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November 22 in History

This permanent archive page contains 568 World History Database records for November 22, spanning 1220 to 2019. Recorded topics include Coronation; Pole Attainder Repealed; Marriage.

Total: 568Events: 543Births: 4Deaths: 10Battles: 9Coronations: 2Countries: 22

Events on November 22

Pole Attainder Repealed

1554 · Mary I · England · London · Religion · Catholic Restoration

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

Marriage

1581 · Elizabeth I · England · House · House of Tudor

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

Demand for Recorded Protest

1641 · Geoffrey Palmer · England · London · Government · Government of England

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

Grand Remonstrance Division

1641 · William Lenthall · England · London · Government · Government of England

Lenthall presides over the division decided by eleven votes.

Grand Remonstrance Passed

1641 · John Pym · England · London · Government · Government of England

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

Grand Remonstrance Support

1641 · John Hampden · England · London · Government · Government of England

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

Grand Remonstrance Support

1641 · Arthur Haselrig · England · London · Government · Government of England

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

Grand Remonstrance Support

1641 · Denzil Holles · England · London · Government · Government of England

Holles votes with the parliamentary majority for the Remonstrance.

Grand Remonstrance Support

1641 · William Strode · England · London · Government · Government of England

Strode supports the Remonstrance and its programme of parliamentary safeguards.

Irish Army Control Debate

1641 · John Pym · England · London · Government · Government of England

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

Opposition to Grand Remonstrance

1641 · Lucius Cary · England · London · Government · Government of England

Falkland opposes the measure and moves toward constitutional royalism.

Opposition to Grand Remonstrance

1641 · John Culpeper · England · London · Government · Government of England

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

Opposition to Grand Remonstrance

1641 · Edward Hyde · England · London · Government · Government of England

Hyde opposes the Remonstrance as dangerously divisive and constitutionally excessive.

Protest against Grand Remonstrance

1641 · Geoffrey Palmer · England · London · Government · Government of England

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

Capture of Portobello

1739 · Philip V · Spain · Portobello · Warfare · Jenkins Ear

The English capture Portobello

Capture of Portobello

1739 · Edward Vernon · England · Portobello · Warfare · Jenkins Ear

Captures Portobello from the Spanish with just 6 ships

Arrest of August Wilhelm of Brunswick

1757 · Leopold Joseph von Daun · Austria · Breslau · Warfare · Seven Years War

Helps defeat & capture August Wilhelm of Brunswick

Siege of Mannheim

1795 · Wurmser · Austria · Mannheim · Revolution · Revolution of Austria

Recaptures Mannheim from the French

President of Council of Five Hundred

1797 · Emmanuel Joseph Sieyes · France · Paris · Revolution · Revolution of France

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

Return to Foreign Ministry

1799 · Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord · France · Paris · Revolution · Revolution of France

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

Siege of Borisov

1812 · Napoleon I · France · Borisov · Warfare · Napoleonic Wars

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

Chancellor of the Exchequer

1830 · John Charles Spencer · Great Britain · London · Government · Whig Party Government

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

Colonial Secretary

1830 · Frederick John Robinson Goderich · Great Britain · Government · Whig Party Government

Joins Lord Grey's government as Colonial Secretary.

Foreign Secretary of Great Britain

1830 · Henry John Temple · Great Britain · Government · Whig Party Government

Appointed Foreign Secretary in Lord Grey's government.

Home Secretary of Great Britain

1830 · William Lamb · Great Britain · Government · Whig Party Government

Appointed Home Secretary in Lord Grey's government.

Lord Privy Seal

1830 · John George Lambton · Great Britain · London · Government · Whig Party Government

Joins Earl Grey's cabinet as Lord Privy Seal.

Prime Minister of Great Britain

1830 · Charles Grey · Great Britain · Government · Whig Party Government

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

Resignation as Home Secretary

1830 · Robert Peel · Great Britain · London · Government · Tory Party Government

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

Resignation as Lord Chancellor

1830 · John Copley · Great Britain · London · Government · Tory Party Government

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

Kun en Spillemand

1837 · Hans Christian Andersen · Denmark · Copenhagen · Arts · Literature

Explores artistic ambition, social limitation and disappointed love.

Only a Fiddler

1837 · Hans Christian Andersen · Denmark · Copenhagen · Arts · Literature

Publishes the novel Only a Fiddler in Copenhagen.

Hanover Industrialists and Protective Tariffs

1842 · Karl Heinrich Marx · Germany · Cologne · Humanities · Philosophy

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

Terms of Admission to the International

1864 · Karl Heinrich Marx · Germany · London · Humanities · Philosophy

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

Economy of USA

1894 · Grover Cleveland · United States of America · Washington · Government · Democratic Party Government

The US & Japan sign a commercial Treaty in Washington

Trade Treaty at Washington

1894 · Grover Cleveland · United States of America · Washington · Government · Democratic Party Government

The US & Japan sign a commercial Treaty in Washington

Treaty of Commercial

1894 · Grover Cleveland · United States of America · Washington · Government · Democratic Party Government

The US & Japan sign a commercial Treaty in Washington

First Ypres Line Stabilised

1914 · John Denton Pinkstone French · Great Britain · Flanders · Warfare · World War, 1st

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

Anzac and Suvla Withdrawal Decision Implemented

1915 · Charles Carmichael Monro · Great Britain · Gallipoli · Warfare · World War, 1st

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

Capture of Brussels

1918 · Albert I · Belgium · Brussels · Warfare · World War, 1st

Albert I re-enters Brussels

Anglo-Afghan Treaty

1921 · Amanullah Khan · Afghanistan · Kabul · Government · Government of Afghanistan

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

Chancellor of Germany

1922 · Wilhelm Cuno · Germany · Berlin · Government · Weimar Republic

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

Defence Ministry Continued

1922 · Otto Gessler · Germany · Berlin · Government · Weimar Republic

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

Economics Minister Appointment

1922 · Johann Becker · Germany · Berlin · Government · Weimar Republic

Becomes Economics Minister in Cuno's minority government.

