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Chasstev365

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13. Was it Eastern or Pacific time? 12:31AM or 12:32?

Reply to ColoringFool (Reply #8)

Thu Jun 4, 2026, 10:26 AM

5 hrs ago

I knew someone was going to nick pick this.

Yes: June 4, 1968 was the California Primary

Bobby was shot after Midnight on June 5, 1968

He died on June 6, 1968

On June 7, 1968, Airforce One was sent to LA to get RFK's body and family to bring them back to NYC

The funeral was at St. Patrick's Cathedral and train trip from NYC to Washington DC was on June 8, 1968.

Happy now?

If I wrote all of this, you probably would have been the one to tell me it was too much information.

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