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November 22 in History

Browse historical events, births, deaths and battles recorded on November 22. Every item below is rendered from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

Events: 530Births: 4Deaths: 10Battles: 9Coronations: 2

Historical Events on November 22

1554
Pole Attainder Repealed
Mary I · England · London

Parliament repeals Cardinal Pole’s attainder before reconciliation with Rome.

1581
Marriage
Elizabeth I · England

Elizabeth I publicy announces "the Duke of Alencon shall be my husband"

1641
Demand for Recorded Protest
Geoffrey Palmer · England · London

Palmer seeks a formal protest by members who voted against the Remonstrance.

1641
Grand Remonstrance Division
William Lenthall · England · London

Lenthall presides over the division decided by eleven votes.

1641
Grand Remonstrance Passed
John Pym · England · London

Pym secures passage of the Grand Remonstrance by 159 votes to 148.

1641
Grand Remonstrance Support
John Hampden · England · London

Hampden supports passage of the Remonstrance in the closely divided Commons.

1641
Grand Remonstrance Support
Arthur Haselrig · England · London

Haselrig backs the document's criticism of royal ministers and church policy.

1641
Grand Remonstrance Support
Denzil Holles · England · London

Holles votes with the parliamentary majority for the Remonstrance.

1641
Grand Remonstrance Support
William Strode · England · London

Strode supports the Remonstrance and its programme of parliamentary safeguards.

1641
Irish Army Control Debate
John Pym · England · London

Pym links the Irish rebellion with Parliament's demand for influence over military command.

1641
Opposition to Grand Remonstrance
Lucius Cary · England · London

Falkland opposes the measure and moves toward constitutional royalism.

1641
Opposition to Grand Remonstrance
John Culpeper · England · London

Culpeper rejects the Remonstrance despite earlier criticism of royal financial policies.

1641
Opposition to Grand Remonstrance
Edward Hyde · England · London

Hyde opposes the Remonstrance as dangerously divisive and constitutionally excessive.

1641
Protest against Grand Remonstrance
Geoffrey Palmer · England · London

Palmer proposes that opponents of the Grand Remonstrance formally record their protest.

1739
Capture of Portobello
Philip V · Spain · Portobello

The English capture Portobello

1739
Capture of Portobello
Edward Vernon · England · Portobello

Captures Portobello from the Spanish with just 6 ships

1757
Arrest of August Wilhelm of Brunswick
Leopold Joseph von Daun · Austria · Breslau

Helps defeat & capture August Wilhelm of Brunswick

1795
Siege of Mannheim
Wurmser · Austria · Mannheim

Recaptures Mannheim from the French

1797
President of Council of Five Hundred
Emmanuel Joseph Sieyes · France · Paris

Sieyes became president of the Council of Five Hundred for a one-month term.

1799
Return to Foreign Ministry
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord · France · Paris

After Brumaire, Talleyrand returned to the Ministry of Foreign Relations and aligned himself closely with Bonaparte's new government.

1812
Siege of Borisov
Napoleon I · France · Borisov

The Russians burn the Bridge at Borisov which cuts off Napoleon's retreat

1830
Chancellor of the Exchequer
John Charles Spencer · Great Britain · London

Becomes Chancellor of the Exchequer in Earl Grey's Whig government.

1830
Colonial Secretary
Frederick John Robinson Goderich · Great Britain

Joins Lord Grey's government as Colonial Secretary.

1830
Foreign Secretary of Great Britain
Henry John Temple · Great Britain

Appointed Foreign Secretary in Lord Grey's government.

1830
Home Secretary of Great Britain
William Lamb · Great Britain

Appointed Home Secretary in Lord Grey's government.

1830
Lord Privy Seal
John George Lambton · Great Britain · London

Joins Earl Grey's cabinet as Lord Privy Seal.

1830
Prime Minister of Great Britain
Charles Grey · Great Britain

Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain and forms a Whig government.

1830
Resignation as Home Secretary
Robert Peel · Great Britain · London

Leaves the Home Office when Wellington's Tory government is replaced.

1830
Resignation as Lord Chancellor
John Copley · Great Britain · London

Leaves office as Lord Chancellor after the fall of Wellington's ministry.

1837
Kun en Spillemand
Hans Christian Andersen · Denmark · Copenhagen

Explores artistic ambition, social limitation and disappointed love.

1837
Only a Fiddler
Hans Christian Andersen · Denmark · Copenhagen

Publishes the novel Only a Fiddler in Copenhagen.

1842
Hanover Industrialists and Protective Tariffs
Karl Heinrich Marx · Germany · Cologne

Publishes an article examining Hanover industrialists and the politics of protective tariffs.

1864
Terms of Admission to the International
Karl Heinrich Marx · Germany · London

Helps formulate a resolution governing admission of organisations to the International Workingmen's Association.

1894
Economy of USA
Grover Cleveland · United States of America · Washington

The US & Japan sign a commercial Treaty in Washington

1894
Trade Treaty at Washington
Grover Cleveland · United States of America · Washington

The US & Japan sign a commercial Treaty in Washington

1894
Treaty of Commercial
Grover Cleveland · United States of America · Washington

The US & Japan sign a commercial Treaty in Washington

1914
First Ypres Line Stabilised
John Denton Pinkstone French · Great Britain · Flanders

French's army holds Ypres as the mobile campaign in Flanders settles into trench warfare.

1915
Anzac and Suvla Withdrawal Decision Implemented
Charles Carmichael Monro · Great Britain · Gallipoli

Monro prepares to implement the British decision to abandon the ANZAC and Suvla sectors.

1918
Capture of Brussels
Albert I · Belgium · Brussels

Albert I re-enters Brussels

1921
Anglo-Afghan Treaty
Amanullah Khan · Afghanistan · Kabul

Britain and Afghanistan sign a treaty establishing normal diplomatic relations after independence.

1922
Chancellor of Germany
Wilhelm Cuno · Germany · Berlin

Becomes Chancellor and forms a bourgeois minority cabinet including DDP, DVP, Centre and BVP ministers.

1922
Defence Ministry Continued
Otto Gessler · Germany · Berlin

Remains Defence Minister under Cuno, preserving continuity in civilian oversight of the Reichswehr.

1922
Economics Minister Appointment
Johann Becker · Germany · Berlin

Becomes Economics Minister in Cuno's minority government.

1922
Finance Ministry Continued
Andreas Hermes · Germany · Berlin

Remains Finance Minister when Wilhelm Cuno forms his cabinet, maintaining continuity during the currency and reparations crisis.

1922
Foreign Minister Appointment
Frederic von Rosenberg · Germany · Berlin

Joins Cuno's cabinet as Foreign Minister, taking responsibility for diplomacy during the reparations crisis.

1922
Interior Minister Appointment
Rudolf Oeser · Germany · Berlin

Becomes Interior Minister in the new Cuno government.

1922
Justice Minister Appointment
Rudolf Heinze · Germany · Berlin

Becomes Justice Minister in Cuno's cabinet.

1922
Labour Ministry Continued
Heinrich Brauns · Germany · Berlin

Remains Labour Minister under Cuno, continuing one of the longest ministerial tenures of the Weimar Republic.

1922
Postal Minister Appointment
Karl Stingl · Germany · Berlin

Becomes Postal Minister in the Cuno cabinet.

1922
Reich Chancellery State Secretary
Eduard Hamm · Germany · Berlin

Becomes State Secretary of the Reich Chancellery when Wilhelm Cuno forms his government.

1922
Resignation of Joseph Wirth
Joseph Wirth · Germany · Berlin

Leaves office after the coalition crisis and the formation of Wilhelm Cuno's minority government.

1922
Transport Ministry Continued
Wilhelm Groener · Germany · Berlin

Remains Transport Minister when the Cuno government takes office.

1922
Treasury Minister Appointment
Heinrich Albert · Germany · Berlin

Joins Cuno's government as Treasury Minister during the worsening fiscal crisis.

1924
Rule of Sudan
Fuad I · Egypt

Faces a British ultimatum requiring Egyptian forces to withdraw from Sudan after Sir Lee Stack's assassination.

1932
D'Arcy Concession Cancelled
Reza Pahlavi · Iran · Tehran

Cancels the D'Arcy concession after prolonged disputes over royalties and the terms governing Anglo-Persian operations.

1937
Coal Bill
Arthur Greenwood · Great Britain · London

Participates in Commons scrutiny of the Coal Bill.

1941
Assembly of Pearl Harbour Strike Force
Chuichi Nagumo · Japan · Hitokappu Bay

Nagumo concentrates the six-carrier strike force at Hitokappu Bay before its secret advance toward Hawaii.

1942
Army Group A
Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist · Germany

Placed in command of Army Group A

1942
Capture of Kalach Bridge
Nikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin · Russia · Kalach Bridge

Part of Operation Uranus, captures the only bridge over the Don. Cuts off the German 6th armys main communications

1942
Minister of Aircraft Production
Stafford Cripps · Great Britain

Appointed Minister of Aircraft Production

1942
Resignation of Stafford Cripps
Stafford Cripps · Great Britain · London

Resigns as Leader of the House

1942
Sixth Army
Friedrich von Paulus · Germany · Stalingrad

The 6th Army is completely encircled by the Red Army

1942
War Cabinet
Herbert Morrison · Great Britain · London

Appointed Member of War Cabinet

1943
Bombing of Berlin
Arthur Travers Harris · Great Britain · Berlin

Worst bombing of Berlin so far, 2,300 tons dropped

1943
Bombing of Berlin
Adolf Hitler · Germany · Berlin

Worst bombing of Berlin so far, 2,300 tons dropped

1943
Conference of Cairo
Franklin Delano Roosevelt · United States of America · Cairo

Opening day of Conference for Allied leaders in Cairo to discuss the war in Asia

1955
Prime Minister of Japan
Ichiro Hatoyama · Japan

Appointed Prime Minister of Japan, 3rd term

1955
RDS-37 Thermonuclear Test
Nikita Khrushchev · Russia · Semipalatinsk

The Soviet Union tests RDS-37, its first two-stage thermonuclear weapon design.

1962
Non-Invasion Pledge Warning
John A. McCone · United States of America · Washington

McCone urged McGeorge Bundy not to give Cuba an unconditional non-invasion pledge without satisfactory arrangements for inspection, verification, and protection against subversion.

1963
Air Force One Boarding
Jacqueline Lee Kennedy · United States of America · Love Field

Jacqueline Kennedy boarded Air Force One at Love Field with the President's casket before the aircraft departed Dallas.

1963
Air Force One Security
Lyndon Baines Johnson · United States of America · Love Field

Public announcement of Kennedy's death was delayed until Johnson was safely aboard Air Force One at Love Field.

1963
Air Force One Television
Lyndon Baines Johnson · United States of America · Love Field

After boarding Air Force One, Johnson watched television coverage as officials prepared for the transfer of presidential authority.

1963
Airway Management
Charles James Carrico · United States of America · Dallas

Inserted a cuffed endotracheal tube past the neck injury and connected it to assisted ventilation.

1963
Alex Gruber Telephone Call
Jack Ruby · United States of America · Dallas

At 2:37 p.m. on November 22, Ruby telephoned boyhood friend Alex Gruber in Los Angeles and became emotional while discussing the assassination.

1963
Alice Nichols Telephone Call
Jack Ruby · United States of America · Dallas

Ruby spoke by telephone with former girlfriend Alice Nichols on November 22 and expressed shock over President Kennedy's assassination.

1963
Andrews Air Force Base Arrival
Lyndon Baines Johnson · United States of America · Andrews Air Force Base

Johnson arrived at Andrews Air Force Base aboard Air Force One after the flight from Dallas following President Kennedy's assassination.

1963
Andrews Air Force Base Arrival
Jacqueline Lee Kennedy · United States of America · Andrews Air Force Base

Jacqueline Kennedy arrived at Andrews Air Force Base late on November 22 with President Kennedy's casket.

1963
Anesthesia Equipment Response
Jackie Hansen Hunt · United States of America · Dallas

Carried resuscitative and anesthesia equipment to the major surgical emergency area after the stat alarm.

1963
Anesthesia Team Dispatch
Marion Thomas Jenkins · United States of America · Dallas

Dispatched Adolph Giesecke and Jackie Hunt with an anesthesia machine and resuscitative equipment to the emergency area.

1963
Anesthesiology Emergency Response
Gene Coleman Akin · United States of America · Dallas

Was one of the anesthesiologists summoned to the Parkland emergency area before Kennedy arrived.

1963
Anesthesiology Team Response
Jackie Hansen Hunt · United States of America · Dallas

Served as one of the anesthesiologists called to the Parkland emergency area for Kennedy's treatment.

1963
Arrest of Lee Harvey Oswald
Maurice McDonald · United States of America · Dallas

Oswald resists, attempting to shoot the arresting officer, Maurice N. McDonald, with a pistol, and is forcibly restrained by the police

1963
Arrest Revolver Marked
M. N. McDonald · United States of America · Texas Theatre

McDonald placed his identifying mark on the revolver taken during Oswald's arrest so the weapon could later be recognized as evidence.

