Robert F. Kennedy Birthday, Age & Famous Birthday Twins
Born: 20 November 1925 · Died: 6 June 1968 · Age: 42
US Attorney General and senator assassinated during a presidential campaign
Did you know?Before entering politics, he worked as a journalist covering the end of the British Mandate in Palestine for a Boston newspaper.
Quick facts
Date of birth20 November 1925
Date of death6 June 1968
Age at death42
Cause of deathGunshot wound
NationalityAmerican
BirthplaceBrookline, United States
Occupationpolitician, military officer, lawyer
Editor's Take:
Robert Kennedy began as his brother's tough, combative campaign manager and enforcer. As Attorney General he took on organised crime. He came to support the civil rights movement. The assassination of his brother changed him deeply. He became more reflective and focused on poverty, racism and the Vietnam War. His 1968 campaign drew huge crowds of hopeful supporters. Many still ask what might have been had he lived. His speech on the night of Martin Luther King's death is still remembered.
Key Milestones
1961: Becomes Attorney General
1962: Advises during the Cuban Missile Crisis
1965: Becomes Senator for New York
1968: Assassinated during his presidential campaign
Robert Francis Kennedy (November 20, 1925 – June 6, 1968), also known by his initials RFK, was an American politician and lawyer. A member of the Democratic Party, Kennedy served as the 64th United States attorney general from 1961 to 1964, and as a U.S. senator from New York from 1965 until his assassination in 1968.
Robert F. Kennedy was born in Brookline on 20 November 1925.
He was US Attorney General under his brother John F. Kennedy.
He advised the President during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
He was assassinated while running for president in 1968.
Career highlights
1957Rackets committee: chief counsel
1961Attorney General: appointed
1962Cuban Missile Crisis: adviser
1965Senate: New York senator
1968Assassination: Los Angeles
Did you know?He was the father of eleven children.
Would be
100
Age at death
42
Years since death
58
Family
Father
Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.
Mother
Rose Kennedy
Spouse
Ethel Kennedy
Children
Christopher G. Kennedy, Courtney Kennedy Hill, David A. Kennedy, Douglas Harriman Kennedy, Joseph P. Kennedy II, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Kerry Kennedy, Max Kennedy, Michael LeMoyne Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Rory Kennedy
