Sirhan Sirhan
Assassin of Robert F. Kennedy. See also Kennedy Assassinations.
Timeline
| 19 Mar 1944 |
Sirhan Sirhan born, Jerusalem. |
| 1965 |
Employed as a stable boy at Santa Anita Racetrack. |
| 1968 |
Becomes a Rosicrucian. |
| 31 Jan 1968 |
Diary entry: "RFK must die." |
| 16 May 1968 |
Diary entry: "My determination to eliminate RFK is becoming more of an unshakable obsession." |
| 1 Jun 1968 |
Purchases two boxes, .22 hollow point ammunition. |
| 4 Jun 1968 |
Waits in the kitchen for RFK, then fires a gun repeatedly at the candidate. Among those that wrestle Sirhan to the ground are Rosy Grier, Rafer Johnson, and George Plimpton. |
| 17 Apr 1969 |
A jury finds Sirhan Sirhan guilty of the assassination of RFK. |
| 10 May 1982 |
Sirhan Sirhan tells a parole board: "If Robert Kennedy were alive today, he would not countenance singling me out for this kind of treatment." |
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