1963
Assassination Lead Review
James Patrick Hosty, Jr · United States of America · Dallas

Back at the FBI office, Hosty was instructed to review his files for possible investigative leads concerning the President's shooting.

1963
Assassination News to Marina
Ruth Paine · United States of America · Irving

After learning that Kennedy had been shot, Paine told Marina that the shooting had occurred from the building where Lee Oswald worked.

1963
Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Clint Hill · United States of America · Dallas

Pushes Mrs. Kennedy back into her seat, and clings to the car as it exits Dealey Plaza and sped to Parkland Memorial Hospital

1963
Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Clint Hill · United States of America · Dallas

Secret Service agent Clint Hill was riding on the left front running board of the car immediately behind the Presidential limousine. Jumps onto the back of the limousine, pushes Mrs. Kennedy back into her seat, and clings to the car as it exits Dealey Plaza and speeds to Parkland Memorial Hospital

1963
Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Norma Jean Lollis Hill · United States of America · Dallas

At Zapruder frame 313, when President Kennedy was shot in the head, Jean Hill was only 21 feet (6.4 m) away, leftward, and slightly behind President Kennedy.

1963
Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Norma Jean Lollis Hill · United States of America · Dallas

Norma Jean Lollis Hill was present along with her friend Mary Moorman across from the grassy knoll, and was one of the very closest witnesses to President Kennedy when the shots were fired at him.

1963
Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Norma Jean Lollis Hill · United States of America · Dallas

The "Lady in Red" in Zapruders film, claims smoke was lingering near the grassy knoll picket fence corner.

1963
Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Lyndon Baines Johnson · United States of America · Dallas

At 2:38 p.m. Johnson takes the oath of office on board Air Force One just before it departed Love Field

1963
Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy
John Fitzgerald Kennedy · United States of America · Bethesda Naval Hospital

After Air Force One lands at Andrews Air Force Base, just outside Washington, D.C., Kennedys body is taken to Bethesda Naval Hospital for an immediate autopsy

1963
Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy
John Fitzgerald Kennedy · United States of America · Dallas

At 1:00 p.m., CST (19:00 UTC), after all heart activity had ceased and after a priest administered the last rites, the President is pronounced dead. Assassinated while on a Presidential campaign

1963
Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy
John Fitzgerald Kennedy · United States of America · Parkland Hospital

A few minutes after 2:00 p.m. CST (20:00 UTC), and after a confrontation between Dallas police and Secret Service agents, Kennedys body is placed in a casket and taken from Parkland Hospital and driven to Air Force One

1963
Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy
James Tague · United States of America · Dallas

Detective Walthers asked Tague where he had been standing, they discover on the upper part of the Main Street south curb a "very fresh scar" impact that looked like a bullet had struck there and taken a small chip out of the curbs concrete

1963
Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy
James Tague · United States of America · Dallas

Forensic tests by the FBI reveal that the chipped bullet mark impact location did not have any copper metal residue, such as those required by the 6.5 mm military jacketed copper encased bullets, allegedly, fired from the Texas Book Depository.

1963
Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy
James Tague · United States of America · Dallas

Soon after the shots were fired Tague was approached by a Dallas sheriff detective, Buddy Walthers, who had noticed that Tague had specks of blood on his right facial cheek.

1963
Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy
James Tague · United States of America · Dallas

Tague later testifies that the first shot he recalled hearing occurred after the Presidential limousine had already completed the 120-degree slow turn from Houston Street onto Elm Street and then straightened out.

1963
Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy
James Tague · United States of America · Dallas

Walthers tells Tague it looked like a bullet had been fired from one of the Houston and Elm Streets intersection buildings and had hit the curb.

1963
Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy
James Tague · United States of America · Dallas

Detective Walthers asked Tague where he had been standing, they discover on the upper part of the Main Street south curb a "very fresh scar" impact that looked like a bullet had struck there and taken a small chip out of the curbs concrete

1963
Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy
James Tague · United States of America · Dallas

Forensic tests by the FBI reveal that the chipped bullet mark impact location did not have any copper metal residue, such as those required by the 6.5 mm military jacketed copper encased bullets, allegedly, fired from the Texas Book Depository.

1963
Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy
James Tague · United States of America · Dallas

Soon after the shots were fired Tague was approached by a Dallas sheriff detective, Buddy Walthers, who had noticed that Tague had specks of blood on his right facial cheek.

1963
Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy
James Tague · United States of America · Dallas

Tague later testifies that the first shot he recalled hearing occurred after the Presidential limousine had already completed the 120-degree slow turn from Houston Street onto Elm Street and then straightened out.

1963
Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy
James Tague · United States of America · Dallas

Walthers tells Tague it looked like a bullet had been fired from one of the Houston and Elm Streets intersection buildings and had hit the curb.

1963
Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy
James Walt · United States of America · Dallas

Detective Walthers asked Tague where he had been standing, they discover on the upper part of the Main Street south curb a "very fresh scar" impact that looked like a bullet had struck there and taken a small chip out of the curbs concrete

1963
Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Buddy Walthers · United States of America · Dallas

Soon after the shots were fired Tague was approached by a Dallas sheriff detective, Buddy Walthers, who had noticed that Tague had specks of blood on his right facial cheek. Detective Walthers asked Tague where he had been standing

1963
Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Buddy Walthers · United States of America · Dallas

Walthers tells Tague it looked like a bullet had been fired from one of the Houston and Elm Streets intersection buildings and had hit the curb.

1963
Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Buddy Walthers · United States of America · Dallas

they discover on the upper part of the Main Street south curb a "very fresh scar" impact that looked like a bullet had struck there and taken a small chip out of the curb's concrete

1963
Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Abraham Zapruder · United States of America · Dallas

Films the assassination of Kennedy, sells the original film and the publishing rights to Life Magazine for $150,000, he donates $25,000 of the proceeds to the widow of slain Dallas police officer J.D. Tippit

1963
Assassination Suspect Description
Jefferson Davis Tippit · United States of America · Dallas

Tippit could hear the police-radio description of the assassination suspect, broadcast as a slender white male about 30 years old, approximately 5 feet 10 inches tall.

1963
Autopsy
John Fitzgerald Kennedy · United States of America · Bethesda Naval Hospital

After Air Force One lands at Andrews Air Force Base, just outside Washington, D.C., Kennedys body is taken to Bethesda Naval Hospital for an immediate autopsy

1963
Autopsy
John Fitzgerald Kennedy · United States of America · Parkland Hospital

The body is removed before a forensic examination can be conducted by the Dallas County coroner, which violated Texas state law (the murder was a state crime, and occurred under Texas legal jurisdiction)

1963
Available for Emergency
Jefferson Davis Tippit · United States of America · Dallas

After Tippit's 12:54 p.m. location report, the dispatcher instructed him to remain available for any emergency arising in central Oak Cliff.

1963
Back Examination Priority
Charles James Carrico · United States of America · Dallas

Explained that life-threatening airway and circulation problems prevented a full examination of Kennedy's back during resuscitation.

1963
Badge Man
John Fitzgerald Kennedy · United States of America · Dallas

The Warren Commission later concludes that Lee Harvey Oswald is the lone assassin

1963
Badge Man
Mary Ann Moorman · United States of America · Dallas

Badge Man is the name given to a photographic image that some President John F. Kennedy assassination researchers claim is a grassy knoll assassin seen within a Polaroid photograph that close witness Mary Moorman captured

1963
Badge Man
Mary Ann Moorman · United States of America · Dallas

In the Moorman Polaroid photo is seen all of the Presidential limousine occupants, several other witnesses (including Abraham Zapruder filming), two Dallas police motorcycle Presidential escorts, and much of the area comprising the grassy knoll.

1963
Badge Man
Mary Ann Moorman · United States of America · Dallas

The photo has been calculated to have been captured between the Zapruder film equivalent concurrent frames of Z-315 and 316 (less than one-sixth of a second after President Kennedys head first exploded at Z-313).

1963
Baker Confronts Oswald
Roy Truly · United States of America · Dallas

When Baker challenged Oswald on the second floor, Truly identified Oswald as an employee of the Texas School Book Depository.

1963
Barbara Jeanette Davis Witness
Jefferson Davis Tippit · United States of America · Dallas

Barbara Jeanette Davis heard the gunfire and saw an armed man cross the lawn beside her residence while apparently emptying cartridge cases from his revolver.

1963
Beckley Residence Investigation
E. L. Cunningham · United States of America · 1026 North Beckley

Cunningham joined Potts and Senkel in checking Oswald's Dallas lodging and gathering information about his occupancy and movements.

1963
Beckley Rooming House Checked
W. E. Potts · United States of America · 1026 North Beckley

Potts went with other homicide officers to Oswald's rooming house and examined the registration records while interviewing the women who operated the residence.

1963
Beckley Rooming House Investigation Ordered
J. Will Fritz · United States of America · Dallas Police Headquarters

Fritz directed officers to investigate Oswald's rooming house at 1026 North Beckley and report what they found about his residence and belongings.

1963
Bethesda Autopsy Assistance
J. Thornton Boswell · United States of America · Bethesda

Commander J. Thornton Boswell assisted Humes and Finck during President Kennedy's autopsy at Bethesda Naval Hospital.

1963
Bethesda Autopsy Completion
John Fitzgerald Kennedy · United States of America · Bethesda

The autopsy of President Kennedy was concluded at approximately 11 p.m. at Bethesda Naval Hospital.

1963
Bethesda Autopsy Hospital Selection
Jacqueline Lee Kennedy · United States of America · Bethesda

Jacqueline Kennedy chose the National Naval Medical Center at Bethesda for the autopsy because President Kennedy had served in the Navy.

1963
Bethesda Autopsy Photography
John Fitzgerald Kennedy · United States of America · Bethesda

Photographs of President Kennedy were taken at Bethesda as part of the preliminary autopsy documentation.

1963
Bethesda Burial Preparation Begins
John Fitzgerald Kennedy · United States of America · Bethesda

After the autopsy ended, President Kennedy's body was prepared for burial at Bethesda Naval Hospital.

1963
Bethesda Casket Arrival
John Fitzgerald Kennedy · United States of America · Bethesda

President Kennedy's body arrived at Bethesda Naval Hospital for autopsy at approximately 7:35 p.m.

1963
Bethesda Chief Autopsy Surgeon
James J. Humes · United States of America · Bethesda

Commander James J. Humes served as chief autopsy surgeon during the examination of President Kennedy at Bethesda Naval Hospital.

1963
Bethesda Chief of Pathology Role
J. Thornton Boswell · United States of America · Bethesda

Boswell was chief of pathology at Bethesda Naval Hospital when he participated in President Kennedy's autopsy.

1963
Bethesda Cranial Fragments Recovered
John Fitzgerald Kennedy · United States of America · Bethesda

Two small irregular metallic fragments were recovered from Kennedy's head during the Bethesda autopsy and transferred to the FBI.

1963
Bethesda Cranial Metal Fragment Pattern
John Fitzgerald Kennedy · United States of America · Bethesda

X-rays showed numerous tiny metal fragments extending from the rear head wound toward the front of Kennedy's skull.

1963
Bethesda Downward Neck Trajectory
James J. Humes · United States of America · Bethesda

Humes and the other pathologists traced the neck missile along a slight downward path toward the front of Kennedy's throat.

1963
Bethesda Escort from Andrews
Robert Francis Kennedy · United States of America · Bethesda

Attorney General Robert Kennedy accompanied his brother's body from Andrews Air Force Base to Bethesda Naval Hospital.

1963
Bethesda Family Waiting Area
Robert Francis Kennedy · United States of America · Bethesda

Robert Kennedy joined other members of the Kennedy family on the seventeenth floor while the autopsy was conducted.

1963
Bethesda Four Hundred Case Comparison
Pierre A. Finck · United States of America · Bethesda

Finck applied experience derived from more than 400 wound cases when evaluating the perforating missile damage to Kennedy's skull.

1963
Bethesda Fragment Above Right Eye
John Fitzgerald Kennedy · United States of America · Bethesda

The Bethesda X-rays showed a sizable metallic fragment positioned above President Kennedy's right eye.

1963
Bethesda Head Exit Assessment
James J. Humes · United States of America · Bethesda

Humes concluded that the large defect on the upper right side of Kennedy's skull represented a wound of exit.

1963
Bethesda Intermuscular Bullet Track
John Fitzgerald Kennedy · United States of America · Bethesda

The autopsy found that the neck bullet passed between two large muscles without leaving a permanent channel through either muscle.

1963
Bethesda Laboratory Director Role
James J. Humes · United States of America · Bethesda

At the time of the autopsy, Humes was senior pathologist and director of laboratories at Bethesda Naval Hospital.

1963
Bethesda Lodged Bullet Theory Rejected
James J. Humes · United States of America · Bethesda

Further examination led Humes and the Bethesda team to reject the idea that a bullet had lodged in Kennedy's back and later fallen out.

1963
Bethesda Naval Hospital Journey
Jacqueline Lee Kennedy · United States of America · Bethesda

Jacqueline Kennedy accompanied the President's remains to Bethesda Naval Hospital after returning from Dallas.

1963
Bethesda Neck Entrance Assessment
James J. Humes · United States of America · Bethesda

Humes agreed that the small, clean-edged wound near the back of Kennedy's neck had the characteristics of an entrance wound.

