Robert F. Kennedy was born in June 1968.
Robert F. Kennedy . He left to run for the United States Senate from New York in 1964 and defeated Republican incumbent Kenneth Keating . Shortly after midnight on June 5 , 1968 , after defeating Senator Eugene McCarthy in the California and South Dakota presidential primaries , he was mortally wounded by Sirhan Sirhan , a 24-year-old enraged Palestinian , and died the following day .