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Politics & Power5 June 1968

assassination of Robert F. Kennedy

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Jacqueline Kennedy, Doncas HardinPublic domainWikimedia Commons

On June 5, 1968, Robert F. Kennedy was shot by 24-year-old Sirhan Sirhan at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California. Medical teams attempted to treat him, but he died the following day at the age of 42. Kennedy, a United States senator and candidate in the 1968 Democratic Party presidential primaries, won the California and South Dakota primaries on June 4.

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Jacqueline Kennedy, Doncas HardinPublic domainWikimedia Commons
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Sven WalnumCC0Wikimedia Commons
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John Malmin, Los Angeles TimesCC BY 4.0Wikimedia Commons
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Robert F. KennedySirhan Sirhan

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