1963
Bethesda Neck Entrance Conclusion
Pierre A. Finck · United States of America · Bethesda

Finck concluded that the small clean-edged wound at the back of Kennedy's neck was a long-range entrance wound.

1963
Bethesda Neck Track Misses Bone
John Fitzgerald Kennedy · United States of America · Bethesda

The Bethesda pathologists found that the bullet passing through Kennedy's neck did not strike any bone.

1963
Bethesda Neck Wound Measurements
John Fitzgerald Kennedy · United States of America · Bethesda

The posterior neck wound measured approximately seven by four millimeters and had clean, sharply defined edges.

1963
Bethesda Pathological Examination Begins
John Fitzgerald Kennedy · United States of America · Bethesda

The pathological examination of President Kennedy began at Bethesda at about 8 p.m. on November 22.

1963
Bethesda Physical Measurements
John Fitzgerald Kennedy · United States of America · Bethesda

The autopsy report recorded Kennedy as 46 years old, 72.5 inches tall, approximately 170 pounds, with blue eyes and reddish-brown hair.

1963
Bethesda Pleural Contusion
John Fitzgerald Kennedy · United States of America · Bethesda

The neck bullet produced a contusion on the upper part of Kennedy's pleural cavity without penetrating that cavity.

1963
Bethesda Posterior Neck Entrance Agreement
J. Thornton Boswell · United States of America · Bethesda

Boswell agreed with the other pathologists that the small posterior neck wound was a missile entrance wound.

1963
Bethesda Posterior Neck Wound
John Fitzgerald Kennedy · United States of America · Bethesda

The autopsy revealed another bullet wound near the base of Kennedy's neck, slightly to the right of his spine.

1963
Bethesda Posterior Skull Entrance
John Fitzgerald Kennedy · United States of America · Bethesda

The autopsy identified a small wound in the rear of Kennedy's skull as a bullet entrance wound.

1963
Bethesda Posterior Skull Entry Conclusion
J. Thornton Boswell · United States of America · Bethesda

Boswell agreed that the bullet penetrated the rear of Kennedy's head before passing through the skull.

1963
Bethesda Preliminary X-Rays
John Fitzgerald Kennedy · United States of America · Bethesda

Preliminary X-rays of President Kennedy were taken at Bethesda before the pathological examination began.

1963
Bethesda Rear and Above Trajectory
Pierre A. Finck · United States of America · Bethesda

Finck concluded from the cranial wound characteristics that Kennedy had been struck by a bullet fired from above and behind.

1963
Bethesda Right Lung Apex Bruising
John Fitzgerald Kennedy · United States of America · Bethesda

The Bethesda examination found bruising at the top portion of President Kennedy's right lung along the neck bullet's path.

1963
Bethesda Right Skull Exit Defect
John Fitzgerald Kennedy · United States of America · Bethesda

The pathologists identified the large defect on the upper right side of Kennedy's skull as the head bullet's exit area.

1963
Bethesda Right-Side Skull Exit Conclusion
J. Thornton Boswell · United States of America · Bethesda

Boswell joined Humes in concluding that the head missile exited through the large defect on the right side of the skull.

1963
Bethesda Secret Service Protection
Jacqueline Lee Kennedy · United States of America · Bethesda

Secret Service agents guarded Jacqueline Kennedy in quarters assigned to her at Bethesda while the autopsy proceeded.

1963
Bethesda Seventeenth Floor Vigil
Jacqueline Lee Kennedy · United States of America · Bethesda

Jacqueline Kennedy waited with members of the Kennedy family on the hospital's seventeenth floor while the autopsy was performed.

1963
Bethesda Skull Beveling Analysis
Pierre A. Finck · United States of America · Bethesda

Finck examined the skull's beveling pattern to distinguish the bullet's entrance from its exit.

1963
Bethesda Skull Beveling Assessment
James J. Humes · United States of America · Bethesda

Humes used the beveling of the skull wound to support the conclusion that the smaller posterior defect was an entrance wound.

1963
Bethesda Skull Fragment Reconstruction
John Fitzgerald Kennedy · United States of America · Bethesda

Recovered skull fragments were fitted together during the Bethesda examination, accounting for much of the missing portion of Kennedy's skull.

1963
Bethesda Soft Tissue Track Finding
James J. Humes · United States of America · Bethesda

Humes determined that the neck missile passed mainly through soft tissue rather than through bone as it crossed Kennedy's neck.

1963
Bethesda Tracheal Injury
John Fitzgerald Kennedy · United States of America · Bethesda

The examining pathologists concluded that the neck bullet damaged Kennedy's trachea as it passed through his neck.

1963
Bethesda Tracheotomy Obscures Exit
John Fitzgerald Kennedy · United States of America · Bethesda

The front neck wound could not be directly examined because the Parkland tracheotomy incision had removed visible evidence of that wound.

1963
Bethesda Wound Ballistics Consultation
Pierre A. Finck · United States of America · Bethesda

Lieutenant Colonel Pierre A. Finck participated in the Bethesda autopsy as the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology's wound-ballistics specialist.

1963
Bloodstained Clothing Retained
Jacqueline Lee Kennedy · United States of America · Love Field

Jacqueline Kennedy remained in the clothing she had worn during the assassination while traveling back to Washington aboard Air Force One.

1963
Brian Cannot Confirm Capability Statement
James Patrick Hosty, Jr · United States of America · Dallas

Detective V. J. Brian later testified that he did not hear Hosty say Oswald was capable of assassination, although he missed part of the conversation.

1963
Brown Paper Package
Lee Harvey Oswald · United States of America · Irving

Linnie Mae Randle saw Oswald approaching Frazier's car on November 22 carrying a long brown paper package.

1963
Building Layout Assistance
Roy Truly · United States of America · Dallas

Truly's knowledge of the Depository's floors, elevators, stairways, and work areas helped police navigate the building during the immediate search.

1963
Bus Passenger Lineup Identification
Cecil J. McWatters · United States of America · Dallas Police Headquarters

McWatters selected Oswald from a lineup as resembling a passenger from his bus, an identification he later acknowledged had been mistaken.

1963
Cardiac Monitoring
Jackie Hansen Hunt · United States of America · Dallas

Helped connect the cardioscope used during President Kennedy's resuscitation.

1963
Cardioscope Connection
Adolph Hartung Giesecke Jr · United States of America · Dallas

Helped connect the cardioscope used to monitor President Kennedy's cardiac activity.

1963
Cardiotachyscope Activity
William Kemp Clark · United States of America · Dallas

Observed some electrical activity on the cardiotachyscope while resuscitation was underway.

1963
Carousel Night Receipts
Jack Ruby · United States of America · Dallas

After leaving the Dallas Cabana, Ruby returned to the Carousel Club, closed the establishment, and collected the night's receipts before visiting the Vegas Club.

1963
Carton Prints Processed
J. C. Day · United States of America · Texas School Book Depository

Day's crime-scene work included processing cartons around the southeast sixth-floor window for latent fingerprints and palmprints.

1963
Cartridge Case Recovery
Jefferson Davis Tippit · United States of America · Dallas

Witnesses recovered cartridge cases discarded near the Tippit crime scene and turned them over to Dallas police officers.

1963
Cartridge Cases Photographed
J. C. Day · United States of America · Texas School Book Depository

Day photographed the three cartridge cases in their original sixth-floor positions before investigators moved or collected them.

1963
Casket Transfer at Andrews
Jacqueline Lee Kennedy · United States of America · Andrews Air Force Base

Mrs. Kennedy remained with the presidential party as Kennedy's casket was removed from Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base.

1963
Catholic Missal
Lyndon Baines Johnson · United States of America · Love Field

Johnson placed his hand on a Catholic missal found aboard Air Force One while taking the presidential oath.

1963
Cecil Stoughton Oath Photograph
Jacqueline Lee Kennedy · United States of America · Love Field

Cecil Stoughton photographed Jacqueline Kennedy standing near Lyndon Johnson during the historic Air Force One oath ceremony.

1963
Cecil Stoughton Photograph
Lyndon Baines Johnson · United States of America · Love Field

White House photographer Cecil Stoughton photographed Johnson taking the presidential oath with Lady Bird Johnson and Jacqueline Kennedy beside him.

1963
Central Oak Cliff Order
Jefferson Davis Tippit · United States of America · Dallas

At 12:45 p.m., the police dispatcher specifically ordered Tippit's unit to move into the central Oak Cliff area.

1963
Chest Drainage Treatment
Paul Conrad Peters · United States of America · Dallas

Participated in the procedure intended to drain blood and air from Kennedy's chest cavity.

1963
Chest Tube Procedure
Charles Rufus Baxter · United States of America · Dallas

Helped initiate chest-tube treatment after free air and blood were detected in Kennedy's chest cavity.

1963
Chest Tube Request
Malcolm Oliver Perry · United States of America · Dallas

After noting free air and blood in Kennedy's chest cavity, requested insertion of chest tubes.

1963
Circulatory Access
Ronald Coy Jones · United States of America · Dallas

Helped establish vascular access used during the attempt to restore and maintain Kennedy's circulation.

1963
Clint Hill Assistance
Jacqueline Lee Kennedy · United States of America · Dallas

Clint Hill reached the presidential limousine, helped protect Mrs. Kennedy, and remained on the car as it accelerated toward Parkland Memorial Hospital.

1963
Closed Chest Cardiac Massage
William Kemp Clark · United States of America · Dallas

Performed manual closed-chest cardiac compression during the effort to maintain President Kennedy's circulation.

1963
Connally Back Wound Repair
Robert Roeder Shaw · United States of America · Dallas

Treated the Governor's back wound by removing damaged tissue and suturing muscle and skin.

1963
Connally Chest Operation
Robert Roeder Shaw · United States of America · Dallas

Began surgery on Governor Connally's chest at approximately 1:35 p.m.

1963
Connally Emergency Treatment
Richard Brooks Dulany · United States of America · Dallas

Provided early emergency care for Connally before the thoracic surgical team assumed control.

1963
Connally Thigh Cleansing
George T. Shires · United States of America · Dallas

Cleaned the puncture wound in Governor Connally's left thigh as part of the operative treatment.

1963
Connally Thigh Closure
George T. Shires · United States of America · Dallas

Closed Governor Connally's thigh wound with sutures.

1963
Connally Thigh Operation
Charles Rufus Baxter · United States of America · Dallas

Later assisted George Shires in treating Governor Connally's left-thigh gunshot wound.

1963
Connally Thigh Operation
George T. Shires · United States of America · Dallas

Led the treatment of Governor Connally's left-thigh gunshot wound while the wrist operation was in progress.

1963
Connally Thigh Surgery
Robert Nelson McClelland · United States of America · Dallas

Assisted George Shires in the operation on Governor Connally's left-thigh wound.

1963
Connally Thigh Surgery Assistance
Ralph Don Patman · United States of America · Dallas

Assisted George Shires during treatment of Governor Connally's left-thigh wound.

1963
Connally Trauma Room Arrival
Robert Roeder Shaw · United States of America · Dallas

Arrived in trauma room 2 at approximately 12:45 p.m. to take charge of Governor Connally's thoracic injuries.

1963
Connally Wound Closure
Charles Rufus Baxter · United States of America · Dallas

Participated in cleansing and suturing Governor Connally's thigh wound while a small metallic fragment remained in the leg.

1963
Connally Wrist Debridement
Charles Francis Gregory · United States of America · Dallas

Enlarged, cleansed, and closed the palm-side wrist wound while leaving the back wound partly open for drainage.

1963
Connally Wrist Fracture
Charles Francis Gregory · United States of America · Dallas

Set the fracture in Governor Connally's right wrist and applied a cast with traction.

1963
Connally Wrist Operation
Charles Francis Gregory · United States of America · Dallas

Operated on Governor Connally's right-wrist wounds during the afternoon of November 22.

1963
Connally Wrist Surgery Assistance
William Osborne · United States of America · Dallas

Assisted Charles Gregory during the operation on Governor Connally's right wrist.

1963
Connally Wrist Surgery Assistance
John Parker · United States of America · Dallas

Assisted Charles Gregory during the operation on Governor Connally's right wrist.

1963
Cranial Injury Observation
Marion Thomas Jenkins · United States of America · Dallas

Recorded extensive cranial and intracranial damage observed during the resuscitation.

1963
Dallas Crowd Greeting
Jacqueline Lee Kennedy · United States of America · Love Field

Jacqueline Kennedy greeted members of the crowd at Love Field before entering the presidential limousine for the Dallas motorcade.

1963
Dallas Motorcade
Lyndon Baines Johnson · United States of America · Dallas

Johnson traveled in the Dallas presidential motorcade behind President Kennedy's limousine when shots were fired in Dealey Plaza.

1963
Dallas Police Interrogation Begins
Lee Harvey Oswald · United States of America · Dallas

Police began interrogating Oswald at about 2:30 p.m. on November 22, starting a series of questioning sessions lasting about twelve hours in total.

1963
Dallas Police Interrogation Observation
James Patrick Hosty, Jr · United States of America · Dallas Police Headquarters

Hosty was sent to Dallas police headquarters and observed an interrogation of Oswald after the arrest.

