1960s Timeline

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...

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, 1963 - The Dallas police offered today a mass of evidence which they contend proves beyond a reasonable doubt that Lee Harvey...

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, 1963 - Strong opinions and loyalties as well as impulsiveness and quickness to anger have long been the marks of the man who...

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, 1963 - President Kennedy’s assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, was fatally shot by a Dallas night-club operator today as the police...

Nov. 24, 1963 - Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy, firmly holding the hands of her two children, followed the coffin bearing the body of her...

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, 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, 1963 - “Take it easy, baby.” The Boston Celtics’ players laughed for a long time after those four words had been uttered the...

Nov. 23, 1963 - Lyndon B. Johnson, the new President of the United States, issued a proclamation today designating a national day of...

Nov. 23, 1963 - Premier Fidel Castro, voicing disapproval of President Kennedy’s assassination, told Cuba tonight that the late 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, 1963 - Dallas Police Chief Jesse Curry announced tonight that the FBI had identified as Lee Harvey Oswald’s handwriting a letter...

Nov. 23, 1963 - The decision by NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle (pictured) to go through with the seven games on its schedule tomorrow...

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, 1963 - Governor John B. Connally Jr. was reported in good condition today at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas. Physicians...

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, 1963 - Dallas police officials said today that they had amassed evidence enough to convict Lee Harvey Oswald of the...