Finance Ministry Continued

1922 · Andreas Hermes · Germany · Berlin · Government · Weimar Republic

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

Foreign Minister Appointment

1922 · Frederic von Rosenberg · Germany · Berlin · Government · Weimar Republic

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

Interior Minister Appointment

1922 · Rudolf Oeser · Germany · Berlin · Government · Weimar Republic

Becomes Interior Minister in the new Cuno government.

Justice Minister Appointment

1922 · Rudolf Heinze · Germany · Berlin · Government · Weimar Republic

Becomes Justice Minister in Cuno's cabinet.

Labour Ministry Continued

1922 · Heinrich Brauns · Germany · Berlin · Government · Weimar Republic

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

Postal Minister Appointment

1922 · Karl Stingl · Germany · Berlin · Government · Weimar Republic

Becomes Postal Minister in the Cuno cabinet.

Reich Chancellery State Secretary

1922 · Eduard Hamm · Germany · Berlin · Government · Weimar Republic

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

Resignation of Joseph Wirth

1922 · Joseph Wirth · Germany · Berlin · Government · Weimar Republic

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

Transport Ministry Continued

1922 · Wilhelm Groener · Germany · Berlin · Government · Weimar Republic

Remains Transport Minister when the Cuno government takes office.

Treasury Minister Appointment

1922 · Heinrich Albert · Germany · Berlin · Government · Weimar Republic

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

Rule of Sudan

1924 · Fuad I · Egypt · Government · Government of Egypt

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

D'Arcy Concession Cancelled

1932 · Reza Pahlavi · Iran · Tehran · Government · Liberal Party Government

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

Coal Bill

1937 · Arthur Greenwood · Great Britain · London · Politics · Labour Party

Participates in Commons scrutiny of the Coal Bill.

Assembly of Pearl Harbour Strike Force

1941 · Chuichi Nagumo · Japan · Hitokappu Bay · Warfare · World War, 2nd

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

Army Group A

1942 · Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist · Germany · Warfare · World War, 2nd

Placed in command of Army Group A

Capture of Kalach Bridge

1942 · Nikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin · Russia · Kalach Bridge · Warfare · World War, 2nd

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

Minister of Aircraft Production

1942 · Stafford Cripps · Great Britain · Government · Coalition Government

Appointed Minister of Aircraft Production

Resignation of Stafford Cripps

1942 · Stafford Cripps · Great Britain · London · Government · Coalition Government

Resigns as Leader of the House

Sixth Army

1942 · Friedrich von Paulus · Germany · Stalingrad · Warfare · World War, 2nd

The 6th Army is completely encircled by the Red Army

War Cabinet

1942 · Herbert Morrison · Great Britain · London · Government · Naional Coalition

Appointed Member of War Cabinet

Bombing of Berlin

1943 · Arthur Travers Harris · Great Britain · Berlin · Warfare · World War, 2nd

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

Bombing of Berlin

1943 · Adolf Hitler · Germany · Berlin · Warfare · World War, 2nd

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

Conference of Cairo

1943 · Franklin Delano Roosevelt · United States of America · Cairo · Warfare · World War, 2nd

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

Prime Minister of Japan

1955 · Ichiro Hatoyama · Japan · Government · Government of Japan

Appointed Prime Minister of Japan, 3rd term

RDS-37 Thermonuclear Test

1955 · Nikita Khrushchev · Russia · Semipalatinsk · Warfare · Nuclear

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

Non-Invasion Pledge Warning

1962 · John A. McCone · United States of America · Washington · Government · Democratic Party Government

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

Air Force One Boarding

1963 · Jacqueline Lee Kennedy · United States of America · Love Field · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Air Force One Security

1963 · Lyndon Baines Johnson · United States of America · Love Field · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Air Force One Television

1963 · Lyndon Baines Johnson · United States of America · Love Field · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Airway Management

1963 · Charles James Carrico · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Alex Gruber Telephone Call

1963 · Jack Ruby · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Alice Nichols Telephone Call

1963 · Jack Ruby · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Andrews Air Force Base Arrival

1963 · Lyndon Baines Johnson · United States of America · Andrews Air Force Base · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Andrews Air Force Base Arrival

1963 · Jacqueline Lee Kennedy · United States of America · Andrews Air Force Base · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Anesthesia Equipment Response

1963 · Jackie Hansen Hunt · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Anesthesia Team Dispatch

1963 · Marion Thomas Jenkins · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Anesthesiology Emergency Response

1963 · Gene Coleman Akin · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Anesthesiology Team Response

1963 · Jackie Hansen Hunt · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Arrest of Lee Harvey Oswald

1963 · Maurice McDonald · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Arrest Revolver Marked

1963 · M. N. McDonald · United States of America · Texas Theatre · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Assassination Lead Review

1963 · James Patrick Hosty, Jr · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Assassination News to Marina

1963 · Ruth Paine · United States of America · Irving · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy

1963 · Clint Hill · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy

1963 · Clint Hill · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy

1963 · Norma Jean Lollis Hill · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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.

Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy

1963 · Norma Jean Lollis Hill · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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.

Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy

1963 · Norma Jean Lollis Hill · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy

1963 · Lyndon Baines Johnson · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy

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

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

Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy

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

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

Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy

1963 · John Fitzgerald Kennedy · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy

1963 · James Tague · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

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

Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy

1963 · James Tague · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy

1963 · James Tague · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

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.

Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy

1963 · James Tague · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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.

Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy

1963 · James Tague · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

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.

Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy

1963 · James Tague · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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.

Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy

1963 · James Tague · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

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.

Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy

1963 · James Tague · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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.

Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy

1963 · James Tague · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

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.

Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy

1963 · James Tague · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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.

Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy

1963 · James Walt · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy

1963 · Buddy Walthers · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy

1963 · Buddy Walthers · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy

1963 · Buddy Walthers · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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.

Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy

1963 · Abraham Zapruder · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Assassination Suspect Description

1963 · Jefferson Davis Tippit · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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.

Autopsy

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

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

Autopsy

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

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)

Available for Emergency

1963 · Jefferson Davis Tippit · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Back Examination Priority

1963 · Charles James Carrico · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Badge Man

1963 · John Fitzgerald Kennedy · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Badge Man

1963 · Mary Ann Moorman · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Badge Man

1963 · Mary Ann Moorman · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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.

Badge Man

1963 · Mary Ann Moorman · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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).

Baker Confronts Oswald

1963 · Roy Truly · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Barbara Jeanette Davis Witness

1963 · Jefferson Davis Tippit · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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.

Beckley Residence Investigation

1963 · E. L. Cunningham · United States of America · 1026 North Beckley · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Beckley Rooming House Checked

1963 · W. E. Potts · United States of America · 1026 North Beckley · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Beckley Rooming House Investigation Ordered

1963 · J. Will Fritz · United States of America · Dallas Police Headquarters · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Bethesda Autopsy Assistance

1963 · J. Thornton Boswell · United States of America · Bethesda · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Bethesda Autopsy Completion

1963 · John Fitzgerald Kennedy · United States of America · Bethesda · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Bethesda Autopsy Hospital Selection

1963 · Jacqueline Lee Kennedy · United States of America · Bethesda · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Bethesda Autopsy Photography

1963 · John Fitzgerald Kennedy · United States of America · Bethesda · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Bethesda Burial Preparation Begins

1963 · John Fitzgerald Kennedy · United States of America · Bethesda · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Bethesda Casket Arrival

1963 · John Fitzgerald Kennedy · United States of America · Bethesda · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Bethesda Chief Autopsy Surgeon

1963 · James J. Humes · United States of America · Bethesda · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Bethesda Chief of Pathology Role

1963 · J. Thornton Boswell · United States of America · Bethesda · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Bethesda Cranial Fragments Recovered

1963 · John Fitzgerald Kennedy · United States of America · Bethesda · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Bethesda Cranial Metal Fragment Pattern

1963 · John Fitzgerald Kennedy · United States of America · Bethesda · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Bethesda Downward Neck Trajectory

1963 · James J. Humes · United States of America · Bethesda · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Bethesda Escort from Andrews

1963 · Robert Francis Kennedy · United States of America · Bethesda · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Bethesda Family Waiting Area

1963 · Robert Francis Kennedy · United States of America · Bethesda · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Bethesda Four Hundred Case Comparison

1963 · Pierre A. Finck · United States of America · Bethesda · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Bethesda Fragment Above Right Eye

1963 · John Fitzgerald Kennedy · United States of America · Bethesda · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Bethesda Head Exit Assessment

1963 · James J. Humes · United States of America · Bethesda · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Bethesda Intermuscular Bullet Track

1963 · John Fitzgerald Kennedy · United States of America · Bethesda · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Bethesda Laboratory Director Role

1963 · James J. Humes · United States of America · Bethesda · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Bethesda Lodged Bullet Theory Rejected

1963 · James J. Humes · United States of America · Bethesda · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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.

Bethesda Naval Hospital Journey

1963 · Jacqueline Lee Kennedy · United States of America · Bethesda · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Bethesda Neck Entrance Assessment

1963 · James J. Humes · United States of America · Bethesda · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Bethesda Neck Entrance Conclusion

1963 · Pierre A. Finck · United States of America · Bethesda · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Bethesda Neck Track Misses Bone

1963 · John Fitzgerald Kennedy · United States of America · Bethesda · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Bethesda Neck Wound Measurements

1963 · John Fitzgerald Kennedy · United States of America · Bethesda · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Bethesda Pathological Examination Begins

1963 · John Fitzgerald Kennedy · United States of America · Bethesda · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Bethesda Physical Measurements

1963 · John Fitzgerald Kennedy · United States of America · Bethesda · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Bethesda Pleural Contusion

1963 · John Fitzgerald Kennedy · United States of America · Bethesda · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Bethesda Posterior Neck Entrance Agreement

1963 · J. Thornton Boswell · United States of America · Bethesda · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Bethesda Posterior Neck Wound

1963 · John Fitzgerald Kennedy · United States of America · Bethesda · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Bethesda Posterior Skull Entrance

1963 · John Fitzgerald Kennedy · United States of America · Bethesda · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Bethesda Posterior Skull Entry Conclusion

1963 · J. Thornton Boswell · United States of America · Bethesda · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Bethesda Preliminary X-Rays

1963 · John Fitzgerald Kennedy · United States of America · Bethesda · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Bethesda Rear and Above Trajectory

1963 · Pierre A. Finck · United States of America · Bethesda · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Bethesda Right Lung Apex Bruising

1963 · John Fitzgerald Kennedy · United States of America · Bethesda · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Bethesda Right Skull Exit Defect

1963 · John Fitzgerald Kennedy · United States of America · Bethesda · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Bethesda Right-Side Skull Exit Conclusion

1963 · J. Thornton Boswell · United States of America · Bethesda · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Bethesda Secret Service Protection

1963 · Jacqueline Lee Kennedy · United States of America · Bethesda · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Bethesda Seventeenth Floor Vigil

1963 · Jacqueline Lee Kennedy · United States of America · Bethesda · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Bethesda Skull Beveling Analysis

1963 · Pierre A. Finck · United States of America · Bethesda · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Bethesda Skull Beveling Assessment

1963 · James J. Humes · United States of America · Bethesda · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Bethesda Skull Fragment Reconstruction

1963 · John Fitzgerald Kennedy · United States of America · Bethesda · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Bethesda Soft Tissue Track Finding

1963 · James J. Humes · United States of America · Bethesda · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Bethesda Tracheal Injury

1963 · John Fitzgerald Kennedy · United States of America · Bethesda · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Bethesda Tracheotomy Obscures Exit

1963 · John Fitzgerald Kennedy · United States of America · Bethesda · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Bethesda Wound Ballistics Consultation

1963 · Pierre A. Finck · United States of America · Bethesda · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Bloodstained Clothing Retained

1963 · Jacqueline Lee Kennedy · United States of America · Love Field · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Brian Cannot Confirm Capability Statement

1963 · James Patrick Hosty, Jr · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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.

Brown Paper Package

1963 · Lee Harvey Oswald · United States of America · Irving · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Building Layout Assistance

1963 · Roy Truly · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Bus Passenger Lineup Identification

1963 · Cecil J. McWatters · United States of America · Dallas Police Headquarters · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Cardiac Monitoring

1963 · Jackie Hansen Hunt · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Cardioscope Connection

1963 · Adolph Hartung Giesecke Jr · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Cardiotachyscope Activity

1963 · William Kemp Clark · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Carousel Night Receipts

1963 · Jack Ruby · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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.

Carton Prints Processed

1963 · J. C. Day · United States of America · Texas School Book Depository · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Cartridge Case Recovery

1963 · Jefferson Davis Tippit · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Cartridge Cases Heard

1963 · Harold Norman · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Norman reports hearing sounds like spent cartridge cases striking the sixth-floor surface above his position.

Cartridge Cases Photographed

1963 · J. C. Day · United States of America · Texas School Book Depository · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Casket Transfer at Andrews

1963 · Jacqueline Lee Kennedy · United States of America · Andrews Air Force Base · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Catholic Missal

1963 · Lyndon Baines Johnson · United States of America · Love Field · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Cecil Stoughton Oath Photograph

1963 · Jacqueline Lee Kennedy · United States of America · Love Field · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Cecil Stoughton Photograph

1963 · Lyndon Baines Johnson · United States of America · Love Field · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Central Oak Cliff Order

1963 · Jefferson Davis Tippit · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Chest Drainage Treatment

1963 · Paul Conrad Peters · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Chest Tube Procedure

1963 · Charles Rufus Baxter · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Chest Tube Request

1963 · Malcolm Oliver Perry · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

CIA Contact on Assassination Day

1963 · Rolando Cubela · Cuba · Paris · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Later CIA testimony states that an officer met Cubela in Paris on November 22 and discussed an assassination device for possible use against Castro.

Circulatory Access

1963 · Ronald Coy Jones · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Claimed Encounter with Jack Ruby

1963 · Seth Kantor · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Kantor states that Jack Ruby stops him briefly near the main entrance of Parkland Hospital shortly after the assassination.

Clint Hill Assistance

1963 · Jacqueline Lee Kennedy · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Closed Chest Cardiac Massage

1963 · William Kemp Clark · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Coattail Tug

1963 · Seth Kantor · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Kantor recalls that Ruby attracts his attention by tugging at the back of his jacket as Kantor walks through the hospital entrance.

Connally Back Wound Repair

1963 · Robert Roeder Shaw · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Connally Chest Operation

1963 · Robert Roeder Shaw · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Connally Emergency Treatment

1963 · Richard Brooks Dulany · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Connally Thigh Cleansing

1963 · George T. Shires · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Connally Thigh Closure

1963 · George T. Shires · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Closed Governor Connally's thigh wound with sutures.

Connally Thigh Operation

1963 · Charles Rufus Baxter · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Connally Thigh Operation

1963 · George T. Shires · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Connally Thigh Surgery

1963 · Robert Nelson McClelland · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Connally Thigh Surgery Assistance

1963 · Ralph Don Patman · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Connally Trauma Room Arrival

1963 · Robert Roeder Shaw · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Connally Wound Closure

1963 · Charles Rufus Baxter · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Connally Wrist Debridement

1963 · Charles Francis Gregory · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Connally Wrist Fracture

1963 · Charles Francis Gregory · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Connally Wrist Operation

1963 · Charles Francis Gregory · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Connally Wrist Surgery Assistance

1963 · William Osborne · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Connally Wrist Surgery Assistance

1963 · John Parker · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Cranial Injury Observation

1963 · Marion Thomas Jenkins · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Recorded extensive cranial and intracranial damage observed during the resuscitation.

Dallas Crowd Greeting

1963 · Jacqueline Lee Kennedy · United States of America · Love Field · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Dallas Motorcade

1963 · Lyndon Baines Johnson · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Dallas Police Interrogation Begins

1963 · Lee Harvey Oswald · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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.

Dallas Police Interrogation Observation

1963 · James Patrick Hosty, Jr · United States of America · Dallas Police Headquarters · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Damaged Lung Repair

1963 · Robert Roeder Shaw · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Dealey Plaza Entry

1963 · Jacqueline Lee Kennedy · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Departure from Dallas

1963 · Lyndon Baines Johnson · United States of America · Love Field · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Departure from Depository Questioned

1963 · J. Will Fritz · United States of America · Captain Fritz's Office · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Departure from Paine Home

1963 · Lee Harvey Oswald · United States of America · Irving · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Depository Departure

1963 · Lee Harvey Oswald · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Depository Employee Records

1963 · Roy Truly · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Depository Employment Mentioned to Revill

1963 · James Patrick Hosty, Jr · United States of America · Dallas Police Headquarters · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Depository Entry with Baker

1963 · Roy Truly · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Depository Investigation Command

1963 · J. Will Fritz · United States of America · Texas School Book Depository · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Discarded Jacket Evidence

1963 · Jefferson Davis Tippit · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Discarded Zipper Jacket

1963 · Lee Harvey Oswald · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Domingo Benavides Witness

1963 · Jefferson Davis Tippit · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Downtown Emergency Broadcast

1963 · Jefferson Davis Tippit · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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.

Dual Parkland Treatment Role

1963 · Robert Nelson McClelland · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

East Tenth Street Patrol

1963 · Jefferson Davis Tippit · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Eileen Kaminsky Telephone Call

1963 · Jack Ruby · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Election

1963 · Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy · United States of America · Politics · Democratic Party

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

Elm Street Bus Ride

1963 · Lee Harvey Oswald · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Emergency Neurological Response

1963 · William Kemp Clark · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Emergency Notification

1963 · Charles James Carrico · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Emergency Surgical Response

1963 · Ronald Coy Jones · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Emergency Tracheotomy

1963 · Malcolm Oliver Perry · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Emergency Urology Response

1963 · Paul Conrad Peters · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Employee Accountability Check

1963 · Roy Truly · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Empty Rifle Blanket Examined

1963 · Guy F. Rose · United States of America · 2515 West Fifth Street, Irving · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Entry into Parkland Hospital

1963 · Seth Kantor · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

After completing his telephone call, Kantor says he walks toward the main entrance of Parkland Hospital.

Exit from Patrol Car

1963 · Jefferson Davis Tippit · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Eyewitness Lineup Identifications

1963 · Jefferson Davis Tippit · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Fatal Injury Determination

1963 · William Kemp Clark · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

FBI

1963 · James Patrick Hosty, Jr · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Receives the New Orleans FBI files & papers on Oswald

FBI

1963 · James Patrick Hosty, Jr · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

Receives the New Orleans FBI files & papers on Oswald

FBI

1963 · James Tague · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

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

FBI

1963 · James Tague · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

FBI Contact Complaint Examined

1963 · J. Will Fritz · United States of America · Captain Fritz's Office · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

FBI Knowledge of Oswald Disclosed

1963 · James Patrick Hosty, Jr · United States of America · Dallas Police Headquarters · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Femoral Pulse Check

1963 · Malcolm Oliver Perry · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Fifth Floor Passage

1963 · Roy Truly · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Fifth-Floor Position

1963 · Harold Norman · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Norman watches the presidential motorcade from the southeast corner window on the fifth floor with James Jarman and Bonnie Ray Williams.

Fingerprints and Palmprints Taken

1963 · Lee Harvey Oswald · United States of America · Dallas Police Headquarters · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

First Face-to-Face Contact With Oswald

1963 · James Patrick Hosty, Jr · United States of America · Dallas Police Headquarters · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

First Parkland Physician

1963 · Charles James Carrico · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

First Presidential Statement

1963 · Lyndon Baines Johnson · United States of America · Andrews Air Force Base · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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.

Flight from Dallas to Washington

1963 · Jacqueline Lee Kennedy · United States of America · Air Force One · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Flight to Dallas

1963 · Jacqueline Lee Kennedy · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Foreign Travel and Cuba Questions

1963 · J. Will Fritz · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Fort Worth Breakfast Appearance

1963 · Jacqueline Lee Kennedy · United States of America · Fort Worth · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Four Gunshot Wounds

1963 · Jefferson Davis Tippit · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Freight Elevator Check

1963 · Roy Truly · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Government Continuity

1963 · Lyndon Baines Johnson · United States of America · Andrews Air Force Base · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Governor Connally Reaction

1963 · Jacqueline Lee Kennedy · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Grassy Knoll

1963 · Norma Jean Lollis Hill · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Grassy Knoll

1963 · Mary Ann Moorman · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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.

Grassy Knoll

1963 · Mary Ann Moorman · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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.

Grassy Knoll

1963 · Mary Ann Moorman · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Grassy Knoll

1963 · Marilyn Sitzman · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Gunman Description Broadcast

1963 · Jefferson Davis Tippit · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Gunman Flight Lineup Identification

1963 · Barbara Jeanette Davis · United States of America · Dallas Police Headquarters · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Head Wound Observation

1963 · William Kemp Clark · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Helen Markham Witness

1963 · Jefferson Davis Tippit · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Hosty Denies Prior Violence Intelligence

1963 · James Patrick Hosty, Jr · United States of America · Dallas Police Headquarters · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Hotel Texas Stay

1963 · Jacqueline Lee Kennedy · United States of America · Fort Worth · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA)

1963 · Henry Barbosa Gonzalez · United States of America · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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.

House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA)

1963 · Henry Barbosa Gonzalez · United States of America · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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.

House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA)

1963 · Henry Barbosa Gonzalez · United States of America · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Hydrocortisone Administration

1963 · Charles James Carrico · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Hyman Rubenstein Telephone Call

1963 · Jack Ruby · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Initial Connally Examination

1963 · Richard Brooks Dulany · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Initial Life Assessment

1963 · Charles James Carrico · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Initial Vital Assessment

1963 · Charles James Carrico · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Irving Residence Investigation Ordered

1963 · J. Will Fritz · United States of America · Dallas Police Headquarters · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Jacqueline Kennedy at Oath

1963 · Lyndon Baines Johnson · United States of America · Love Field · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Jacqueline Kennedy Departure Request

1963 · Kenneth P. O'Donnell · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Jefferson Boulevard Flight

1963 · Lee Harvey Oswald · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Jefferson Boulevard Flight

1963 · Jefferson Davis Tippit · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Jenkins Resuscitation Report

1963 · Charles Jack Price · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Johnson Departure Advice

1963 · Kenneth P. O'Donnell · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Johnson Family Protection

1963 · Rufus Wayne Youngblood · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Kennedy Assassination Condolence

1963 · Nikita Sergeyevich Khruschev · Russia · Moscow · Government · Government of Russia

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

Kennedy Murder Charge

1963 · Lee Harvey Oswald · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Kennedy Murder Complaint Signed

1963 · J. Will Fritz · United States of America · Dallas Police Headquarters · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Kennedy Shooting Report Received

1963 · James Patrick Hosty, Jr · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Kennedy Stretcher Transfer

1963 · William R. Greer · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Kennedy Stretcher Transfer

1963 · Roy H. Kellerman · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Kennedy Stretcher Transfer

1963 · Winston G. Lawson · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Kosher Sandwich Purchase

1963 · Jack Ruby · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Lady In Red

1963 · Norma Jean Lollis Hill · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Lancaster and Eighth Report

1963 · Jefferson Davis Tippit · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Last Rites

1963 · Oscar L Huber · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Left Arm Cutdown

1963 · Ronald Coy Jones · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Live Cartridge Ejected from Rifle

1963 · J. Will Fritz · United States of America · Texas School Book Depository · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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.

Lone Assassin

1963 · John Fitzgerald Kennedy · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Love Field Arrival

1963 · Jacqueline Lee Kennedy · United States of America · Love Field · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Mannlicher-Carcano Gun

1963 · Louis Witt · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Marcello Court Proceedings

1963 · David Ferrie · United States of America · New Orleans · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Ferrie stated that he was in a federal courtroom in New Orleans on the morning of November 22 while proceedings involving Carlos Marcello were underway.

Marina Asked About Rifle

1963 · Guy F. Rose · United States of America · 2515 West Fifth Street, Irving · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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.

Mexico City Travel Questioned

1963 · J. Will Fritz · United States of America · Captain Fritz's Office · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Missing Depository Employee Report

1963 · J. Will Fritz · United States of America · Texas School Book Depository · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Morning Work Supervision

1963 · Roy Truly · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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.

Motorcade Route

1963 · Howard Leslie Brennan · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Across the street from the Texas School Book Depository, notifies police that as he watched the motorcade go by, he heard a shot come from above, and looked up to see a man with a rifle make another shot from a corner window on the sixth floor

Motorcade Route

1963 · Howard Leslie Brennan · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Arrives at about 12:23 p.m., and while waiting for the motorcade, he looked up and saw a man appear at an open window at the southeast corner of the sixth floor, 120 feet (37 m) from Brennan, and observed him leave the window "a couple

Motorcade Route

1963 · Howard Leslie Brennan · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Brennan, a 44-year-old steamfitter, watches the presidential motorcade from a concrete retaining wall at the southwest corner of Elm and Houston streets in Dealey Plaza, where he had a clear view of the south side of the Depository Building.

Motorcade Route

1963 · Howard Leslie Brennan · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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Motorcade Route

1963 · Howard Leslie Brennan · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Watches the presidential motorcade from a concrete retaining wall at the southwest corner of Elm and Houston streets in Dealey Plaza, where he had a clear view of the south side of the Depository Building.

Motorcade Viewing

1963 · Roy Truly · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Movement onto Limousine Trunk

1963 · Jacqueline Lee Kennedy · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Neck and Head Wounds

1963 · Charles James Carrico · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Neck Wound Assessment

1963 · Malcolm Oliver Perry · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

No Established Dallas Presence

1963 · Frank Sturgis · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

No Second Visible Head Hole

1963 · William Kemp Clark · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

No Secret Service Referral Explained

1963 · James Patrick Hosty, Jr · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

No Warren Commission Identification

1963 · Frank Sturgis · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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.

O. H. Lee Alias Reported to Fritz

1963 · W. E. Potts · United States of America · Dallas Police Headquarters · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

O. H. Lee Registration Questioned

1963 · J. Will Fritz · United States of America · Captain Fritz's Office · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Oath

1963 · Lyndon Baines Johnson · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Oath of Office

1963 · Lyndon Baines Johnson · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Oral Surgery Emergency Response

1963 · Don Teel Curtis · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Orthopedic Operation Timing

1963 · Charles Francis Gregory · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Oswald Absence Report

1963 · Roy Truly · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Oswald Arrest Connection

1963 · Jefferson Davis Tippit · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Oswald Assassination Alibi Questioned

1963 · J. Will Fritz · United States of America · Captain Fritz's Office · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Oswald Charged with Tippit Murder

1963 · Jefferson Davis Tippit · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Oswald Confronted in Theatre

1963 · M. N. McDonald · United States of America · Texas Theatre · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Oswald Employee Identification

1963 · Roy Truly · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Oswald File Pulled

1963 · James Patrick Hosty, Jr · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Oswald File Taken to Shanklin

1963 · James Patrick Hosty, Jr · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Oswald Identification

1963 · Howard Leslie Brennan · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Oswald Identification Obtained During Transport

1963 · Paul L. Bentley · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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.

Oswald Identified as Suspect

1963 · James Patrick Hosty, Jr · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Oswald Identity to Police

1963 · Roy Truly · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Oswald Missing from Building

1963 · Roy Truly · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Oswald Note Connection Recognized

1963 · James Patrick Hosty, Jr · United States of America · Dallas Police Headquarters · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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.