1963
Damaged Lung Repair
Robert Roeder Shaw · United States of America · Dallas

Sutured damaged lung tissue and lacerated muscles during Connally's chest operation.

1963
Dealey Plaza Entry
Jacqueline Lee Kennedy · United States of America · Dallas

Mrs. Kennedy was riding beside the President as the motorcade entered Dealey Plaza and turned from Houston Street onto Elm Street.

1963
Departure from Dallas
Lyndon Baines Johnson · United States of America · Love Field

After Johnson completed the presidential oath, Air Force One departed Dallas carrying the new President, the Kennedy party, and President Kennedy's casket.

1963
Departure from Depository Questioned
J. Will Fritz · United States of America · Captain Fritz's Office

Fritz asked why Oswald left work after the shooting; Oswald claimed he had spoken with foreman Bill Shelley before departing for home.

1963
Departure from Paine Home
Lee Harvey Oswald · United States of America · Irving

Oswald left the Paine residence at about 7:15 a.m. on November 22, 1963, before Marina or Ruth Paine saw him leave.

1963
Depository Departure
Lee Harvey Oswald · United States of America · Dallas

The Warren Commission concluded that Oswald left the Texas School Book Depository at approximately 12:33 p.m., before police sealed the building.

1963
Depository Employee Records
Roy Truly · United States of America · Dallas

Truly assisted investigators with employment information concerning Oswald and other Texas School Book Depository workers.

1963
Depository Employment Mentioned to Revill
James Patrick Hosty, Jr · United States of America · Dallas Police Headquarters

During the basement exchange, Hosty said the FBI had known of Oswald's employment at the Texas School Book Depository.

1963
Depository Entry with Baker
Roy Truly · United States of America · Dallas

Immediately after the shooting, Truly entered the Texas School Book Depository with Dallas motorcycle officer Marrion Baker.

1963
Depository Investigation Command
J. Will Fritz · United States of America · Texas School Book Depository

Fritz arrived shortly before 1:00 p.m. and took charge of the Dallas Police homicide investigation inside the Texas School Book Depository.

1963
Discarded Jacket Evidence
Jefferson Davis Tippit · United States of America · Dallas

Police recovered a light-colored zipper jacket beneath a car near Jefferson Boulevard along the route attributed to the gunman fleeing Tippit's shooting.

1963
Discarded Zipper Jacket
Lee Harvey Oswald · United States of America · Dallas

The Warren Commission concluded that Oswald discarded his light-colored zipper jacket while fleeing from the Tippit shooting scene.

1963
Domingo Benavides Witness
Jefferson Davis Tippit · United States of America · Dallas

Domingo Benavides saw Tippit beside his patrol car, heard the shots, and watched the gunman discard cartridge cases while leaving the scene.

1963
Downtown Emergency Broadcast
Jefferson Davis Tippit · United States of America · Dallas

At about 12:44 p.m., Dallas police radio ordered downtown patrol units to report to Elm and Houston under emergency conditions after President Kennedy was shot.

1963
Dual Parkland Treatment Role
Robert Nelson McClelland · United States of America · Dallas

Participated in the emergency treatment of President Kennedy and later in operative treatment of Governor Connally at Parkland.

1963
East Tenth Street Patrol
Jefferson Davis Tippit · United States of America · Dallas

At approximately 1:15 p.m., Tippit was driving slowly east along East 10th Street in Oak Cliff.

1963
Eileen Kaminsky Telephone Call
Jack Ruby · United States of America · Dallas

After learning of Kennedy's death, Ruby telephoned his sister Eileen Kaminsky in Chicago; she later described him as crying and completely unnerved.

1963
Election
Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy · United States of America

Flies to the family home in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, to tell his stroke-afflicted father the news

1963
Elm Street Bus Ride
Lee Harvey Oswald · United States of America · Dallas

The Warren Commission concluded that Oswald boarded a Dallas bus after leaving the Depository and rode for only several minutes before getting off.

1963
Emergency Neurological Response
William Kemp Clark · United States of America · Dallas

Responded to the Parkland emergency as the hospital's chief neurologist.

1963
Emergency Notification
Charles James Carrico · United States of America · Dallas

Was working in the emergency area when notified that President Kennedy was being brought to Parkland Hospital.

1963
Emergency Surgical Response
Ronald Coy Jones · United States of America · Dallas

Was among the Parkland surgeons summoned to the emergency area before the presidential limousine arrived.

1963
Emergency Tracheotomy
Malcolm Oliver Perry · United States of America · Dallas

Performed an emergency tracheotomy to establish an effective airway for President Kennedy.

1963
Emergency Urology Response
Paul Conrad Peters · United States of America · Dallas

Responded to trauma room 1 as the urological surgeon among the Parkland emergency team.

1963
Employee Accountability Check
Roy Truly · United States of America · Dallas

After the shooting, Truly began checking the whereabouts of Depository employees while police secured and searched the building.

1963
Empty Rifle Blanket Examined
Guy F. Rose · United States of America · 2515 West Fifth Street, Irving

After Marina identified the storage place, detectives lifted the rolled blanket in the garage and found that the rifle was no longer inside.

1963
Exit from Patrol Car
Jefferson Davis Tippit · United States of America · Dallas

Tippit opened the driver's door and began walking around the front of his patrol car after speaking with the pedestrian.

1963
Eyewitness Lineup Identifications
Jefferson Davis Tippit · United States of America · Dallas

Multiple witnesses to the shooting or the gunman's flight identified Oswald in Dallas police lineups conducted after his arrest.

1963
Fatal Injury Determination
William Kemp Clark · United States of America · Dallas

Made the official death determination because the severe head injury, the ultimate cause of death, was within his neurological specialty.

1963
FBI
James Patrick Hosty, Jr · United States of America · Dallas

Receives the New Orleans FBI files & papers on Oswald

1963
FBI
James Patrick Hosty, Jr · United States of America · Dallas

Receives the New Orleans FBI files & papers on Oswald

1963
FBI
James Tague · United States of America · Dallas

Forensic tests by the FBI reveal that the chipped bullet mark impact location did not have any copper metal residue, such as those required by the 6.5 mm military jacketed copper encased bullets, allegedly, fired from the Texas Book Depository

1963
FBI
James Tague · United States of America · Dallas

Forensic tests by the FBI reveal that the chipped bullet mark impact location did not have any copper metal residue, such as those required by the 6.5 mm military jacketed copper encased bullets, allegedly, fired from the Texas Book Depository

1963
FBI Contact Complaint Examined
J. Will Fritz · United States of America · Captain Fritz's Office

Fritz asked Oswald to explain his accusation that FBI agent James Hosty had mistreated or accosted Marina Oswald during earlier contacts.

1963
FBI Knowledge of Oswald Disclosed
James Patrick Hosty, Jr · United States of America · Dallas Police Headquarters

Hosty told Revill that the FBI had known about Oswald and knew he was living in Dallas before the assassination.

1963
Femoral Pulse Check
Malcolm Oliver Perry · United States of America · Dallas

Checked for a femoral pulse and did not find one during the initial resuscitation.

1963
Fifth Floor Passage
Roy Truly · United States of America · Dallas

Truly and Baker passed through the upper part of the building while other Depository employees were still present on the fifth floor.

1963
Fingerprints and Palmprints Taken
Lee Harvey Oswald · United States of America · Dallas Police Headquarters

Dallas Police identification personnel took Oswald's fingerprints and palmprints during his first evening in custody for comparison with recovered evidence.

1963
First Face-to-Face Contact With Oswald
James Patrick Hosty, Jr · United States of America · Dallas Police Headquarters

Hosty's first direct encounter with Oswald occurred after the assassination when he attended the police interrogation.

1963
First Parkland Physician
Charles James Carrico · United States of America · Dallas

Was the first physician to see President Kennedy at Parkland Hospital after the motorcade arrived.

1963
First Presidential Statement
Lyndon Baines Johnson · United States of America · Andrews Air Force Base

Johnson made brief televised remarks at Andrews Air Force Base, asking for the public's help as he assumed the presidency after Kennedy's death.

1963
Flight from Dallas to Washington
Jacqueline Lee Kennedy · United States of America · Air Force One

Mrs. Kennedy accompanied her husband's casket throughout the Air Force One flight from Dallas to the Washington area.

1963
Flight to Dallas
Jacqueline Lee Kennedy · United States of America · Dallas

Jacqueline Kennedy flew with the President from Fort Worth to Dallas on the morning of November 22.

1963
Foreign Travel and Cuba Questions
J. Will Fritz · United States of America · Dallas

Fritz questioned Oswald about recent foreign travel and political associations as Dallas investigators tried to reconstruct his contacts before the assassination.

1963
Fort Worth Breakfast Appearance
Jacqueline Lee Kennedy · United States of America · Fort Worth

Mrs. Kennedy joined President Kennedy at the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce breakfast before the presidential party departed for Dallas.

1963
Four Gunshot Wounds
Jefferson Davis Tippit · United States of America · Dallas

Four bullets struck Tippit during the shooting on East 10th Street, killing him at the scene.

1963
Freight Elevator Check
Roy Truly · United States of America · Dallas

Truly and Baker reached the rear elevator area and found that the freight elevators were not available for their immediate ascent.

1963
Government Continuity
Lyndon Baines Johnson · United States of America · Andrews Air Force Base

Johnson used his first presidential remarks to reassure Americans and foreign governments that United States authority and policy remained intact after the assassination.

1963
Governor Connally Reaction
Jacqueline Lee Kennedy · United States of America · Dallas

Mrs. Kennedy recalled hearing Governor John Connally react as the shooting began, helping her recognize that something serious had happened.

1963
Grassy Knoll
Norma Jean Lollis Hill · United States of America · Dallas

The "Lady in Red" in Zapruders film, claims smoke was lingering near the grassy knoll picket fence corner. Present along with her friend Mary Moorman across from the grassy knoll, and was one of the very closest witnesses to President Kennedy when the shots were fired at him

1963
Grassy Knoll
Mary Ann Moorman · United States of America · Dallas

Badge Man is the name given to a photographic image that some President John F. Kennedy assassination researchers claim is a grassy knoll assassin seen within a Polaroid photograph that close witness Mary Moorman captured.

1963
Grassy Knoll
Mary Ann Moorman · United States of America · Dallas

In the Moorman Polaroid photo is seen all of the Presidential limousine occupants, several other witnesses (including Abraham Zapruder filming), two Dallas police motorcycle Presidential escorts, and much of the area comprising the grassy knoll.

1963
Grassy Knoll
Mary Ann Moorman · United States of America · Dallas

Photographs the Grassy Knoll with a polaroid which is used to identify the "badge man"

1963
Grassy Knoll
Marilyn Sitzman · United States of America · Dallas

Stands on the same pedestal as Abraham Zapruder (steadying him), only yards from the alleged Grassy Knoll assassin

1963
Gunman Description Broadcast
Jefferson Davis Tippit · United States of America · Dallas

At approximately 1:22 p.m., Dallas police broadcast a description of the man wanted for Tippit's murder based on information from witnesses.

1963
Gunman Flight Lineup Identification
Barbara Jeanette Davis · United States of America · Dallas Police Headquarters

Barbara Davis identified Oswald in a police lineup as the armed man she had seen crossing the lawn near the Tippit shooting scene.

1963
Head Wound Observation
William Kemp Clark · United States of America · Dallas

Observed a large gaping wound in the right rear of Kennedy's head with extensive brain injury and blood loss.

1963
Helen Markham Witness
Jefferson Davis Tippit · United States of America · Dallas

Helen Markham witnessed the encounter between Tippit and the gunman, saw the officer fall after the shots, and ran to Tippit's side.

1963
Hosty Denies Prior Violence Intelligence
James Patrick Hosty, Jr · United States of America · Dallas Police Headquarters

Hosty maintained that the FBI had possessed no pre-assassination information indicating that Oswald was likely to commit violence.

1963
Hotel Texas Stay
Jacqueline Lee Kennedy · United States of America · Fort Worth

Jacqueline Kennedy spent the morning of November 22 at the Hotel Texas before joining the President for the day's public schedule.

1963
House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA)
Henry Barbosa Gonzalez · United States of America

Gonzalez was in President Kennedy's motorcade, he recalled rolling down the window as his car neared the Texas School Book Depository, then hearing three shots during the assassination.

1963
House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA)
Henry Barbosa Gonzalez · United States of America

Kennedy, and President Kennedy's sheet covered body. Gonzalez helped place Kennedy's casket in the hearse that transported Kennedy to Air Force One

1963
House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA)
Henry Barbosa Gonzalez · United States of America

Gonzalez's car proceeded to Parkland Memorial Hospital where upon seeing a blood-caked bouquet of roses in the rear of presidential limousine he initially believed Jackie Kennedy had been shot. There, he saw Lyndon Johnson, Lady Bird Johnson, Mrs.

1963
Hydrocortisone Administration
Charles James Carrico · United States of America · Dallas

Administered hydrocortisone because of President Kennedy's known adrenal insufficiency.

1963
Hyman Rubenstein Telephone Call
Jack Ruby · United States of America · Dallas

Shortly after 9 p.m., Ruby telephoned his brother Hyman and two sisters in Chicago and discussed his distress about events in Dallas.

1963
Initial Connally Examination
Richard Brooks Dulany · United States of America · Dallas

Was one of the first physicians to examine Governor Connally after his arrival at Parkland Hospital.

1963
Initial Life Assessment
Charles James Carrico · United States of America · Dallas

Concluded from the initial examination that President Kennedy was still alive when he arrived at Parkland Hospital.

1963
Initial Vital Assessment
Charles James Carrico · United States of America · Dallas

Observed Kennedy's ashen color, agonal respiration, dilated unreactive pupils, no palpable pulse, and faint chest sounds on arrival.

1963
Irving Residence Investigation Ordered
J. Will Fritz · United States of America · Dallas Police Headquarters

Fritz dispatched detectives to the Paine residence in Irving to investigate Oswald's family residence and search for information and property connected with him.

1963
Jacqueline Kennedy at Oath
Lyndon Baines Johnson · United States of America · Love Field

Johnson asked Jacqueline Kennedy to be present for the presidential oath after she arrived aboard Air Force One with President Kennedy's casket.

1963
Jacqueline Kennedy Departure Request
Kenneth P. O'Donnell · United States of America · Dallas

Tried to persuade Jacqueline Kennedy to leave the Parkland treatment area after President Kennedy had been pronounced dead.

1963
Jefferson Boulevard Flight
Lee Harvey Oswald · United States of America · Dallas

Witnesses identified Oswald as the armed man who fled from the Tippit shooting area toward Jefferson Boulevard.

1963
Jefferson Boulevard Flight
Jefferson Davis Tippit · United States of America · Dallas

Witness accounts placed the gunman moving westward along Jefferson Boulevard after leaving the area where Tippit had been shot.

1963
Jenkins Resuscitation Report
Charles Jack Price · United States of America · Dallas

Received Marion Jenkins's same-day written statement describing the resuscitative efforts for President Kennedy.

1963
Johnson Departure Advice
Kenneth P. O'Donnell · United States of America · Dallas

Advised Vice President Johnson at Parkland Hospital to go to Love Field and return to Washington.

1963
Johnson Family Protection
Rufus Wayne Youngblood · United States of America · Dallas

Arranged through Secret Service headquarters for immediate protection of Vice President Johnson's daughters after the shooting.

1963
Kennedy Assassination Condolence
Nikita Sergeyevich Khruschev · Russia · Moscow

Sends condolences after President John F. Kennedy is assassinated and signals a desire to preserve improving relations.

1963
Kennedy Murder Charge
Lee Harvey Oswald · United States of America · Dallas

Later on November 22, Dallas authorities charged Oswald with murdering President John F. Kennedy.

1963
Kennedy Murder Complaint Signed
J. Will Fritz · United States of America · Dallas Police Headquarters

After reviewing the developing evidence with prosecutors, Fritz signed the complaint charging Oswald with murdering President Kennedy at 11:26 p.m.

1963
Kennedy Shooting Report Received
James Patrick Hosty, Jr · United States of America · Dallas

After learning that President Kennedy had been shot, Hosty returned toward the Dallas FBI office to await instructions.

1963
Kennedy Stretcher Transfer
William R. Greer · United States of America · Dallas

Helped lift President Kennedy from the presidential limousine onto the Parkland stretcher.

1963
Kennedy Stretcher Transfer
Roy H. Kellerman · United States of America · Dallas

Helped lift President Kennedy from the limousine onto a stretcher for movement into Parkland trauma room 1.

1963
Kennedy Stretcher Transfer
Winston G. Lawson · United States of America · Dallas

Helped Roy Kellerman and William Greer lift President Kennedy onto a stretcher and move him into trauma room 1.

1963
Kosher Sandwich Purchase
Jack Ruby · United States of America · Dallas

At about 10:30 p.m., Ruby purchased eight kosher sandwiches and ten soft drinks after hearing that Dallas police officers were working overtime.

1963
Lady In Red
Norma Jean Lollis Hill · United States of America · Dallas

The "Lady in Red" in Zapruders film, claims smoke was lingering near the grassy knoll picket fence corner

1963
Lancaster and Eighth Report
Jefferson Davis Tippit · United States of America · Dallas

At 12:54 p.m., Tippit radioed that he was in central Oak Cliff at Lancaster Road and Eighth Street.

1963
Last Rites
Oscar L Huber · United States of America · Dallas

The Very Rev. Oscar L. Huber, the priest who administered the last rites to Kennedy told The New York Times that the President was already dead by the time he had arrived at the hospital

1963
Left Arm Cutdown
Ronald Coy Jones · United States of America · Dallas

Performed a cutdown on President Kennedy's left arm to permit infusion of blood and fluids.

1963
Live Cartridge Ejected from Rifle
J. Will Fritz · United States of America · Texas School Book Depository

While Lieutenant J. C. Day held the recovered rifle by its stock, Fritz opened the bolt and ejected the live cartridge remaining in the weapon.

1963
Lone Assassin
John Fitzgerald Kennedy · United States of America · Dallas

The Warren Commission later concludes that Lee Harvey Oswald is the lone assassin

1963
Love Field Arrival
Jacqueline Lee Kennedy · United States of America · Love Field

President and Mrs. Kennedy arrived at Dallas Love Field shortly before noon and were greeted by local officials and a large crowd.

1963
Mannlicher-Carcano Gun
Louis Witt · United States of America · Dallas

Attempts to heckle Kennedy with a reminder of the appeasement policies Prime Minister Chamberlain, with an umbrella

1963
Marina Asked About Rifle
Guy F. Rose · United States of America · 2515 West Fifth Street, Irving

With Ruth Paine translating, Rose asked Marina Oswald whether her husband owned a rifle, prompting Marina to indicate the blanket where it had been stored.

1963
Mexico City Travel Questioned
J. Will Fritz · United States of America · Captain Fritz's Office

During questioning attended by federal agents, Fritz's investigation addressed Oswald's foreign travel; Oswald denied having been in Mexico City.

1963
Missing Depository Employee Report
J. Will Fritz · United States of America · Texas School Book Depository

Roy Truly told Fritz that warehouse employee Lee Harvey Oswald was missing and supplied his name, address, and general description.

1963
Morning Work Supervision
Roy Truly · United States of America · Dallas

Truly was at work in the Texas School Book Depository on November 22 while Oswald and other employees performed their normal duties before the motorcade arrived.

1963
Motorcade Route
Howard Leslie Brennan · United States of America · Dallas

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

1963
Motorcade Route
Howard Leslie Brennan · United States of America · Dallas

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

1963
Motorcade Route
Howard Leslie Brennan · United States of America · Dallas

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.

1963
Motorcade Route
Howard Leslie Brennan · United States of America · Dallas

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.

1963
Motorcade Route
Howard Leslie Brennan · United States of America · Dallas

of times".

1963
Motorcade Viewing
Roy Truly · United States of America · Dallas

Truly went outside the Texas School Book Depository to watch President Kennedy's motorcade pass through Dealey Plaza.

1963
Movement onto Limousine Trunk
Jacqueline Lee Kennedy · United States of America · Dallas

After the fatal shot, Mrs. Kennedy moved onto the rear portion of the limousine as Secret Service agent Clint Hill climbed aboard.

1963
Neck and Head Wounds
Charles James Carrico · United States of America · Dallas

Observed a small wound in the lower front of Kennedy's neck and an extensive wound to the head.

1963
Neck Wound Assessment
Malcolm Oliver Perry · United States of America · Dallas

Described the small neck wound but stated that its appearance alone did not establish whether it was an entrance or exit wound.

1963
No Established Dallas Presence
Frank Sturgis · United States of America · Dallas

Later official investigations did not establish that Sturgis was present in Dealey Plaza when President Kennedy was assassinated.

1963
No Second Visible Head Hole
William Kemp Clark · United States of America · Dallas

Reported that he did not see another distinct hole in Kennedy's head during Parkland treatment.

1963
No Secret Service Referral Explained
James Patrick Hosty, Jr · United States of America · Dallas

Hosty later explained that Oswald had not been referred to the Secret Service because the FBI file contained no presidential threat from him.

1963
No Warren Commission Identification
Frank Sturgis · United States of America · Dallas

The Warren Commission did not identify Sturgis as a participant in President Kennedy's assassination or as one of the men detained near Dealey Plaza.

1963
O. H. Lee Alias Reported to Fritz
W. E. Potts · United States of America · Dallas Police Headquarters

Potts reported the O. H. Lee registration back to Fritz, giving the interrogation team another identity detail to question Oswald about.

1963
O. H. Lee Registration Questioned
J. Will Fritz · United States of America · Captain Fritz's Office

After officers reported the rooming-house registration, Fritz asked why Oswald was living there under the name O. H. Lee.

1963
Oath
Lyndon Baines Johnson · United States of America · Dallas

At 2:38 p.m. Johnson takes the oath of office on board Air Force One just before it departed Love Field

1963
Oath of Office
Lyndon Baines Johnson · United States of America · Dallas

Johnson takes the oath of office on board Air Force One just before it departed Love Field

1963
Oral Surgery Emergency Response
Don Teel Curtis · United States of America · Dallas

Responded to the Parkland emergency area as an oral surgeon after notice that President Kennedy was en route.

1963
Orthopedic Operation Timing
Charles Francis Gregory · United States of America · Dallas

Performed the wrist operation from approximately 4:00 p.m. to 4:50 p.m.

1963
Oswald Absence Report
Roy Truly · United States of America · Dallas

Truly reported Oswald's unexplained absence to Dallas police during the early investigation at the Texas School Book Depository.

1963
Oswald Arrest Connection
Jefferson Davis Tippit · United States of America · Dallas

Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested in the Texas Theatre shortly after police began searching the area for the man suspected of killing Tippit.

1963
Oswald Assassination Alibi Questioned
J. Will Fritz · United States of America · Captain Fritz's Office

Fritz asked Oswald to account for his location when the President was shot, beginning detailed questioning of his movements inside the Depository.

1963
Oswald Charged with Tippit Murder
Jefferson Davis Tippit · United States of America · Dallas

At 7:10 p.m. on November 22, Dallas police formally advised Oswald that he had been charged with murdering Patrolman J. D. Tippit.

1963
Oswald Confronted in Theatre
M. N. McDonald · United States of America · Texas Theatre

McDonald approached Oswald's seat and ordered him to stand as officers closed in on the suspect identified by Brewer.

1963
Oswald Employee Identification
Roy Truly · United States of America · Dallas

Truly told Baker that Oswald worked in the building, after which Baker allowed Oswald to remain and continued the search.

1963
Oswald File Pulled
James Patrick Hosty, Jr · United States of America · Dallas

Hosty immediately retrieved the Dallas FBI file on Oswald after learning that Oswald had been arrested.

1963
Oswald File Taken to Shanklin
James Patrick Hosty, Jr · United States of America · Dallas

Hosty took the Oswald file to Special Agent in Charge J. Gordon Shanklin as the Dallas FBI office organized its assassination investigation.

1963
Oswald Identification
Howard Leslie Brennan · United States of America · Dallas

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

1963
Oswald Identification Obtained During Transport
Paul L. Bentley · United States of America · Dallas

During the trip from the theatre to police headquarters, Bentley examined identification from Oswald's wallet after the prisoner initially refused to provide his name.

1963
Oswald Identified as Suspect
James Patrick Hosty, Jr · United States of America · Dallas

After 2 p.m., Hosty learned that the suspect arrested in Oak Cliff had been identified as Lee Harvey Oswald.

1963
Oswald Identity to Police
Roy Truly · United States of America · Dallas

Truly provided police with information identifying Oswald as the Depository employee who could not be accounted for after the shooting.

1963
Oswald Missing from Building
Roy Truly · United States of America · Dallas

Truly determined that Oswald was absent from the Depository after the assassination while most other employees remained or returned to the building.

1963
Oswald Note Connection Recognized
James Patrick Hosty, Jr · United States of America · Dallas Police Headquarters

Oswald's reaction to Hosty's presence during interrogation led Hosty to associate Oswald with the unsigned note previously delivered to the Dallas FBI office.

1963
Oswald Pointed Out to Police
Johnny Calvin Brewer · United States of America · Texas Theatre

Brewer met the officers inside the theatre and identified the man he had followed from the nearby shoe store as the suspicious patron.

1963
Oswald Possessions Identified
Ruth Paine · United States of America · Irving

Paine told investigators that most of the Oswald family's possessions were stored in her garage.

1963
Oswald Property Collected in Irving
Richard S. Stovall · United States of America · 2515 West Fifth Street, Irving

Stovall participated in collecting documents, film, correspondence, and other possessions from the Paine residence for examination by investigators.

1963
Oswald Report Routed to Counterintelligence
James Jesus Angleton · United States of America · Langley

The FBI report on Oswald's New Orleans FPCC activity reached a CIA counterintelligence special-investigations office on the day Kennedy was assassinated.

1963
Paine Residence Search Begins
Guy F. Rose · United States of America · 2515 West Fifth Street, Irving

Rose joined Stovall and Adamcik in the investigation at Ruth Paine's residence after Fritz sent detectives to examine property associated with Oswald.

