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On November 22, 1963, John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, was assassinated while riding in a presidential motorcade through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas.
- November 22, 1963; 59 years ago, 12:30 p.m. (CST)
- John F. Kennedy, J. D. Tippit
- Lee Harvey Oswald's Earlier Life
- President and Governor Shot in Motorcade
- Lyndon B. Johnson Sworn in
- Lee Harvey Oswald Shot
- JFK Funeral
- Investigation Ends, Conspiracy Theories Begin
- Sources
Oswald was born in New Orleans in 1939. His father died of a heart attack two months before he was born. After living off and on in orphanages as a boy, he moved with his mother to New York at age 12, where he was sent to a youth detention center for truancy. It was during this time that he became interested in socialism. After moving back to New O...
According to the official investigation, Oswald acted alone, firing three bullets from a sixth-floor window at the southeast corner of the Book Depository. Kennedy was struck once in the upper back and once in the head and slumped over onto his wife, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. Texas Governor John B. Connally Jr., who was also in the limo with h...
The first lady and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, who had been three cars behind Kennedy in the motorcade, returned to Air Force One at Dallas Love Field with Kennedy’s body, in a bronze casket. Johnson was sworn inat 2:38 p.m. as the 36th president of the United States while aboard the airplane prior to takeoff. Jacqueline Kennedy, still in a p...
On Sunday morning, November 24, in front of the press, Oswald was being led to be transferred to the county jail from Dallas Police Headquarters. "The Dallas police were extremely worried for the safety of their prisoner," KRLD radio reporter Bob Huffaker, who was there, told CBS News. "We knew that Oswald was the most hated suspect of the 20th cen...
On November 25, a horse-drawn caisson carried Kennedy’s flag-draped coffin to St. Matthew’s Catholic Cathedral from the Capitol Rotunda. More than 800,000 people lined Pennsylvania Avenue to watch the procession, according to theWashington Post. “The president’s caisson was drawn by four horses, including the riderless horse named Black Jack, a ‘ma...
The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy—known as the Warren Commission—concluded "the shots which killed President Kennedy and wounded Governor Connally were fired from the sixth-floor window at the southeast corner of the Texas School Book Depository." It also said, "The shots which killed President Kennedy and wounded...
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13. Sept. 2023 · Thousands of JFK assassination files released Conspiracies over how many gunmen were involved, who was ultimately responsible, and how many bullets actually struck the president have abounded in...
3. Apr. 2024 · Assassination of John F. Kennedy, mortal shooting of the 35th president of the United States in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963. His accused killer was Lee Harvey Oswald, who was himself murdered before he could stand trial, and the death of Kennedy has long been the subject of speculation and conspiracy theories.
15. Sept. 2023 · The fascination with JFK's death is fed by different factors. "If you think of Kennedy, then he is the iconic president for most people," says Peter Ling, Emeritus Head of American Studies at ...
26. Okt. 2017 · Updated: October 12, 2023 | Original: October 26, 2017. copy page link. Print Page. Bettmann / Getty Images. In October 2017, the National Archives released more than 2,800 previously classified...
16. Dez. 2022 · 16 December 2022. By Max Matza,BBC News. Getty Images. Kennedy was shot during a visit to Dallas, Texas, in 1963. The White House has ordered the release of thousands of documents on the murder...
