Thursday, August 20, 2015

John F. Kennedy Assassination



John F. Kennedy Assassination
                                                       by Collette
     
The 35th President of the United States, John F. Kenney, was assassinated on Friday, November 22, 1963. He died at 12:30 p.m. (CST) after shots were fired on his motorcade in Dallas, Texas, near Dealey Plaza. Texas Governor John Connally was also injured in the shooting. Vice-President Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as President on Air Force One during the flight bringing the President’s body back to Washington.

Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested at a Texas movie theater shortly after the shooting. He shot and killed Officer J.D. Tippit who accosted him on the way to the theater. As Oswald was being moved to a more secure area by sheriff’s officers, Jack Ruby, a local night club owner, shot and killed the assassin. Ruby later died in jail from cancer and never faced a trial.

Following a ten month investigation by the Warren Commission, it was found Lee Harvey Oswald was the lone shooter. Mysterious deaths of witnesses and the making of the movie JFK by Oliver Stone have led many Americans to believe there was a conspiracy to have Kennedy killed. A poll conducted in 2013 showed 60% of Americans believe a conspiracy took place. This assassination was the first of many during the 1970’s and1980’s including the following: Martin Luther King, Robert Kennedy, Medgar Evers, Malcom X, and John Lennon.

These sites might be helpful for more information.
 
www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_John_F._Kennedy
www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/john-f-kennedy
www.archives.gov/research/jfk
www.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_assassination_conspiracy_theories

 

 

 

 

 

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