On This Day in 1968, Walter Cronkite Anchors Updated Newscast on Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.

[excerpt CRONKITE Good evening ░░░░░░░░ Martin Luther King the ░░░░░░░░ of nonviolence and the ░░░░░░░░ rights movement has been ░░░░░░░░ to death in Memphis ░░░░░░░░ Police have issued an ░░░░░░░░ points bulletin for a ░░░░░░░░ dressed young white man ░░░░░░░░ running from the scene ░░░░░░░░ also reportedly chased and ░░░░░░░░ on a radio equipped ░░░░░░░░ containing two white men ░░░░░░░░ King was standing on ░░░░░░░░ balcony of a second ░░░░░░░░ hotel room tonight when ░░░░░░░░ to a companion a ░░░░░░░░ was fired from across ░░░░░░░░ street In the friend ░░░░░░░░ words the bullet exploded ░░░░░░░░ his face Police who ░░░░░░░░ been keeping a close ░░░░░░░░ over the Nobel Peace ░░░░░░░░ winner because of Memphis ░░░░░░░░ racial situation were on ░░░░░░░░ scene almost immediately They ░░░░░░░░ the 39 year old ░░░░░░░░ leader to a hospital ░░░░░░░░ he died of a ░░░░░░░░ wound in the neck ░░░░░░░░ said they found a ░░░░░░░░ powered hunting rifle about ░░░░░░░░ block from the hotel ░░░░░░░░ it was not immediately ░░░░░░░░ as the murder weapon.”