Oswald Pointed Out to Police

1963 · Johnny Calvin Brewer · United States of America · Texas Theatre · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Oswald Possessions Identified

1963 · Ruth Paine · United States of America · Irving · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Oswald Property Collected in Irving

1963 · Richard S. Stovall · United States of America · 2515 West Fifth Street, Irving · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Oswald Report Routed to Counterintelligence

1963 · James Jesus Angleton · United States of America · Langley · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Paine Residence Search Begins

1963 · Guy F. Rose · United States of America · 2515 West Fifth Street, Irving · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Paper Bag Examined

1963 · J. C. Day · United States of America · Texas School Book Depository · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Paraffin Tests Administered

1963 · Lee Harvey Oswald · United States of America · Captain Fritz's Office · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Parkland Administration

1963 · Charles Jack Price · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Parkland Arrival Consciousness

1963 · John Bowden Connally Jr · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Parkland Arrival With Governor

1963 · Nellie Connally · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Parkland Assignment

1963 · James Patrick Hosty, Jr · United States of America · Parkland Hospital · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Parkland Casket Departure

1963 · Jacqueline Lee Kennedy · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Parkland Departure Protection

1963 · Rufus Wayne Youngblood · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Parkland Emergency Entrance

1963 · Winston G. Lawson · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Parkland Family Visits

1963 · Claudia Alta Johnson · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Parkland Hospital Arrival

1963 · Jacqueline Lee Kennedy · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Parkland Memorial Hospital

1963 · George Gregory Burkley · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Parkland Memorial Hospital

1963 · Clint Hill · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Parkland Memorial Hospital

1963 · Oscar L Huber · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Parkland Memorial Hospital

1963 · Lyndon Baines Johnson · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Parkland Memorial Hospital

1963 · John Fitzgerald Kennedy · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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.

Parkland Memorial Hospital

1963 · John Fitzgerald Kennedy · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Parkland Memorial Hospital

1963 · John Fitzgerald Kennedy · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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.

Parkland Perimeter Security

1963 · Winston G. Lawson · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Parkland Standby Alert

1963 · Jesse Edward Curry · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Parkland Telephone Call

1963 · Seth Kantor · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Kantor makes a long-distance telephone call from Parkland Hospital to his Washington office between about 1:02 and 1:27 p.m.

Parkland Treatment Area

1963 · Jacqueline Lee Kennedy · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Passenger Window Conversation

1963 · Jefferson Davis Tippit · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Patton Avenue Flight

1963 · Jefferson Davis Tippit · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Patton Avenue Lineup Identification

1963 · Ted Callaway · United States of America · Dallas Police Headquarters · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Patton Gunman Lineup Identification

1963 · Sam Guinyard · United States of America · Dallas Police Headquarters · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Pedestrian Stop

1963 · Jefferson Davis Tippit · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Pink Suit in Dallas

1963 · Jacqueline Lee Kennedy · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Police Arrival at Paine Home

1963 · Ruth Paine · United States of America · Irving · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Police Search Assistance

1963 · Roy Truly · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Political Affiliations Questioned

1963 · J. Will Fritz · United States of America · Captain Fritz's Office · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Post-Shooting Report

1963 · Harold Norman · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

After leaving the fifth floor, Norman and James Jarman report their experience after seeing witness Howard Brennan speaking with a police officer outside the building.

Pre-Lineup Pocket Search

1963 · Lee Harvey Oswald · United States of America · Dallas Police Headquarters · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Presence at Johnson Oath

1963 · Jacqueline Lee Kennedy · United States of America · Love Field · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

President Kennedy Head Wound

1963 · Jacqueline Lee Kennedy · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Presidential Limousine Rear Seat

1963 · Jacqueline Lee Kennedy · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Presidential Oath

1963 · Lyndon Baines Johnson · United States of America · Love Field · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Presidential Oath Wording

1963 · Lyndon Baines Johnson · United States of America · Love Field · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Presidential Succession

1963 · Lyndon Baines Johnson · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Press Conference Qualification

1963 · Malcolm Oliver Perry · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Protective Cover at Parkland

1963 · Clint Hill · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Reaction to First Shot

1963 · Jacqueline Lee Kennedy · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Rear Stairway Ascent

1963 · Roy Truly · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Recognition of Jack Ruby

1963 · Seth Kantor · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Kantor says he immediately recognizes Ruby because he had known him previously while working as a journalist in Dallas.

Refusal to Leave Parkland

1963 · Jacqueline Lee Kennedy · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Respiratory Assistance

1963 · Adolph Hartung Giesecke Jr · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Respiratory Transition Assistance

1963 · Gene Coleman Akin · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Resuscitation Assessment

1963 · Marion Thomas Jenkins · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Resuscitation Statement

1963 · Marion Thomas Jenkins · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Resuscitative Equipment Response

1963 · Adolph Hartung Giesecke Jr · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Retained Metallic Fragment

1963 · George T. Shires · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Return to Love Field

1963 · Jacqueline Lee Kennedy · United States of America · Love Field · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Return to Police Headquarters

1963 · J. Will Fritz · United States of America · Dallas Police Headquarters · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Revill Basement Conversation

1963 · James Patrick Hosty, Jr · United States of America · Dallas Police Headquarters · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Revill Memorandum Records Conversation

1963 · James Patrick Hosty, Jr · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Revill Violence Claim Disputed

1963 · James Patrick Hosty, Jr · United States of America · Dallas Police Headquarters · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Revolver Possession Questioned

1963 · J. Will Fritz · United States of America · Captain Fritz's Office · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Revolver Purchase Account Questioned

1963 · J. Will Fritz · United States of America · Captain Fritz's Office · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Revolver Seized During Theatre Struggle

1963 · Bob K. Carroll · United States of America · Texas Theatre · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Rifle Bolt Sound

1963 · Harold Norman · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Norman reports hearing the mechanical sound of a rifle bolt operating on the floor directly above him after the shots.

