Kennedy arrives in California after Oregon loss 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 29 1968)


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(Wednesday, May 29, 1968; during the Democratic Party presidential primaries, 1968) — The morning after his upset loss to Senator Eugene McCarthy in the Oregon Democratic presidential primary, Senator Robert F. Kennedy hosted a press conference today at the Los Angeles airport, saying “I think I probably have to win” the next primary on June 4, 1968, in California.