Sirhan Sirhan assassinated Robert F. Kennedy on June 5, 1968, in Los Angeles after Kennedy declared victory in the California Democratic presidential primary. Sirhan, a Palestinian by birth and a citizen of Jordan, was a rabid anti-Zionist who set June 5 as the assassination date because it was the first anniversary of the Six Day War, and because RFK supported Israel.

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