June 5 in American History
Moments after winning the California presidential primary, Senator Robert F. Kennedy was shot in Los Angeles; he died the next day. Coming just two months after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., his death deepened a sense that 1968 was a year the country was coming apart at the seams. A moment of hope, extinguished.
In 1968: Robert F. Kennedy is assassinated. Moments after winning the California presidential primary, Senator Robert F.
Moments after winning the California presidential primary, Senator Robert F. Kennedy was shot in Los Angeles; he died the next day. Coming just two months after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., his death deepened a sense that 1968 was a year the country was coming apart at the seams. A moment of hope, extinguished.
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