1963
Paper Bag Examined
J. C. Day · United States of America · Texas School Book Depository

Day examined the long handmade paper bag found near the southeast sixth-floor window and preserved it as evidence from the suspected firing position.

1963
Paraffin Tests Administered
Lee Harvey Oswald · United States of America · Captain Fritz's Office

Dallas Police administered paraffin tests to Oswald's hands and right cheek in an attempt to detect residues associated with recently firing a weapon.

1963
Parkland Administration
Charles Jack Price · United States of America · Dallas

Served as administrator of Parkland Memorial Hospital during the emergency treatment of President Kennedy and Governor Connally.

1963
Parkland Arrival Consciousness
John Bowden Connally Jr · United States of America · Dallas

Regained consciousness when the presidential limousine stopped abruptly at Parkland's emergency entrance.

1963
Parkland Arrival With Governor
Nellie Connally · United States of America · Dallas

Arrived at Parkland Hospital supporting the wounded Governor Connally, who had been lying in her arms during the race from Dealey Plaza.

1963
Parkland Assignment
James Patrick Hosty, Jr · United States of America · Parkland Hospital

Hosty was sent from the Dallas FBI office toward Parkland Hospital after the shooting, but he was soon directed back to the office.

1963
Parkland Casket Departure
Jacqueline Lee Kennedy · United States of America · Dallas

Jacqueline Kennedy accompanied President Kennedy's casket when it was taken from Parkland Memorial Hospital for the return to Love Field.

1963
Parkland Departure Protection
Rufus Wayne Youngblood · United States of America · Dallas

Accompanied Johnson's protected departure from Parkland and instructed him to remain below window level during the drive to Love Field.

1963
Parkland Emergency Entrance
Winston G. Lawson · United States of America · Dallas

Jumped from the lead car at Parkland Hospital and rushed into the emergency entrance as stretchers were brought out.

1963
Parkland Family Visits
Claudia Alta Johnson · United States of America · Dallas

Left the protected Parkland room with Secret Service agents to see Jacqueline Kennedy and Nellie Connally.

1963
Parkland Hospital Arrival
Jacqueline Lee Kennedy · United States of America · Dallas

Jacqueline Kennedy arrived at Parkland Memorial Hospital with the mortally wounded President shortly after the Dealey Plaza shooting.

1963
Parkland Memorial Hospital
George Gregory Burkley · United States of America · Dallas

Dr. Burkley observes both the head wound and a wound to the back of the President, and determines the head wound was the cause of death

1963
Parkland Memorial Hospital
Clint Hill · United States of America · Dallas

Jumps onto the back of the limousine, pushes Mrs. Kennedy back into her seat, and clings to the car as it exits Dealey Plaza and speeds to Parkland Memorial Hospital

1963
Parkland Memorial Hospital
Oscar L Huber · United States of America · Dallas

The Very Rev. Oscar L. Huber, the priest who administered the last rites to Kennedy told The New York Times that the President was already dead by the time he had arrived at the hospital

1963
Parkland Memorial Hospital
Lyndon Baines Johnson · United States of America · Dallas

Johnson remained under Secret Service protection at Parkland Memorial Hospital while President Kennedy was treated after the shooting.

1963
Parkland Memorial Hospital
John Fitzgerald Kennedy · United States of America · Dallas

At 1:00 p.m., CST (19:00 UTC), after all heart activity had ceased and after a priest administered the last rites, the President is pronounced dead. A few minutes after 2:00 p.m.

1963
Parkland Memorial Hospital
John Fitzgerald Kennedy · United States of America · Dallas

CST (20:00 UTC), and after a confrontation between Dallas police and Secret Service agents, Kennedys body is placed in a casket and taken from Parkland Hospital and driven to Air Force One

1963
Parkland Memorial Hospital
John Fitzgerald Kennedy · United States of America · Dallas

The Very Rev. Oscar L. Huber, the priest who administered the last rites to Kennedy told The New York Times that the President was already dead by the time he had arrived at the hospital.

1963
Parkland Perimeter Security
Winston G. Lawson · United States of America · Dallas

Made certain Dallas police kept the public and press away from the immediate Parkland Hospital area.

1963
Parkland Standby Alert
Jesse Edward Curry · United States of America · Dallas

Radioed that Parkland Hospital should stand by because the President appeared to have been hit.

1963
Parkland Treatment Area
Jacqueline Lee Kennedy · United States of America · Dallas

While doctors attempted to save the President, Mrs. Kennedy alternated between observing the medical efforts and waiting outside the treatment area.

1963
Passenger Window Conversation
Jefferson Davis Tippit · United States of America · Dallas

The pedestrian approached the right side of Tippit's patrol car and apparently exchanged words with him through the front or vent window.

1963
Patton Avenue Flight
Jefferson Davis Tippit · United States of America · Dallas

Witnesses saw the gunman leave the Tippit shooting scene and move south along Patton Avenue toward Jefferson Boulevard.

1963
Patton Avenue Lineup Identification
Ted Callaway · United States of America · Dallas Police Headquarters

Callaway identified Oswald in a Dallas Police lineup as the man he had watched run south on Patton Avenue carrying a revolver.

1963
Patton Gunman Lineup Identification
Sam Guinyard · United States of America · Dallas Police Headquarters

Guinyard selected Oswald from the lineup as the armed man he had observed running away from the Tippit shooting area.

1963
Pedestrian Stop
Jefferson Davis Tippit · United States of America · Dallas

About 100 feet east of Patton Avenue, Tippit stopped beside a man walking east whose general appearance resembled the police-radio description.

1963
Pink Suit in Dallas
Jacqueline Lee Kennedy · United States of America · Dallas

Mrs. Kennedy wore the pink suit and matching pillbox hat that became permanently associated with the assassination and its immediate aftermath.

1963
Police Arrival at Paine Home
Ruth Paine · United States of America · Irving

Police officers arrived at Paine's Irving home at about 3 p.m. on November 22 to search for evidence connected with Oswald.

1963
Police Search Assistance
Roy Truly · United States of America · Dallas

Because Truly knew the building, he guided Officer Baker through the Depository as they searched for a possible gunman.

1963
Political Affiliations Questioned
J. Will Fritz · United States of America · Captain Fritz's Office

Fritz questioned Oswald about his political beliefs, Fair Play for Cuba Committee activity, and support for the Cuban Revolution.

1963
Pre-Lineup Pocket Search
Lee Harvey Oswald · United States of America · Dallas Police Headquarters

Before the first identification lineup, police searched Oswald and removed five cartridges and additional personal property from his pockets.

1963
Presence at Johnson Oath
Jacqueline Lee Kennedy · United States of America · Love Field

Mrs. Kennedy stood beside Lyndon B. Johnson during his presidential swearing-in aboard Air Force One at 2:38 p.m.

1963
President Kennedy Head Wound
Jacqueline Lee Kennedy · United States of America · Dallas

Jacqueline Kennedy was beside the President when the fatal shot struck his head during the motorcade through Dealey Plaza.

1963
Presidential Limousine Rear Seat
Jacqueline Lee Kennedy · United States of America · Dallas

Jacqueline Kennedy sat beside President Kennedy in the rear seat of the presidential limousine during the Dallas motorcade.

1963
Presidential Oath
Lyndon Baines Johnson · United States of America · Love Field

Judge Sarah T. Hughes administered the presidential oath to Lyndon Baines Johnson aboard Air Force One at Love Field.

1963
Presidential Oath Wording
Lyndon Baines Johnson · United States of America · Love Field

Johnson instructed aide Jack Valenti to obtain the precise wording of the presidential oath while preparations for the ceremony continued aboard Air Force One.

1963
Presidential Succession
Lyndon Baines Johnson · United States of America · Dallas

Following President Kennedy's death, Johnson became President under constitutional succession and prepared to take the presidential oath before leaving Dallas.

1963
Press Conference Qualification
Malcolm Oliver Perry · United States of America · Dallas

Later explained that his Parkland press-conference comments about possible wound paths were speculative rather than a definitive professional conclusion.

1963
Protective Cover at Parkland
Clint Hill · United States of America · Dallas

Removed his suit jacket and covered Kennedy's head and upper chest at the Parkland emergency entrance to prevent photographs.

1963
Reaction to First Shot
Jacqueline Lee Kennedy · United States of America · Dallas

Jacqueline Kennedy testified that after the first noise she turned toward her husband and saw him raise his hands toward his throat.

1963
Rear Stairway Ascent
Roy Truly · United States of America · Dallas

Truly led Baker toward the rear stairway after the elevators were unavailable, and the two men continued upward through the building.

1963
Refusal to Leave Parkland
Jacqueline Lee Kennedy · United States of America · Dallas

After President Kennedy was pronounced dead, Mrs. Kennedy initially refused efforts to persuade her to leave the hospital area.

1963
Respiratory Assistance
Adolph Hartung Giesecke Jr · United States of America · Dallas

Assisted with respiratory management while Kennedy was changed from an endotracheal tube to a tracheostomy tube.

1963
Respiratory Transition Assistance
Gene Coleman Akin · United States of America · Dallas

Assisted with respiratory problems during the transition from the endotracheal tube to a tracheostomy tube.

1963
Resuscitation Assessment
Marion Thomas Jenkins · United States of America · Dallas

Concluded that resuscitative methods had been instituted rapidly and efficiently but that the cranial damage was irreversible.

1963
Resuscitation Statement
Marion Thomas Jenkins · United States of America · Dallas

Prepared a same-day written statement for Parkland administrator Charles Jack Price describing the resuscitative effort.

1963
Resuscitative Equipment Response
Adolph Hartung Giesecke Jr · United States of America · Dallas

Was dispatched with Jackie Hunt and an anesthesia machine when the emergency alert was received.

1963
Retained Metallic Fragment
George T. Shires · United States of America · Dallas

Treated the thigh wound while a small metallic fragment remained in Governor Connally's leg.

1963
Return to Love Field
Jacqueline Lee Kennedy · United States of America · Love Field

Mrs. Kennedy traveled with the President's casket from Parkland Memorial Hospital back to Dallas Love Field.

1963
Return to Police Headquarters
J. Will Fritz · United States of America · Dallas Police Headquarters

Fritz left the Depository after receiving Oswald's details and returned to headquarters so detectives could locate the missing employee.

1963
Revill Basement Conversation
James Patrick Hosty, Jr · United States of America · Dallas Police Headquarters

Hosty encountered Dallas police lieutenant Jack Revill in the basement and discussed the FBI's prior knowledge of Oswald.

1963
Revill Memorandum Records Conversation
James Patrick Hosty, Jr · United States of America · Dallas

Lieutenant Revill promptly prepared a memorandum recording his disputed conversation with Hosty about the FBI's prior knowledge of Oswald.

1963
Revill Violence Claim Disputed
James Patrick Hosty, Jr · United States of America · Dallas Police Headquarters

Revill later reported that Hosty said the FBI knew Oswald was capable of the assassination; Hosty repeatedly denied making that statement.

1963
Revolver Possession Questioned
J. Will Fritz · United States of America · Captain Fritz's Office

Fritz asked Oswald why he had been carrying the revolver seized during his arrest at the Texas Theatre.

1963
Revolver Purchase Account Questioned
J. Will Fritz · United States of America · Captain Fritz's Office

Fritz questioned Oswald about the revolver's origin after Oswald claimed that he had bought the weapon in Fort Worth.

1963
Revolver Seized During Theatre Struggle
Bob K. Carroll · United States of America · Texas Theatre

Carroll grabbed the revolver during the struggle with Oswald and secured the weapon in his belt while other officers completed the arrest.

1963
Rifle Discovery Confirmed
Seymour Weitzman · United States of America · Texas School Book Depository

Weitzman was with Boone when the concealed rifle was discovered and left the weapon untouched while Dallas Police crime-scene personnel were summoned.

1963
Rifle Identification Recorded
J. Will Fritz · United States of America · Texas School Book Depository

Fritz and Lieutenant Day examined the recovered weapon as its serial number C2766 and 6.5-millimeter Italian markings were recorded.

1963
Rifle Located Among Cartons
Eugene Boone · United States of America · Texas School Book Depository

Boone discovered the scoped bolt-action rifle between rows of boxes near the northwest stairway at approximately 1:22 p.m.

1963
Rifle Palmprint Developed
J. C. Day · United States of America · Dallas Police Headquarters

Day developed and lifted a palmprint from the underside of the rifle barrel during laboratory examination of the assassination weapon.

1963
Rifle Photographed in Place
J. C. Day · United States of America · Texas School Book Depository

Day documented the rifle where it lay between cartons before officers lifted the weapon from its concealed position.

1963
Rifle Question Translation
Ruth Paine · United States of America · Irving

Paine translated an investigator's question asking Marina whether Oswald owned a rifle, after initially saying she herself knew of no rifle.

1963
Rifle Scene Supervision
J. Will Fritz · United States of America · Texas School Book Depository

Fritz supervised the examination of the rifle after officers found it concealed among boxes on the sixth floor and waited for photographs before it was handled.

1963
Rifle Surface Checked for Prints
J. C. Day · United States of America · Texas School Book Depository

Day examined the bolt knob and wooden stock for usable fingerprints before handling the rifle and determined that those surfaces yielded no identifiable prints.

