The Assassination Of Robert F. Kennedy
Senator Kennedy was shot on this very day
Today we address the murder of Robert F. Kennedy on the 5th of June 1968.
The assassination of US Senator Robert F. Kennedy (D-New York), brother of and former U.S. Attorney General under President John F. Kennedy (D-Massachusetts), was committed on June 5, 1968, at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.
Who Was Robert F. Kennedy?
Robert Francis Kennedy was an American politician of the Democratic Party. A lawyer, author, and activist by profession.
He was the seventh of nine children of Rose Fitzgerald and Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. and a brother of United States President John F. Kennedy.
In January 1961, he elevated him to the position of justice minister in his government, which put up severe measures against the American mafia. Working closely with his brother throughout the Bay of Pigs Invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis, he contributed significantly to both crises.
As a close adviser, Robert Kennedy proved to be a powerful and loyal politician in several of his brother’s campaigns.
