On this day, June 5

1932 World War I veterans seeking payouts from the government, referred to as The Bonus Army, marched through Pittsburgh en route to Washington.

1950 The U.S. Supreme Court, in Henderson v. United States, struck down racially segregated railroad dining cars.

1968 Sen. Robert F. Kennedy was shot and mortally wounded after claiming victory in California’s Democratic presidential primary at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. Assassin Sirhan Bishara Sirhan was arrested at the scene.

1978 Bail bondsmen David Wander and Edward Reddington were convicted on a sex blackmail scheme against Allegheny

County Commissioner Robert N. Peirce. 2005 The 64-story U.S. Steel Tower building was sold at sheriff’s sale for $1.35 million as part of a plan to shift title from 600 Grant Street Associates to 600 GS Prop GP LLC without exchanging money.

Some items are from Stefan Lorant’s “Pittsburgh: The Story of an American City” (digital.library.pitt.edu/chronology).

— Compiled by Alyssa Brown Today’s birthdays: Actor-singer Bill Hayes,

95. Broadcast journalist Bill Moyers, 86. Former Canadian Prime Minister Joe Clark,

81. Author Dame Margaret Drabble, 81. Financial guru Suze Orman, 69. Jazz musician Kenny G, 64. Actor Jeff Garlin, 58. Actress Karen Sillas, 57. Actor Ron Livingston, 53. Singer Brian McKnight, 51. Actor Mark Wahlberg, 49. Actor Chad Allen, 46. Actress Chelsey Crisp, 37. Actress Amanda Crew, 34. Musician/songwriter/ producer DJ Mustard, 30. Actress Sophie Lowe, 30. Actor Hank Greenspan, 10. Thought for today: “What is objectionable, what is dangerous, about extremists is not that they are extreme, but that they are intolerant. The evil is not what they say about their cause, but what they say about their opponents.”