The high-profile assassination that occurred on June 5, 1968, was that of Senator Robert F. Kennedy. After delivering a victory speech in Los Angeles following his win in the California primary for the Democratic presidential nomination, Kennedy was shot by Sirhan Sirhan, a 24-year-old Palestinian. Kennedy was rushed to the hospital but succumbed to his injuries the next day, which shocked the nation and deepened the sense of instability during a tumultuous period marked by social and political upheaval. His assassination was a profound loss for a generation that had seen the assassinations of other prominent leaders like his brother, President John F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr.