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Nov 22, 2023

🚨Report of President’s Death Not Officially Confirmed

🚨Nov. 22, 1963 - Eddie Barker, news director of CBS’s Dallas affiliate KRLD, reported the following at 1:16 p.m. Central Standard Time:...

Nov 22, 2023

🚨President Kennedy Seriously Wounded by Gunshot in Dallas

Nov. 22, 1963 - President Kennedy has been seriously wounded by a gunshot in Dallas, Texas — perhaps fatally. Texas Governor John B....

Nov 22, 2023

🚨Shots Fired at President

Nov. 22, 1963 - At 12:34 p.m. Central Standard Time, United Press International flashed the following sentence to its network of...

Nov 22, 2023

[VIDEO] Nov. 22, 1963 - President and Mrs. Kennedy Arrive at Love Field, Dallas

Nov. 22, 1963 - President Kennedy, Mrs. Kennedy, Texas Governor John Connally, and Mrs. Connally arrived at Love Field, Dallas’s airport,...

Nov 22, 2023

[VIDEO] Nov. 22, 1963 | JFK Remarks at Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce Breakfast

Nov. 22, 1963 - President Kennedy spoke this morning at a Chamber of Commerce breakfast at The Texas Hotel in Fort Worth. But the star of...

Nov 22, 2023

Nov. 22, 1963 | JFK Remarks in Parking Lot of Texas Hotel, Fort Worth

Nov. 22, 1963 - President Kennedy, who spent last night at The Texas Hotel in Fort Worth, delivered a speech this morning to a crowd of...

Nov 21, 2023

President Kennedy and Vice President Johnson Land at Carswell Air Force Base

Nov. 21, 1963 - President Kennedy and his party jetted down out of the darkness at Carswell Air Force Base at 11:07 p.m. tonight to begin...

Nov 21, 2023

[VIDEO] Nov. 21, 1963 | President and Mrs. Kennedy Remarks to Latin American Citizens

Nov. 21, 1963 - Jacqueline Kennedy tonight capped a day of handshaking and politicking for her husband with a speech in almost-flawless...

Nov 21, 2023

President Kennedy Visits San Antonio, Flies to Houston

Nov. 21, 1963 - President Kennedy mixed a strong defense of his space program with some old-fashioned, earthbound politics today as he...

Nov 21, 2023

Robert Stroud, “Birdman of Alcatraz,” Is Dead

Nov. 21, 1963 - Robert Stroud (pictured in 1938), the convicted murderer who became known as the “Birdman of Alcatraz,” died in his sleep...

Nov 21, 2023

White House Luncheon for Hollywood Elite Scheduled for December 10

Nov. 21, 1963 - Hollywood’s most frantic social scramble of the year is now under way to win an invitation to a White House luncheon on...

Nov 21, 2023

Robert Kennedy to Stay Attorney General but “Plans Could Change”

Nov. 21, 1963 - Robert F. Kennedy said today he planned to remain in his Attorney General’s post. There had been reports he would resign...

Nov 21, 2023

New Order for Silver Dollars

Nov. 21, 1963 - The United States Mint is getting ready to crank out 50 million silver dollars — the first to be struck in 28 years. The...

Nov 21, 2023

President Kennedy to Present Oppenheimer with Fermi Award Dec. 2

Nov. 21, 1963 - Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer (pictured in 1946) will formally receive the Enrico Fermi award from President Kennedy at the...

Nov 20, 2023

First Lady Returns to White House Social Scene

Nov. 20, 1963 - Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy returned to the White House social scene tonight, mingling with 700 guests at the annual judicial...

Nov 20, 2023

“Treason” Flyers Picturing President Kennedy Posted in Dallas

Nov. 20, 1963 - Roughly 5,000 copies of a flyer (pictured) showing President Kennedy in mugshot-style photographs and accusing him of...

Nov 20, 2023

Twentieth Anniversary of Battle of Tarawa Observed

Nov. 20, 1963 - At dawn, 20 years ago today, the costliest brief engagement in Marine Corps history began. Four days later, 1,115 marines...

Nov 20, 2023

President Kennedy Receives WWII Citation

Nov. 20, 1963 - President Kennedy received a citation today for his efforts for peace from men who fought in World War II. The citation...

Nov 20, 2023

Nazi Officer Who Arrested Anne Frank and Family Identified

Nov. 20, 1963 - The Nazi officer who put an end to the diary of Anne Frank by arresting her and her family in 1944 has been identified as...

Nov 19, 2023

President Kennedy Spares Thanksgiving Turkey

Nov. 19, 1963 - A Thanksgiving turkey was presented to President Kennedy by the poultry industry today, but the President spared the life...