Today is Thursday, June 5, the 157th day of 2008. There are 209 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History:

On June 5, 1968, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated in Los Angeles’ Ambassador Hotel after claiming victory in California’s Democratic presidential primary. Gunman Sirhan Bishara Sirhan was immediately arrested.

On this date:

n In 1917, about 10 million American men began registering for the draft in World War I.

Today’s Birthdays: Actress Liza Weil is 31. Rock musician Pete Wentz (Fall Out Boy) is 29.

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.”—Robert F. Kennedy, U.S. senator (1925-1968).