The assassination of Robert Kennedy by Sirhan Sirhan -- on this date in history

Shortly after midnight on June 5, 1968, U.S. Senator and presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy was shot at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. He died the next day. Sirhan Sirhan was arrested and convicted of the murder. To mark the 44th Anniversary of the assassination, the National Law Enforcement Museum hosted a panel discussion on Sirhan and the impact of the assassination on the nation. Participating are former Los Angeles police officer Arturo Placencia, who arrested Sirhan, Evan Thomas, author of Robert Kennedy: His Life, and Steven Hughes, a Special Agent in the Dignitary Protection Division of the U.S. Secret Service.

http://www.c-span.org/video/?306409-1/sirhan-sirhan-assassination-robert-f-kennedy