J.D. Tippit’s Widow: “I Just Don’t Know What We Are Going to Do”
Nov. 24, 1963 - Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy is the focus of sympathy today, but another woman also weeps for the man she has lost. She is...
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Nov 24, 2023
President Johnson Orders FBI To Examine Murder of Oswald
Nov. 24, 1963 - President Johnson directed the FBI tonight to look into “every aspect” of the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald. He spoke with...
Nov 24, 2023
Dallas Offer Evidence Against Oswald
Nov. 24, 1963 - The Dallas police offered today a mass of evidence which they contend proves beyond a reasonable doubt that Lee Harvey...
Nov 24, 2023
Thousands File Past Kennedy’s Coffin at U.S. Capitol
Nov. 24, 1963 - Thousands of sorrowing Americans filed past John Fitzgerald Kennedy’s bier in the Great Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol...
Nov 24, 2023
Oswald Assassin, Jack Ruby, Known for Quick Temper
Nov. 24, 1963 - Strong opinions and loyalties as well as impulsiveness and quickness to anger have long been the marks of the man who...
Nov 24, 2023
Fatal Shooting of Oswald Witnessed by Millions Live on Television
Nov. 24, 1963 - The fatal shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald, who was being held as the assassin of President Kennedy, was seen as it occurred...
Nov 24, 2023
🚨Lee Harvey Oswald Fatally Shot in Dallas
Nov. 24, 1963 - President Kennedy’s assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, was fatally shot by a Dallas night-club operator today as the police...
Nov 24, 2023
Mrs. Kennedy Follows Husband’s Coffin to Capitol Rotunda
Nov. 24, 1963 - Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy, firmly holding the hands of her two children, followed the coffin bearing the body of her...
Nov 24, 2023
Cardinal Cushing Presides over Memorial Mass for Slain President
Nov. 24, 1963 - Richard Cardinal Cushing, who served the spiritual needs of John F. Kennedy in joy and in sorrow, presided over a...
Nov 23, 2023
Ireland Mourns Death of President Kennedy
Nov. 23, 1963 - Ireland today mourned the death of John F. Kennedy with a nationwide expression of grief for “a son of the Old Sod.” At...
Nov 23, 2023
Celtic Tommy Heinsohn Recalls Meeting with President Kennedy
Nov. 23, 1963 - “Take it easy, baby.” The Boston Celtics’ players laughed for a long time after those four words had been uttered the...
Nov 23, 2023
President Johnson Designates National Day of Mourning
Nov. 23, 1963 - Lyndon B. Johnson, the new President of the United States, issued a proclamation today designating a national day of...
Nov 23, 2023
Castro Voices Disapproval of Kennedy Assassination
Nov. 23, 1963 - Premier Fidel Castro, voicing disapproval of President Kennedy’s assassination, told Cuba tonight that the late President...
Nov 23, 2023
JFK’s Former Caddies Remember the President
Nov. 23, 1963 - What were just a couple of golf balls and a handful of tees are now relics. What were rare treats and thrilling...
Nov 23, 2023
Dallas Police Continue to Gather Evidence against Oswald
Nov. 23, 1963 - Dallas Police Chief Jesse Curry announced tonight that the FBI had identified as Lee Harvey Oswald’s handwriting a letter...
Nov 23, 2023
NFL’s Decision to Play Games Evokes Anger
Nov. 23, 1963 - The decision by NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle (pictured) to go through with the seven games on its schedule tomorrow...
Nov 23, 2023
Most Sports Events Cancelled in Wake of Assassination
Nov. 23, 1963 - Amid confusion as well as grief, a minor portion of America’s sports world went ahead with scheduled events today while...
Nov 23, 2023
Governor Connally Reported In Good Condition
Nov. 23, 1963 - Governor John B. Connally Jr. was reported in good condition today at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas. Physicians...
Nov 23, 2023
President Kennedy’s Children Informed of Father’s Death
Nov. 23, 1963 - President Kennedy’s two children were told last night that their father was dead. It was not known who had told them or...
Nov 23, 2023
Dallas Police “Convinced Beyond Any Doubt” Oswald Killed President
Nov. 23, 1963 - Dallas police officials said today that they had amassed evidence enough to convict Lee Harvey Oswald of the...
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