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Robert Kennedy

On June 5, 1968, at about 12:15 am, Senator Robert Francis Kennedy, was making his way from the ballroom at the Ambassador Hotel, in Los Angles, California, to give a press conference, after winning the California Democratic Primary. The prearranged route went through a food service pantry. While making his way through this area, a Palestinian Arab, Sirhan Sirhan, made his way through the crowd, stepped forward, and fired a .22 revolver at the Senator. Although Sirhan was quickly subdued, Kennedy and five others were wounded. Kennedy was fatally wounded and died the next day(June 6, 1968). Kennedy’s death came just two months after the assassination of...

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