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.

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.

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

Sirhan,Sirhan turned 82 in March.

                
SANDY KOZEL

George Washington, the commander of the Continental Army
during the Revolutionary War,was unanimously elected the
first president of the United States by all 69 presidential
electors who cast their votes.

John Adams of Massachusetts, who received 34 votes, was
elected vice president. The electors, who represented 10 of
the 11 states that had ratified the U.S. Constitution, were
chosen by popular vote, legislative appointment, or a
combination of both four weeks before the election.

Government by the United States began on March 4, 1789.
In April, Congress sent word to George Washington that
he had unanimously won the presidency. He borrowed
money to pay off his debts in Virginia and traveled to
New York.

On January 29, 1936, the U.S. Baseball Hall of Fame elected
its first members in Cooperstown, New York: Ty Cobb, Babe
Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Matthewson and Walter Johnson.

The Hall of Fame actually had its beginnings in 1935, when
plans were made to build a museum devoted to baseball
and its 100-year history.

To help sell the idea, the foundation advanced the idea that
U.S. Civil War hero Abner Doubleday invented baseball in
Cooperstown.

The story proved to be phony, but baseball officials, eager
to capitalize on the marketing and publicity potential of a
museum to honor the game’s greats, gave their support to
the project anyway.

”I am announcing today my candidacy for the Presidency
of the United States.” 

John F. Kennedy officially announced his run for President on
January 2, 1960, via a written statement to the press, sparking
extensive newspaper coverage detailing his vision for American leadership, addressing concerns about his Catholic faith, and highlighting issues like the Cold War and economic vitality,
as seen in clippings preserved by the JFK Library.

Major newspapers covered his declaration, which framed the
presidency as crucial for global freedom and promised an
energetic, outward-looking America, setting the stage for
his eventual nomination and narrow victory over Richard
Nixon.