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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

New Strangling Victim in Boston Area

Nov. 24, 1963 - Joann Marie Graff, a 22-year-old industrial designer who recently came to Lawrence, Mass., from Chicago, was found dead...

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

Top of the Charts: “I’m Leaving It Up to You” by Dale & Grace

Nov. 23, 1963 - Taking the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 today is “I'm Leaving It Up to You,” a recording by the American duo Dale &...

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...

Nov 23, 2023

Oswald Faces Death Penalty in Texas if Convicted

Nov. 23, 1963 - The assassination of a President is not covered by Federal law, according to the Justice Department. Lee Harvey Oswald...

Nov 23, 2023

JFK’s Body in Closed, Flag-Draped Coffin in East Room of White House

Nov. 23, 1963 - The body of John Fitzgerald Kennedy lay in repose today in a closed, flag-draped coffin in the East Room of the White...

Nov 23, 2023

Khrushchev Offers Condolences to U.S. on Death of President Kennedy

Nov. 23, 1963 - A grim-faced Premier Nikita Khrushchev today led most of the Communist world in offering condolences to the United States...

Nov 23, 2023

🚨Lee Harvey Oswald Formally Charged with Assassinating President Kennedy

Nov. 23, 1963 - Lee Harvey Oswald, a 24-year-old warehouse worker who once lived in the Soviet Union, was formally charged at 1:35 a.m....

Nov 22, 2023

Truman on Assassination: “I Am Shocked Beyond Words”

Nov. 22, 1963 - Former President Harry S. Truman, himself an intended victim of assassins’ bullets thirteen years ago this month, said...

Nov 22, 2023

New Yorkers Express Shock and Dismay over President Kennedy’s Assassination

Nov. 22, 1963 - The cry rang across New York City, echoing again and again: “Is it true? Is it true?” Another cry quickly took its place...

Nov 22, 2023

In Los Angeles, Grief and Revulsion over Assassination

Nov. 22, 1963 - In Los Angeles this afternoon, grief and revulsion were the reaction to President Kennedy’s assassination. From Mayor to...

Nov 22, 2023

TV Networks Alter Programming in Wake of Assassination

Nov. 22, 1963 - Television and radio stations in the New York metropolitan area announced today the temporary cancellation of many...