The Morning They Pronounced RFK Dead
On June 6, 1968, Senator Robert F. Kennedy was pronounced dead at 8:44 a.m., hours after Sirhan Sirhan shot him in the kitchen of the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles following his California primary victory; Sirhan was convicted in 1969 and sentenced to death, later commuted to life, and has been denied parole fifteen times over 57 years of incarceration.
Also on this date
- 1993 The Be-Lo Grocery Store Mass Murder — Windsor, NC
- 1966 James Meredith Shot During March Against Fear — Mississippi
- 2020 Sisters Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman Murdered — London