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RFK ASSISSNATION ON THIS DAY IN 1968

Senator Robert Kennedy campaigns in Seattle on March 26, 1968. -  HistoryLink.org

Amazon.com: Bobby Kennedy For President 1968 RFK Cool Wall Art Print Poster  16x24: Posters & Prints

Robert F. Kennedy, Politician born - African American Registry

Robert Francis Kennedy (November 20, 1925 – June 6, 1968)


Shortly after midnight on June 5, 1968, Senator
Robert Kennedy
was
shot at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles after winning
the California presidential primary.

Immediately after he announced to his cheering supporters that
the country was ready to end its fractious divisions, Kennedy
was shot several times by 24-year-old Palestinian Sirhan Sirhan.

He was pronounced dead a day later, on June 6, 1968.

Sirhan, who was born in Palestine, confessed to the crime
at his trial and received a death sentence on March 3, 1969. 

Since the California State Supreme Court invalidated all
death penalty sentences in 1972, Sirhan has spent the
rest of his life in prison. 

Hubert Humphrey ended up running for the Democrats in
1968, but lost to Nixon.

Chronicle Covers: The assassination of Robert F. Kennedy

Lot Detail - Robert F. Kennedy Assassination Newspaper Announces ''Assassin  Identified'' The Day He Was Shot -- ''Dallas Times Herald'' From 5 June 1968

Chronicle Covers: The sorrow surrounding Robert F. Kennedy's death
JUNE 6, 1968

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BATTLE BEGAN ON THIS DAY IN 1942

The Battle of Midway: Turning the Tide in the Pacific - YouTube

On June 4, 1942, the Battle of Midway—one of the most
decisive U.S. victories against Japan during
World War II
—
began.

During the four-day sea-and-air battle, the outnumbered
U.S. Pacific Fleet succeeded in destroying four Japanese
aircraft carriers while losing only one of its own, the
Yorktown, to the previously invincible Japanese navy.

BATTLE OF MIDWAY BEGAN ON THIS DAY | PDX RETRO

Midway / The Pacific War | The Second World War

Battle of Midway begins | June 4, 1942 | HISTORY

The Chicago Tribune's June 7, 1942, front page was led by a report on the Battle of Midway that made evident the U.S. had cracked the Japanese naval code.

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THE TOP STORIES THAT MADE HISTORY

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Gemini 4 - 1st American Space Walk Edward H. White II Astronaut 1965  Newspaper

On June 3, 1965, 120 miles above the Earth, Major Edward H.
White II opened the hatch of the Gemini 4 and stepped out of
the capsule, becoming the first American astronaut to walk
in space.

Attached to the craft by a 25-foot tether and controlling his
movements with a hand-held oxygen jet-propulsion gun,
White remained outside the capsule for just over 20 minutes. 

White had been preceded as a space walker, by Soviet
cosmonaut Aleksei A. Leonov, who on March 18, 1965,
was the first man ever to walk in space.

America's First Space Walk: Edward White Makes History, June 1965 | TIME

Nasa portrait astronaut
Astronaut Ed White was the first American to walk in space.

First American space walk, 1965 - Stock Image - C059/2560 - Science Photo  Library

First American space walk, Ed White, 1965 - Stock Image - S340/0004 -  Science Photo Library

Ed White in space

America needs a strong NASA - SpaceNews

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ROCK MUSICIAN HAS DIED AT AGE 77

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Left to right: Randy Z, Rick Derringer, Randy Jo Hobbs,
Ronnie Brandon – The McCoys.

Rick Derringer, lead singer of the 1965 smash hit "Hang on
Sloopy,"has died, according to an
announcement
from his
caretaker,
Tony Wilson, and Guitar Player magazine.

Wilson’s post states that Derringer died Monday evening
in Ormond Beach, Fl. No cause of death was announced,
although he had been in ill health in recent months. 

Derringer playing guitar onstage
Rick Derringer (Richard Dean Zehringer; August 5, 1947 – May 
26, 2025)


 


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‘’DUCK DYNASTY’’ STAR HAS DIED AT AGE 79

Robertson Followed the Call of the Wild ...

Phil Robertson - Personality, Entrepreneur

(FOX NEWS) – "Duck Dynasty" star Phil Roberton has
died. His family made the announcement on Sunday.

The TV personality’s daughter-in-law Korie Robertson announced the news on Instagram. Robertson had
previously battled Alzheimer’s disease.

The post read…"We celebrate today that our father,
husband, and grandfather, Phil Robertson, is now
with the Lord."

Greeneville church hosts 3,300 to hear "Duck Dynasty" star - Holston  Conference of the United Methodist Church

Duck Dynasty - Wikipedia
Original release on A&E from March 21, 2012 
– April 5, 2017.

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