Birth of Howard Leslie Brennan
Birth of Howard Leslie Brennan
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Howard Leslie Brennan Biography and Timeline
Follow Howard Leslie Brennan through 16 dated historical records for United States of America.
Howard Leslie Brennan, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1919–1983Years on this page
1919
1963
Motorcade Route
Across the street from the Texas School Book Depository, notifies police that as he watched the motorcade go by, he heard a shot come from above, and looked up to see a man with a rifle make another shot from a corner window on the sixth floor
Motorcade Route
Arrives at about 12:23 p.m., and while waiting for the motorcade, he looked up and saw a man appear at an open window at the southeast corner of the sixth floor, 120 feet (37 m) from Brennan, and observed him leave the window "a couple
Motorcade Route
Brennan, a 44-year-old steamfitter, watches the presidential motorcade from a concrete retaining wall at the southwest corner of Elm and Houston streets in Dealey Plaza, where he had a clear view of the south side of the Depository Building.
Motorcade Route
Watches the presidential motorcade from a concrete retaining wall at the southwest corner of Elm and Houston streets in Dealey Plaza, where he had a clear view of the south side of the Depository Building.
Motorcade Route
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Oswald Identification
Brennan saw Oswald on television then later the same evening Brennan identified Oswald as the person in a police lineup who most closely resembled the man in the window, but Brennan said he was unable to make a positive identification
Texas School Book Depository
Across the street from the Texas School Book Depository, notifies police that as he watched the motorcade go by, he heard a shot come from above, and looked up to see a man with a rifle make another shot from a corner window on the sixth floor
Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Police radio a description of Oswald based on Brennans description. Claims the 1st shot was when Kennedys car turned from Houston onto Elm. Brennan gives a description of the assassin which was broadcast to all Dallas police at 12:45 p.m., 12:48 p.m., and 12:55 p.m
FBI
Tells the FBI that he was sure that Oswald was the rifleman he had seen
FBI
Tells the FBI that he was sure that Oswald was the rifleman he had seen
1964
Warren Commission Testimony
Listed in Warren Commission Appendix 5 as witness at assassination scene; testimony was presented to the Commission in Vol. III, pp. 140, 184, 211; Vol. XI, p. 206.
Testimony
Testifies about seeing a man in the sixth-floor window of the Texas School Book Depository and about his later identification concerns.
1979
Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy
The House Select Committee on Assassinations cited Howard Brennan in 1979 as support for its conclusion that the assassin shot at President Kennedy from the Book Depository Building
House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA)
The House Select Committee on Assassinations cited Howard Brennan in 1979 as support for its conclusion that the assassin shot at President Kennedy from the Book Depository Building
1983
Death of Howard Leslie Brennan
Death of Howard Leslie Brennan
Records, sources and methodology
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