This Day In History: June 5

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1968

This Day in History: 06/5/1968 – Robert F. Kennedy Shot

This Day in History - June 5, 1968, Senator Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated in the Ambassador Hotel by 24-year-old Palestinian Sirhan Sirhan. He was shot in the head and died early the next morning.

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