This Day in History June 5: Six-Day War & Tank Man
Sirhan Sirhan stepped out from behind a tray-stacking table in the crowded pantry of the Ambassador Hotel, raising a cheap .22-caliber revolver into the smoky air. Moments earlier, Robert F. Kennedy had finished addressing his cheering campaign workers after winning the 1968 California primary. The sudden cracks of gunfire shattered the celebration, wounding five others…