1963
Rifle Taken into Evidence
J. C. Day · United States of America · Dallas Police Headquarters

Day retained possession of the rifle after its removal from the Depository and transported it to Dallas Police headquarters for further examination.

1963
Right Chest Tube Assistance
Paul Conrad Peters · United States of America · Dallas

Assisted with insertion of a right chest tube during President Kennedy's resuscitation.

1963
Right Leg Cutdown
Charles James Carrico · United States of America · Dallas

Performed a cutdown on Kennedy's right leg so blood and fluids could be infused.

1963
Right to Counsel Discussed
J. Will Fritz · United States of America · Captain Fritz's Office

When Oswald asked about an attorney, Fritz told him he could obtain counsel and use the jail telephone to contact the lawyer he wanted.

1963
Ritz Delicatessen Purchase
Jack Ruby · United States of America · Dallas

Ruby bought a large quantity of cold cuts at the Ritz Delicatessen after his sister Eva Grant reminded him to obtain food for the weekend.

1963
Robert Kennedy Telephone Call
Lyndon Baines Johnson · United States of America · Love Field

Johnson telephoned Attorney General Robert Kennedy about the presidential oath and received guidance that a federal judge in Dallas could administer it.

1963
Rooming House Register Examined
B. L. Senkel · United States of America · 1026 North Beckley

Senkel helped inspect the rooming-house register, where investigators found that Oswald had been staying under the name O. H. Lee.

1963
Roominghouse Return
Lee Harvey Oswald · United States of America · Dallas

Oswald returned to his North Beckley roominghouse at about 1 p.m. on November 22 and left again a few minutes later.

1963
Sarah T. Hughes
Lyndon Baines Johnson · United States of America · Love Field

Johnson requested that federal judge Sarah T. Hughes be located to administer the presidential oath aboard Air Force One.

1963
Search Continues Upstairs
Roy Truly · United States of America · Dallas

After the encounter with Oswald, Truly and Baker continued toward the upper floors to search for the source of the gunfire.

1963
Second Davis Lineup Identification
Virginia Davis · United States of America · Dallas Police Headquarters

Virginia Davis separately selected Oswald in the lineup as the man she had seen fleeing while carrying and emptying a revolver.

1963
Second Floor Arrival
Roy Truly · United States of America · Dallas

Truly and Baker reached the second floor within a few minutes of the assassination while continuing their search of the Depository.

1963
Second Floor Baker Encounter
Lee Harvey Oswald · United States of America · Dallas

Shortly after the assassination, Officer Marrion Baker encountered Oswald near the second-floor lunchroom, and Roy Truly identified him as an employee.

1963
Second Floor Lunchroom Encounter
Roy Truly · United States of America · Dallas

Truly was present when Officer Baker encountered Lee Harvey Oswald near the second-floor lunchroom shortly after the assassination.

1963
Second Suspect Broadcast
Jefferson Davis Tippit · United States of America · Dallas

Dallas police repeated the assassination suspect description over the radio at 12:48 p.m. while Tippit was moving through Oak Cliff.

1963
Second-Floor Encounter Questioned
J. Will Fritz · United States of America · Captain Fritz's Office

Fritz questioned Oswald about his movements after lunch, including his account of obtaining a Coca-Cola and encountering a police officer on the second floor.

1963
Secret Service Protection
Lyndon Baines Johnson · United States of America · Dallas

Secret Service agents placed Johnson under close protection after the shooting and moved him from Parkland Memorial Hospital toward Love Field.

1963
Shipping Paper Sample Marked
Robert Lee Studebaker · United States of America · Texas School Book Depository

Studebaker marked the paper and tape samples collected from the first-floor shipping department to preserve their source identification.

1963
Shooting at Tenth Street
Jefferson Davis Tippit · United States of America · Dallas

As Tippit reached the left front wheel of his patrol car, the gunman drew a revolver and fired several shots at him.

1963
Shots Heard in Dealey Plaza
Roy Truly · United States of America · Dallas

Truly was outside the Depository when the shots were fired at President Kennedy and immediately reacted to the emergency.

1963
Sixth Floor Givens Encounter
Lee Harvey Oswald · United States of America · Dallas

Charles Givens testified that he saw Oswald on the sixth floor around 11:55 a.m. on November 22, carrying a clipboard.

1963
Sniper's Nest Evidence Preservation
J. Will Fritz · United States of America · Texas School Book Depository

After cartridge cases were located near the southeast sixth-floor window, Fritz ordered that nothing be moved until crime-scene technicians photographed and examined the area.

1963
Sniper's Nest Guarded
Luke Mooney · United States of America · Texas School Book Depository

After finding the cartridge cases, Mooney remained at the sixth-floor position to prevent the evidence from being disturbed before crime-scene technicians arrived.

1963
Sniper's Nest Photographic Record
Robert Lee Studebaker · United States of America · Texas School Book Depository

Studebaker helped create the photographic record of the sixth-floor firing area, including the cartons and surrounding crime scene.

1963
Snipers Nest
Tom Alyea · United States of America · Dallas

Alyea ducked back into the sixth floor and witnessed the discovery of the "snipers nest".

1963
Snipers Nest
Tom Alyea · United States of America · Dallas

Detective Studebaker failed to photograph the arrangement of cartons at the "scene of the crime," he failed also to photograph a long paper sack, said to have been found on the floor in the south-east corner, within which Lee Oswald purportedly carried a Mannlicher-Carcano rifle into the TSBD.

1963
Snipers Nest
Tom Alyea · United States of America · Dallas

On the other hand, it is noteworthy that Tom Alyea has no recollection of the paper sack. If it had been there, he is certain that he would have recorded its presence on film.

1963
Snipers Nest
Tom Alyea · United States of America · Dallas

This record states: "The west end of the barricade was closed by a row of boxes that extended to the front wall.

1963
Snipers Nest
Tom Alyea · United States of America · Dallas

This record states: Alyeas description of the arrangement of cartons around the southeast window on the sixth floor is significantly different from what is seen in photographs showing the late-afternoon "snipers nest" and the official "snipers nest." According to Alyea.

1963
Snipers Nest
Tom Alyea · United States of America · Dallas

This record states: It is possible that Studebakers failure to photograph the paper sack was not because of incompetence, but because it was not there.

1963
Snipers Nest
Tom Alyea · United States of America · Dallas

This record states: To the right of the double casement window."

1963
Snipers Nest
Tom Alyea · United States of America · Dallas

Tom Alyea, newsreel photographer for WFAA-TV Dallas, was present in the TSBD during the search by the police. Although ordered by an officer in plain clothes to take no photographs and to return to the first floor, Mr.

1963
Snipers Nest
Robert Lee Studebaker · United States of America · Dallas

Detective Studebaker failed to photograph the arrangement of cartons at the "scene of the crime," he failed also to photograph a long paper sack, said to have been found on the floor in the south-east corner, within which Lee Oswald purportedly carried a Mannlicher-Carcano rifle

1963
Snipers Nest
Robert Lee Studebaker · United States of America · Dallas

It is possible that Studebakers failure to photograph the paper sack was not because of incompetence, but because it was not there

1963
Snipers Nest
Robert Lee Studebaker · United States of America · Dallas

On the other hand, it is noteworthy that Tom Alyea has no recollection of the paper sack. If it had been there, he is certain that he would have recorded its presence on film.

1963
Snipers Nest
Robert Lee Studebaker · United States of America · Dallas

into the TSBD.

1963
Soviet Embassy Information Reaches Hosty
James Patrick Hosty, Jr · United States of America · Dallas

Hosty received FBI information that afternoon concerning Oswald's recent communication with the Soviet Embassy in Washington.

1963
Stat Alarm Response
Marion Thomas Jenkins · United States of America · Dallas

Responded immediately after receiving the stat alarm that President Kennedy was being brought to Parkland Hospital.

1963
Struggle During Arrest
M. N. McDonald · United States of America · Texas Theatre

Oswald struck McDonald and a close struggle began as the patrolman and other officers attempted to control and disarm him.

1963
Succession
Lyndon Baines Johnson · United States of America · Dallas

Sworn in as 36th President of the United States after the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

1963
Ted Callaway Witness
Jefferson Davis Tippit · United States of America · Dallas

Used-car salesman Ted Callaway heard the shooting and saw the armed gunman pass nearby while fleeing toward Jefferson Boulevard.

1963
Texas Political Trip
Lyndon Baines Johnson · United States of America · Dallas

Vice President Lyndon Baines Johnson joined President Kennedy in Dallas during a Texas political trip intended to build support and reduce divisions ahead of the 1964 election.

1963
Texas School Book Depository
Tom Alyea · United States of America · Dallas

Although ordered by an officer in plain clothes to take no photographs and to return to the first floor, Mr. Alyea ducked back into the sixth floor and witnessed the discovery of the "snipers nest".

1963
Texas School Book Depository
Tom Alyea · United States of America · Dallas

Tom Alyea, newsreel photographer for WFAA-TV Dallas, was present in the TSBD during the search by the police.

1963
Texas School Book Depository
Tom Alyea · United States of America · Dallas

WFAA-TV cameraman Tom Alyea is on the 6th floor of the Depository photographing the recovery Oswalds rifle.

1963
Texas School Book Depository
Eugene Boone · United States of America · Dallas

A 6.5 x 52 mm Italian Carcano M91/38 bolt-action rifle is found on the 6th floor of the Texas Book Depository by Deputy Constable Seymour Weitzman and Deputy Sheriff Eugene Boone soon after the assassination

1963
Texas School Book Depository
Howard Leslie Brennan · United States of America · Dallas

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

1963
Texas School Book Depository
Seymour Weitzman · United States of America · Dallas

Officer who first sees Oswalds rifle behind some boxes on the 6th floor of the Texas School Book Depository

1963
Texas Theatre Arrest
Lee Harvey Oswald · United States of America · Dallas

Dallas police arrested Oswald inside the Texas Theatre at approximately 1:50 p.m. on November 22, 1963.

1963
Texas Theatre Entry
Lee Harvey Oswald · United States of America · Dallas

Oswald entered the Texas Theatre without purchasing a ticket while police searched the Oak Cliff area for Tippit's killer.

1963
Texas Theatre Police Call
Julia Postal · United States of America · Texas Theatre

Postal telephoned police after learning that a man had entered the theatre without buying a ticket while patrol cars were searching the Oak Cliff area.

1963
Texas Theatre Rear Entry
M. N. McDonald · United States of America · Texas Theatre

McDonald entered the theatre from the rear with other officers after the radio call reported a suspicious man inside.

1963
Texas Theatre Search
Jefferson Davis Tippit · United States of America · Dallas

Police searching for Tippit's killer converged on the Texas Theatre after receiving information that a suspicious man had entered without buying a ticket.

1963
Theatre Arrest Transport
Gerald L. Hill · United States of America · Dallas

Hill accompanied the police transport carrying Oswald from the Texas Theatre to headquarters after the Oak Cliff arrest.

1963
Theatre Patrons Checked
M. N. McDonald · United States of America · Texas Theatre

McDonald moved through the main-floor seating area checking patrons while officers searched both levels of the theatre.

1963
Theatre Suspect Linked to Depository
J. Will Fritz · United States of America · Dallas Police Headquarters

At headquarters, Fritz learned that the man arrested at the Texas Theatre was the same Lee Harvey Oswald reported missing from the Depository.

1963
Third Suspect Broadcast
Jefferson Davis Tippit · United States of America · Dallas

The assassination suspect description was broadcast again at about 12:55 p.m. while Tippit remained on patrol in central Oak Cliff.

1963
Thoracic Operation Completion
Robert Roeder Shaw · United States of America · Dallas

Completed the principal chest and back operation on Governor Connally at approximately 3:20 p.m.

1963
Thoracic Surgery Leadership
Robert Roeder Shaw · United States of America · Dallas

Took charge of Connally's care because the Governor's major chest wound fell within Shaw's thoracic-surgery specialty.

1963
Three Cartridge Cases Discovered
Luke Mooney · United States of America · Texas School Book Depository

Mooney located three empty cartridge cases near the southeast sixth-floor window and recognized the surrounding cartons as a probable firing position.

1963
Tippit Killing Finding
Lee Harvey Oswald · United States of America · Dallas

The Warren Commission concluded that Oswald shot and killed Dallas Patrolman J. D. Tippit at about 1:16 p.m. on November 22.

1963
Tippit Lineup Identification
Helen Markham · United States of America · Dallas Police Headquarters

Markham viewed a Dallas Police lineup and identified Oswald as the man she had seen shoot Patrolman Tippit.

1963
Tippit Murder Charge
Lee Harvey Oswald · United States of America · Dallas

Dallas authorities charged Oswald with the murder of Patrolman J. D. Tippit on the evening of November 22, 1963.

1963
Tippit Murder Complaint Signed
J. Will Fritz · United States of America · Dallas Police Headquarters

Fritz signed the complaint charging Oswald with the murder of Patrolman J. D. Tippit shortly before the 7:10 p.m. arraignment.

1963
Tippit Revolver at Scene
Jefferson Davis Tippit · United States of America · Dallas

When Benavides reached Tippit after the shooting, the officer was lying on his own revolver, which was out of its holster.

