This Day in History: , Bobby Kennedy Is Assassinated.br June 5, 1969.br Senator Kennedy was shot at br the Ambassador Hotel in LA, br after making a brief victory br speech to a crowd of supporters.br Considered by many to be the br only hope in unifying a deeply divided nation, br he had just won the California presidential primary.br 22-year-old Sirhan Sirhan br fired several rounds at Kennedy br at close range as he was exiting br the hotel through the kitchen.br Kennedy was pronounced dead the next day. br Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had been br gunned down just months earlier.br Sirhan Sirhan was sentenced to death. br He spent the rest of his life in prison br after California outlawed the death penalty.