Robert F. Kennedy
American politician and lawyer
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| 2024 | Along with four siblings, endorsed Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris's campaign and publicly denounced her brother Robert Jr.'s endorsement of Donald Trump, calling it a 'betrayal'. |
| 2024 | Endorsed incumbent Democrat Joe Biden's reelection campaign, opposing her brother Robert's third-party/independent challenge. |
| 2024 | Kennedy endorses incumbent Democrat Joe Biden's reelection campaign over his brother Robert Jr.'s third-party/independent challenge. |
| 2024 | Her son Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ran for president in the 2024 United States presidential election. |
| October 16 2024 | A memorial service for Ethel Kennedy was held at the Roman Catholic Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington, D.C., with eulogies given by President Joe Biden and former presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton. |
| October 14 2024 | Ethel Kennedy's funeral was held at Our Lady of Victory Church in Centerville, Massachusetts. |
| October 10 2024 | Ethel Kennedy died in Boston at the age of 96 after being hospitalized for a stroke she had the week prior. |
| March 1 2023 | Sirhan was denied parole again. |
| January 13 2022 | California Governor Gavin Newsom blocked Sirhan's release on parole. |
| 2021 | Began serving as an advisor on retirement in the United States Department of Labor. |
| August 27 2021 | After 15 years of being denied parole, Sirhan was granted parole by a two-person panel. |
| April 8 2020 | Grandson Gideon's body was recovered, located 2,000 feet from where his mother's body was found. |
| April 6 2020 | Maeve's body was found in the Chesapeake Bay. |
| April 2 2020 | Daughter Maeve and grandson Gideon went missing in a canoeing accident and were presumed dead. |
| August 30 2019 | Sirhan was stabbed multiple times by another inmate but was reported to be in stable condition after being taken to the hospital. |
| 2018 | Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated in an interview that he visited Sirhan Sirhan in prison and, after a lengthy discussion, believed that Sirhan did not kill his father and suggested the possibility of a second gunman being involved. |
| 2017 | Kristin Booth reprised her role as Ethel Kennedy in the sequel miniseries 'The Kennedys: After Camelot'. |
| 2016 | During his 15th parole hearing, he was again denied parole despite the testimony of one of his victims, Paul Schrade, who supported his claim of being a distraction for a second shooter. |
| March 2016 | Ethel Kennedy participated in a march near the home of Wendy's chairman Nelson Peltz in Palm Beach, Florida, alongside hundreds of others, to urge the company to pay an additional one cent per pound of tomatoes to raise field workers' wages, an effort led by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers. |
| January 5 2015 | U.S. District Judge Beverly Reid O'Connell denied Sirhan's motion for a new trial, stating he failed to meet the required standards for actual innocence. |
| 2014 | A bridge over the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C., was renamed the Ethel Kennedy Bridge in recognition of her advocacy for environmentalism and social causes. |
| 2014 | Ethel Kennedy was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Obama for her dedication to advancing social justice, human rights, environmental protection, and poverty reduction. |
| November 22 2013 | Sirhan was transferred from Corcoran to Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility on the anniversary of JFK's assassination. |
| 2012 | Taylor Swift releases the song 'Starlight', which is inspired by a photo of Robert and Ethel Kennedy, capturing themes of their relationship and familial aspirations. |
| 2012 | Ethel Kennedy appeared in a documentary about her life, directed by her youngest child, daughter Rory, which covers her early political involvement and life with Robert F. Kennedy. |
| 2011 | Kristin Booth portrays Ethel Kennedy in the miniseries 'The Kennedys', which depicts events during the Kennedy presidency. |
| 2011 | Sirhan was denied parole for the 14th time. |
| November 26 2011 | Sirhan's defense teams filed court papers for a new trial, claiming newly uncovered evidence showed two guns were fired in the assassination and asserting his innocence. |
| June 27 2011 | Her daughter Maeve gave birth to her grandson Gideon Joseph Kennedy McKean, the first great-grandchild for Bobby and Ethel Kennedy. |
| December 2010 | Appointed chair of American Bridge, a non-profit organization aimed at raising funds for Democratic candidates and causes. |
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