What nationality was Sirhan Sirhan, the assassin of Robert Kennedy?
Sirhan Sirhan, the assassin of Robert Kennedy, was a Jordanian-born American.
He shot Kennedy, then a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, on June 5, 1968.
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