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Nov 24, 2023

Black Hawks Drop Canadiens, 7-3, in Chicago

Nov. 24, 1963 - The Black Hawks scored 4 times in the first period tonight and defeated the Montreal Canadiens, 7-3, in Chicago. The NHL...

Nov 24, 2023

Redskins To Send Game Ball to White House

Nov. 24, 1963 - The White House is getting a National Football League game ball to symbolize the deep feeling players in the league held...

Nov 24, 2023

Cardinals Upset Giants at Yankee Stadium

Nov. 24, 1963 - The New York Giants, who had been averaging five touchdowns a game over the last eight weeks, were held to two today by...

Nov 24, 2023

Mixed Reactions to Oswald Killing in New York

Nov. 24, 1963 - A few in New York City said “good” today after Lee Harvey Oswald was fatally wounded in Dallas, but most in the city were...

Nov 24, 2023

Ruby Reportedly Killed Oswald Out of Sympathy for Kennedy Family

Nov. 24, 1963 - Jack Ruby, the 52-year-old night-club operator who today fatally shot President Kennedy’s assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald,...

Nov 24, 2023

Governor Connally Continues to Improve

Nov. 24, 1963 - Governor John B. Connally Jr., wounded during the assassination of President Kennedy Friday, was able to walk from his...

Nov 24, 2023

Former California Governor Sharply Critical of Dallas Police

Nov. 24, 1963 - Former California Governor Goodwin Knight was sharply critical today of the Dallas police force in connection with the...

Nov 24, 2023

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...

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

Packers Dominate 49ers in Green Bay

Nov. 24, 1963 - Eager to get back into title contention in the NFL’s Western Division, the Green Bay Packers today staged a boisterous...

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

President Johnson Reaffirms U.S. Policy in South Vietnam

Nov. 24, 1963 - President Johnson reaffirmed today the policy objectives of his predecessor regarding South Vietnam. He called upon all...

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

Viet Cong Launch Successful Raid West of Saigon

Nov. 24, 1963 - Communist Viet Cong guerrillas slipped past South Vietnamese Government defenses at a training camp west of Saigon today...

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...