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Nov. 22, 1963: The Death of a President
CBS News ^ | November 22, 2010 | David S Morgan

Posted on 11/22/2010 8:45:12 AM PST by NEWwoman

Remembering the Fateful Day in Dallas When President John F. Kennedy Was Assassinated

CBS) It seems so long ago, and so recent.

Those of a certain age will remember where they were 47 years ago today when they heard about the shots ringing out in Dallas. Subsequent assassinations of public figures did not quell the pain felt by the nation when President John F. Kennedy was killed, less than three years after entering office, at the age of 46.

Shortly after noon on November 22, 1963, President Kennedy was waving to the cheering crowd as his motorcade passed the Texas School Book Depository on Elm Street when gunfire was heard.

The president slumped into the back seat of his open limousine with gaping wounds in his head and neck.

He lost consciousness immediately.

JFK: The Assassination (Photos)

A third bullet tore through the chest and arm of Texas Governor John B. Connally, Jr, who was riding in the limo along with the Kennedys.

The car sped to nearby Parkland Hospital where the president, 46, was pronounced dead 30 minutes later.

The governor's wounds were severe but not fatal. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, seated next to her husband, was not injured.

Two hours after the shooting, police arrested Lee Harvey Oswald and charged him with murder.

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TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: assasination; history; jfk; jfkhit; kennedy
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To: tflabo

But he did give us the greatest Photoshopped picture of all time.

61 posted on 11/22/2010 9:30:09 AM PST by dfwgator (Texas Rangers -Thanks for a great season.)
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To: mom4melody
I know a president I wouldn’t cry for.....

Believe me, the LAST thing anybody here would want is for him to become a martyr.

62 posted on 11/22/2010 9:31:55 AM PST by dfwgator (Texas Rangers -Thanks for a great season.)
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To: NEWwoman
9th grade speech class with Mr. Larsen. Our first reaction-we thought he was joking.
Later we learned the faculty not teaching were watching the news on TV in the auditorium. We 9th grades wanted to watch it too. The school principal said no-he thought it would be too much for us.

25 years later-I was teaching at the same college as Mr. Larsen (he moved up). I stop in his office and we chatted for a few minutes about the day.

63 posted on 11/22/2010 9:32:59 AM PST by Maine Mariner
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To: NEWwoman
Winston Churchill is one of the greatest PMs.

One of the greatest men, period. He alone spoke out against Hitler in the mid 1930s, and many in his own party wanted to throw him out because of it. If I could have dinner with one historical figure, he would be my top pick.

64 posted on 11/22/2010 9:34:30 AM PST by dfwgator (Texas Rangers -Thanks for a great season.)
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To: NEWwoman
Remember where I was. 9th Grade. Just got my learner's permit to drive.

Remember nobody I knew liked him.

Remember my friend's Dad saying, "Now they'll make a saint out of the SOB!

65 posted on 11/22/2010 9:34:47 AM PST by N. Theknow (Kennedys: Can't skipper a boat, Can't drive, Can't ski, Can't fly. But they KNOW what's best!)
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To: ArrogantBustard

Thanks. He must have flipped that out pretty quickly for the briefcase to be out in the street.


66 posted on 11/22/2010 9:38:28 AM PST by antiRepublicrat
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To: Alberta's Child
JFK's election began a 20 year period of “overrated public officials and mediocre U.S. presidents”: one who would retire in disgrace; one who would resign in disgrace and two who just disgraced the office of President with their total incompetence.
67 posted on 11/22/2010 9:41:22 AM PST by Reagan Man ("In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.")
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To: NEWwoman
Two other famous authors died on November 22, 1963--C. S. Lewis and Aldous Huxley.

The other two wrote their own books.

68 posted on 11/22/2010 9:47:10 AM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: dfwgator

Thanks for posting this.


69 posted on 11/22/2010 9:47:19 AM PST by kalee (The offences we give, we write in the dust; Those we take, we engrave in marble. J Huett 1658)
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To: dfwgator

What makes it a classic for me was putting the Dead Kennedys logo on the wall behind Oswald, made to look like graffiti.


70 posted on 11/22/2010 9:47:31 AM PST by antiRepublicrat
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To: dfwgator

Thanks for posting this.


71 posted on 11/22/2010 9:47:44 AM PST by kalee (The offences we give, we write in the dust; Those we take, we engrave in marble. J Huett 1658)
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To: antiRepublicrat

Am 48 and remember Reagan getting shot; I was 19 in early ‘81
and had just started doing a college radio show. The UPI teletype started going crazy with all the breaking news. I wasn’t on air that day but was down at the station and heard all the bells and quick typing the machine did.


72 posted on 11/22/2010 9:48:01 AM PST by raccoonradio
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To: ArrogantBustard; antiRepublicrat

some odd piece of wood is on the ground, making a semi-cicle around where Hinckley is.


73 posted on 11/22/2010 9:48:56 AM PST by campaignPete R-CT ("pray without ceasing" - Paul of Tarsus)
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To: Reagan Man

JFK was the first TV election, the beginning of style over substance. Obama is the ultimate expression of the trend.

Still, I’d take him over any Democrat today except perhaps Zell Miller.


74 posted on 11/22/2010 9:49:54 AM PST by antiRepublicrat
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To: antiRepublicrat
JFK was the first TV election, the beginning of style over substance.

As they said, Nixon won the debate on the radio, but JFK won it on TV.

75 posted on 11/22/2010 9:50:50 AM PST by dfwgator (Texas Rangers -Thanks for a great season.)
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To: NEWwoman

and we have been lied to every one of these 47 years.....


76 posted on 11/22/2010 9:51:57 AM PST by The Wizard (Madam President is my President now and in the future)
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To: Verginius Rufus

Peter Kreeft wrote a book about the three of them, Kennedy, Lewis and Huxley, meeting after their deaths and the discussion they might have had.

Between Heaven and Hell: A Dialog Somewhere Beyond Death with John F. Kennedy, C. S. Lewis & Aldous Huxley

http://www.amazon.com/Between-Heaven-Hell-Somewhere-Kennedy/dp/0877843899


77 posted on 11/22/2010 9:52:12 AM PST by kalee (The offences we give, we write in the dust; Those we take, we engrave in marble. J Huett 1658)
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To: Maine Mariner
We 9th grades wanted to watch it too. The school principal said no-he thought it would be too much for us.

How things change. For us we could go to the library where they had a big TV set up showing the coverage of the Challenger explosion.

78 posted on 11/22/2010 9:52:27 AM PST by antiRepublicrat
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To: Verginius Rufus

It was sad that C.S. Lewis death received no headlines because of the death of Kennedy.

However, the more I have thought about it, I’m sure Lewis would just fine with that.


79 posted on 11/22/2010 9:53:05 AM PST by Retired Greyhound
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To: GeorgeSaden

Oswald worked for FBI and was trying to infiltrate the extremists in Dallas.....he shot no one, and anyone who believes he did is wrong. Period.


80 posted on 11/22/2010 9:53:58 AM PST by The Wizard (Madam President is my President now and in the future)
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