June 5, 1968: RFK shot in a hotel kitchen after winning California
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
- 1960 Lake Bodom Murders — Espoo, Finland, 1960
- 1975 Ronald Clark O'Bryan Convicted of Capital Murder — Houston, Texas, 1975
- 1985 Sandra Hemme Convicted of Capital Murder — St. Joseph, Missouri