by crashing into the sea at midnight and leaving her to drown in the overturned car. “The Lion of the Senate” went on to represent Massachusetts in the US Senate until his own death in 2009. pic.twitter.com/KEYCWScLqE

— The Columbia Bugle 🇺🇸 (@ColumbiaBugle) July 19, 2021