1963
Tippit Shooting Information Received
James Patrick Hosty, Jr · United States of America · Dallas

At about 1:30 p.m., Hosty received word that Officer J. D. Tippit had been killed and that a suspect was surrounded at a theater.

1963
Tracheotomy Assistance
Robert Nelson McClelland · United States of America · Dallas

Entered trauma room 1 during resuscitation and assisted Malcolm Perry with President Kennedy's tracheotomy.

1963
Tracheotomy Duration
Malcolm Oliver Perry · United States of America · Dallas

Estimated that the emergency tracheotomy took approximately three to five minutes.

1963
Trauma Room Leadership
Malcolm Oliver Perry · United States of America · Dallas

Assumed direction of President Kennedy's treatment shortly after arriving in trauma room 1.

1963
Trauma Room One Response
Charles Rufus Baxter · United States of America · Dallas

Arrived with Malcolm Perry and Robert McClelland during the emergency treatment of President Kennedy.

1963
Trauma Room Resuscitation
Gene Coleman Akin · United States of America · Dallas

Participated in the respiratory component of the resuscitation effort in trauma room 1.

1963
Trauma Room Two Care
Richard Brooks Dulany · United States of America · Dallas

Remained with Governor Connally in trauma room 2 when Charles Carrico left to help treat President Kennedy.

1963
Trauma Room Two Transfer
John Bowden Connally Jr · United States of America · Dallas

Was lifted onto a stretcher and taken into Parkland trauma room 2 for treatment of his gunshot wounds.

1963
Upper Floor Search
Roy Truly · United States of America · Dallas

Truly assisted police as the search moved into the upper floors where officers soon found evidence connected with the shooting.

1963
Ventilation Control
Marion Thomas Jenkins · United States of America · Dallas

Changed Kennedy from intermittent positive-pressure breathing equipment to an anesthesia machine for better control of artificial ventilation.

1963
Vice President Parkland Security Room
Homer Thornberry · United States of America · Dallas

Joined the group of officials and Secret Service agents protecting Vice President Johnson inside Parkland Hospital.

1963
Vice Presidential Vacancy
Lyndon Baines Johnson · United States of America · Washington

Johnson's succession to the presidency left the vice presidency vacant, because existing law provided no mechanism for appointing a replacement vice president.

1963
Virginia Davis Witness
Jefferson Davis Tippit · United States of America · Dallas

Virginia Davis heard the shots and saw the armed man cross the lawn near 10th and Patton while leaving the area.

1963
Warren Commission
John Fitzgerald Kennedy · United States of America · Dallas

The Warren Commission later concludes that Lee Harvey Oswald is the lone assassin

1963
Weekend Closure Advertisement
Jack Ruby · United States of America · Dallas

Unable to cancel his newspaper advertisement, Ruby changed it to announce that the Carousel and Vegas clubs would remain closed for the weekend.

1963
Weissman Advertisement Reaction
Jack Ruby · United States of America · Dallas

At the Dallas Morning News, Ruby criticized the black-bordered "Welcome Mr. Kennedy" advertisement and questioned the identity of its listed chairman, Bernard Weissman.

1963
Whaley Taxi Ride
Lee Harvey Oswald · United States of America · Dallas

After leaving the bus, Oswald took a taxicab driven by William Whaley toward Oak Cliff and got out near North Beckley Avenue.

1963
White House Notification From Parkland
Roy H. Kellerman · United States of America · Dallas

Telephoned the head of the White House detail from Parkland Hospital to report the assassination.

1963
William Scoggins Witness
Jefferson Davis Tippit · United States of America · Dallas

Taxi driver William Scoggins heard the shots, saw Tippit fall, and then observed the armed gunman pass close to his cab while fleeing.

1963
With the Beatles
George Martin · Great Britain · London

Produces With the Beatles as the group consolidates its early British popularity.

1963
Wrapping Paper Samples Collected
J. C. Day · United States of America · Texas School Book Depository

Day directed collection of paper and tape samples from the Depository shipping area so they could be compared with the long paper bag.

1963
Zapruder Film
Abraham Zapruder · United States of America · Dallas

Zapbruder hands over a copy of his film to Forrest Sorrels of the Secret Service office in Dallas. Films the assassination of Kennedy, sells the original film and the publishing rights to Life Magazine for $150,000, he donates $25,000 of the proceeds to the widow of slain Dallas police officer J.D. Tippit

1967
Wonderwall
George Harrison · Great Britain

George Harrison begins work on the "Wonderwall" album

1968
The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society
Raymond Douglas Davies · Great Britain

Writes songs for The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society.

1968
White Album
George Martin · Great Britain · London

Produces the Beatles' self-titled double album, often known as the White Album.

1971
East Pakistan War
Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan · Pakistan · East Pakistan

Pakistan accuses Indian forces of direct intervention in East Pakistan.

1973
Rule of Northern Ireland
Edward Richard George Heath · Great Britain

Britain announces a plan for moderate Protestants and Catholics to share power in Northern Ireland

1974
Government Response to Pub Bombings
Harold Wilson · Great Britain · Birmingham

Wilson condemns the Birmingham attacks and supports urgent counterterrorism legislation.

1977
Concorde
James Callaghan · Great Britain · London

Regular passenger service between New York and Europe on the supersonic Concorde begins on a trial basis

1977
Concorde
James Callaghan · Great Britain · London

Regular passenger service between New York and Europe on the supersonic Concorde begins on a trial basis

1979
Home Thoughts from Abroad
Roy Harris Jenkins · Great Britain · London

Delivers the Dimbleby Lecture criticising Britain's two-party political system.

1979
Radical Centre
Roy Harris Jenkins · Great Britain · London

Calls for a new radical centre capable of breaking established party alignments.

1982
Chairman of Presidium
Ramiz Alia · Albania · Tirana

Appointed Chairman of the Presidium of the People's Assembly

1989
Election
Douglas Richard Hurd · Great Britain

Announces intention to stand in the 2nd round of the Conservative Party leadership

1990
Britain at the European Core
Michael Heseltine · Great Britain · Great Britain

Argues during the Conservative leadership contest that Britain should remain part of the core of European political and economic cooperation.

1990
Election
John Roy Major · Great Britain

Announces intention to stand in the 2nd round of the Party leadership ballot

1990
Election
Margaret Hilda Thatcher · Great Britain

Announces she will not contest the 2nd ballot

1990
Resignation of Margaret Hilda Thatcher
Margaret Hilda Thatcher · Great Britain

Announces her intention to resign

1990
Resignation of Margaret Hilda Thatcher
Margaret Hilda Thatcher · Great Britain · London

Announces her resignation as Conservative leader and Prime Minister.

1991
East Thames Corridor
Michael Heseltine · Great Britain · London

Answers a parliamentary question concerning development of the East Thames Corridor.

1994
Scandal
Silvio Berlusconi · Italy · Rome

Informed he is being investigated for bribes made by his media firm Gruppo Fininvest

1995
Foreign Secretary of Israel
Ehud Barak · Israel

Acting Prime Minister Shimon Peres appoints Ehud Barak, a popular general, to the post of Foreign Minister

1995
Foreign Secretary of Israel
Shimon Peres · Israel

Acting Prime Minister Shimon Peres appoints Ehud Barak, a popular general, to the post of Foreign Minister

1998
Europa November Flyby
Torrence Johnson · United States of America · Europa

Galileo performs another Europa flyby during the Europa Mission extension.

2003
World Champion
Johny Wilkinson · Great Britain · Sydney

Scores the winning drop goal against Australia in the last minute of extra-time

2004
Uranium Enrichment
Mohammad Khatami · Iran

Iran declares that it will voluntarily suspend its uranium enrichment programmemememe to enter negotiations with the EU, Iran will review its decision in three months but the EU seeks to have the suspension made permanent

2004
Uranium Enrichment Talks
Mohammad Khatami · Iran

Iran declares that it will voluntarily suspend its uranium enrichment programmemememe to enter negotiations with the EU, Iran will review its decision in three months but the EU seeks to have the suspension made permanent

2005
Foreign Secretary of Germany
Frank-Walter Steinmeier · Germany

Appointed Minister for Foreign Affairs

2005
Minister of Interior
Wolfgang Schauble · Germany

Appointed Minister of the Interior

2005
Minister of Labour
Franz Montefering · Germany

Appointed Minister of Labour

2005
Minister of Special Affairs
Thomas de Maiziere · Germany

Appointed Minister for Special Affairs and Director of the Chancellors Office

2005
Vice Chancellor
Franz Montefering · Germany

Appointed Vice Chancellor of Germany

2011
First Session of Constituent Assembly
Mustapha Ben Jaafar · Tunisia · Tunis

The National Constituent Assembly held its first session after the October election.

2011
Speaker of Constituent Assembly
Mustapha Ben Jaafar · Tunisia · Tunis

The Constituent Assembly elected Mustapha Ben Jaafar as its speaker.

2019
The Christmas Present
Robbie Williams · Great Britain

Releases The Christmas Present, a seasonal album mixing original songs and festive standards.

Births on November 22

1867
Birth of Karl Eduard Wilhelm Groener
Karl Eduard Wilhelm Groener · Germany

Birth of Karl Eduard Wilhelm Groener

1890
Birth of Charles Andre Marie Joseph de Gaulle
Charles Andre Marie Joseph de Gaulle · France · Lille

Birth of Charles Andre Marie Joseph de Gaulle

1902
Birth of Jacques Philippe Leclerc
Jacques Philippe Leclerc · France · Belloy-Saint

Birth of Jacques Philippe Leclerc

1913
Birth of Benjamin Britten
Benjamin Britten · Great Britain · Lowestoft

Birth of Benjamin Britten

Deaths on November 22

1614
Death of Thomas Butler
Thomas Butler · England · Carrick

Death of Thomas Butler

1963
Bethesda Pathological Cause of Death
John Fitzgerald Kennedy · United States of America · Bethesda

The Bethesda autopsy report listed the pathological cause of President Kennedy's death as a gunshot wound to the head.

1963
Death Announcement Delay
Malcolm Kilduff · United States of America · Dallas

Agreed with Vice President Johnson at Parkland that public release of Kennedy's death would wait until Johnson had left the hospital.

1963
Death of John Fitzgerald Kennedy
John Fitzgerald Kennedy · United States of America · Dallas

Death of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, assassinated

1963
Death of John Fitzgerald Kennedy
John Fitzgerald Kennedy · United States of America · Dallas

Death of John F Kennedy

1963
Death of John Fitzgerald Kennedy
John Fitzgerald Kennedy · United States of America · Dallas

At 1:00 p.m., CST (19:00 UTC), after all heart activity had ceased and after a priest administered the last rites, the President is pronounced dead. A few minutes after 2:00 p.m. CST (20:00 UTC), and after a confrontation between Dallas police and Secret Service agents, Kennedys body is placed in a casket and taken from Parkland Hospital and driven to Air Force One

1963
Death of Malcolm Kilduff
Malcolm Kilduff · United States of America · Dallas

Kennedys death is officially announced by White House Acting Press Secretary Malcolm Kilduff at 1:33 p.m. CST (19:33 UTC)

1963
Kennedy Death Notification at Parkland
Lyndon Baines Johnson · United States of America · Dallas

Was informed at approximately 1:20 p.m. while at Parkland Hospital that President Kennedy was dead.

1963
Police Radio Death Report
Jefferson Davis Tippit · United States of America · Dallas

Benavides used Tippit's police radio to report the shooting to Dallas police headquarters at approximately 1:16 p.m.

1963
Pronouncement of Death
William Kemp Clark · United States of America · Dallas

Pronounced President Kennedy dead at approximately 1:00 p.m. at Parkland Hospital.

Battles on November 22

1739
Battle of Portobello
Philip V · Spain · Portobello

The English capture Portobello

1739
Battle of Portobello
Edward Vernon · England · Portobello

Seizes the Spanish stronghold of Portobello, Panama

1757
Battle of Breslau
Charles of Lorraine · Austria · Breslau

Helps defeat & capture August Wilhelm of Brunswick

1757
Battle of Breslau
Leopold Joseph von Daun · Austria · Breslau

Helps defeat & capture August Wilhelm of Brunswick

1795
Battle of Loana
Louis-Gabriel Suchet · France · Loana

Fights at the Battle of Loana in Italy

1885
Battle of Dragoman
Milan I · Serbia · Dragoman

Attempts to stabilize the Serbian retreat near Dragoman.

1885
Battle of Dragoman
Danail Nikolaev · Bulgaria · Dragoman

Presses Bulgarian attacks against Serbian rear guards near Dragoman.

1942
Battle of Stalingrad
Friedrich von Paulus · Germany · Stalingrad

The 6th Army is completely encircled by the Red Army

1942
Battle of Stalingrad
Georgi Konstantinovich Zhukov · Russia · Stalingrad

Captures the supply bridge at Kalach

Coronations on November 22

1220
Coronation
Frederick II · Germany

Crowned Emperor at Rome by Pope Honorius III

1220
Coronation
Honorius III · Italy · Vatican

Crowns Frederick II the Holy Roman Emperor

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