Oswald Buried in Fort Worth
Nov. 25, 1963 - President Kennedy’s accused assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, was buried this afternoon in Fort Worth, Tex., in a plain,...
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Nov 25, 2023
🚨President Kennedy Buried at Arlington
Nov. 25, 1963 - Federal, state and local officials, kings, queens, princes and prime ministers, and just plain Americans today helped lay...
Nov 25, 2023
Guevara Sees “Dark and Shadowy Forces” Behind Killing of Oswald
Nov. 25, 1963 - Ernesto “Che” Guevara says that with the new Administration in Washington, Cuba would have to be “alert as always and...
Nov 25, 2023
Jack Ruby Known as “Hothead”
Nov. 25, 1963 - Acquaintances of Jack Ruby gave further insights into his character today. Nothing indicated any association with Lee...
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
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
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
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...
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