On this day in history, June 5, 1968, presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy is fatally shot in Los Angeles
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Presidential hopeful and former attorney general Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated on this day in history, June 5, 1968. Kennedy had finished a campaign speech and was greeting well wishers.
Moments before he was shot, Kennedy delivered a victory speech in front of supporters in the hotel’s Embassy Room ballroom, according to the Los Angeles Almanac. He had just won the California primary race. "Just because we cannot see clearly the end of the road, that is no reason for not setting out on the essential journey." On March 16, 1968, Kennedy announced his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination. Erica Lamberg is a contributing reporter for Fox News Digital.
The final words of Kennedy’s speech, given shortly after midnight on June 5 to a raucous crowd, were, "My thanks to all of you," says the same source.