The assassination of John F. Kennedy, the 35th U.S. president, occurred
on November 22, 1963, while Kennedy was riding in a motorcade through
Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas. He was shot from the Texas School Book
Depository by Lee Harvey Oswald. Kennedy was pronounced dead at Parkland
Memorial Hospital. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as
president later that day. Oswald was arrested and charged with murder.
Two days later, he was shot dead by Jack Ruby on live television. The
Warren Commission concluded that Oswald killed Kennedy, acting alone;
most later federal investigations have agreed with its general findings.
The event is still the subject of debate and conspiracy theories, in
which many Americans believe. Kennedy's killing had a profound impact
and was the first of four major assassinations during the 1960s in the
U.S., including that of Kennedy's brother Robert in 1968. Kennedy was
the fourth U.S. president to be assassinated and the most recent to have
died in office.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_John_F._Kennedy>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1797:
The Geisel School of Medicine, the fourth oldest medical school
in the United States, was founded by the physician Nathan Smith.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geisel_School_of_Medicine>
1968:
The Beatles released their eponymous double album, popularly
known as the White Album.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles_%28album%29>
1987:
Two television stations in Chicago had their broadcast signals
hijacked with footage of an unknown person wearing a Max Headroom mask
and costume.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Headroom_signal_hijacking>
2013:
Norwegian chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen defeated India's
Viswanathan Anand to become world chess champion.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_Carlsen>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
assassinee:
(nonstandard, often humorous) One who is assassinated.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/assassinee>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Civility is not a sign of weakness, and sincerity is always
subject to proof. Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never
fear to negotiate. … Together let us explore the stars, conquer the
deserts, eradicate disease, tap the ocean depths, and encourage the arts
and commerce. … All this will not be finished in the first one
hundred days. Nor will it be finished in the first one thousand days,
nor in the life of this Administration, nor even perhaps in our lifetime
on this planet. But let us begin.
--John F. Kennedy
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy>