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Subj: Today in History - Nov 22
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Nov 22, 1963:
President Kennedy is assassinated
President John F. Kennedy is shot and killed as his motorcade
drives through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas. Kennedy's suspected
assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, was believed to have used a
mail-order rifle in order to shoot the president from the sixth
story window of the Texas School Book Depository.
Oswald was a former Marine with a record of bizarre behavior. In
1959, he defected to Russia after years of obsessive interest in
communism. He spent three years there before becoming disaffected
and returning to the United States in 1962. Upon his return, he
became involved with several political fringe groups and
developed an intense interest in Cuba and Fidel Castro.
On November 22, several people claimed to have seen Oswald near
the sixth floor of the Depository, where he was employed. From
the sixth floor window, atop cartons of books assembled to make a
sniper's perch, Oswald purportedly fired three shots, the last of
which killed Kennedy as his motorcade passed by the building. A
gun that was later located in the Depository had a palm print
that matched Oswald's.
Forty-five minutes after the assassination, Oswald was seen
hurrying through the Dallas streets by police officer J.D.
Tippit, who identified him as matching the description of
Kennedy's killer. When Tippit attempted to apprehend him, Oswald
shot him to death with a revolver and fled.
In the early afternoon, police converged on the Texas Theater,
where Oswald had been spotted. Inside, Oswald punched an
approaching officer and withdrew a pistol. The gun misfired and
other police officers grabbed him. "I am not resisting arrest,"
Oswald cried as he was dragged out in front of an angry crowd of
onlookers. "Don't hit me anymore! I want a lawyer!" In fact,
Oswald would never require the services of an attorney because he
was shot and killed by Dallas restaurant owner Jack Ruby as he
was being transferred from the police station to the county jail
two days later.
73, K.O. and Billie
"On the Road Again... "
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