Rifle Discovery Confirmed

1963 · Seymour Weitzman · United States of America · Texas School Book Depository · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Rifle Identification Recorded

1963 · J. Will Fritz · United States of America · Texas School Book Depository · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Rifle Located Among Cartons

1963 · Eugene Boone · United States of America · Texas School Book Depository · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Rifle Palmprint Developed

1963 · J. C. Day · United States of America · Dallas Police Headquarters · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Rifle Photographed in Place

1963 · J. C. Day · United States of America · Texas School Book Depository · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Rifle Question Translation

1963 · Ruth Paine · United States of America · Irving · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Rifle Scene Supervision

1963 · J. Will Fritz · United States of America · Texas School Book Depository · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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.

Rifle Surface Checked for Prints

1963 · J. C. Day · United States of America · Texas School Book Depository · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Rifle Taken into Evidence

1963 · J. C. Day · United States of America · Dallas Police Headquarters · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Right Chest Tube Assistance

1963 · Paul Conrad Peters · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Right Leg Cutdown

1963 · Charles James Carrico · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Right to Counsel Discussed

1963 · J. Will Fritz · United States of America · Captain Fritz's Office · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Ritz Delicatessen Purchase

1963 · Jack Ruby · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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.

Robert Kennedy Telephone Call

1963 · Lyndon Baines Johnson · United States of America · Love Field · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Rooming House Register Examined

1963 · B. L. Senkel · United States of America · 1026 North Beckley · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Roominghouse Return

1963 · Lee Harvey Oswald · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Ruby Conversation

1963 · Seth Kantor · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Kantor recalls Ruby asking whether he should close his establishments for the next three nights following Kennedy's shooting.

Sarah T. Hughes

1963 · Lyndon Baines Johnson · United States of America · Love Field · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Search Continues Upstairs

1963 · Roy Truly · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Second Davis Lineup Identification

1963 · Virginia Davis · United States of America · Dallas Police Headquarters · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Second Floor Arrival

1963 · Roy Truly · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Second Floor Baker Encounter

1963 · Lee Harvey Oswald · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Second Floor Lunchroom Encounter

1963 · Roy Truly · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Second Suspect Broadcast

1963 · Jefferson Davis Tippit · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Second-Floor Encounter Questioned

1963 · J. Will Fritz · United States of America · Captain Fritz's Office · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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.

Secret Service Protection

1963 · Lyndon Baines Johnson · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Shipping Paper Sample Marked

1963 · Robert Lee Studebaker · United States of America · Texas School Book Depository · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Shooting at Tenth Street

1963 · Jefferson Davis Tippit · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Shots Heard in Dealey Plaza

1963 · Roy Truly · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Sixth Floor Givens Encounter

1963 · Lee Harvey Oswald · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Sniper's Nest Evidence Preservation

1963 · J. Will Fritz · United States of America · Texas School Book Depository · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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.

Sniper's Nest Guarded

1963 · Luke Mooney · United States of America · Texas School Book Depository · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Sniper's Nest Photographic Record

1963 · Robert Lee Studebaker · United States of America · Texas School Book Depository · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Snipers Nest

1963 · Tom Alyea · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Snipers Nest

1963 · Tom Alyea · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Snipers Nest

1963 · Tom Alyea · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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.

Snipers Nest

1963 · Tom Alyea · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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.

Snipers Nest

1963 · Tom Alyea · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Snipers Nest

1963 · Tom Alyea · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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.

Snipers Nest

1963 · Tom Alyea · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

To the right of the double casement window."

Snipers Nest

1963 · Tom Alyea · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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.

Snipers Nest

1963 · Robert Lee Studebaker · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Snipers Nest

1963 · Robert Lee Studebaker · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

into the TSBD.

Snipers Nest

1963 · Robert Lee Studebaker · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Snipers Nest

1963 · Robert Lee Studebaker · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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.

Soviet Embassy Information Reaches Hosty

1963 · James Patrick Hosty, Jr · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Hosty received FBI information that afternoon concerning Oswald's recent communication with the Soviet Embassy in Washington.

Stat Alarm Response

1963 · Marion Thomas Jenkins · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Responded immediately after receiving the stat alarm that President Kennedy was being brought to Parkland Hospital.

Struggle During Arrest

1963 · M. N. McDonald · United States of America · Texas Theatre · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Oswald struck McDonald and a close struggle began as the patrolman and other officers attempted to control and disarm him.

Succession

1963 · Lyndon Baines Johnson · United States of America · Dallas · Government · Democratic Party Government

Sworn in as 36th President of the United States after the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

Ted Callaway Witness

1963 · Jefferson Davis Tippit · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Used-car salesman Ted Callaway heard the shooting and saw the armed gunman pass nearby while fleeing toward Jefferson Boulevard.

Texas Political Trip

1963 · Lyndon Baines Johnson · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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.

Texas School Book Depository

1963 · Tom Alyea · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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".

Texas School Book Depository

1963 · Tom Alyea · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Tom Alyea, newsreel photographer for WFAA-TV Dallas, was present in the TSBD during the search by the police.

Texas School Book Depository

1963 · Tom Alyea · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

WFAA-TV cameraman Tom Alyea is on the 6th floor of the Depository photographing the recovery Oswalds rifle.

Texas School Book Depository

1963 · Eugene Boone · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Texas School Book Depository

1963 · Howard Leslie Brennan · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Texas School Book Depository

1963 · Seymour Weitzman · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Officer who first sees Oswalds rifle behind some boxes on the 6th floor of the Texas School Book Depository

Texas Theatre Arrest

1963 · Lee Harvey Oswald · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Dallas police arrested Oswald inside the Texas Theatre at approximately 1:50 p.m. on November 22, 1963.

Texas Theatre Entry

1963 · Lee Harvey Oswald · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Oswald entered the Texas Theatre without purchasing a ticket while police searched the Oak Cliff area for Tippit's killer.

Texas Theatre Police Call

1963 · Julia Postal · United States of America · Texas Theatre · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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.

Texas Theatre Rear Entry

1963 · M. N. McDonald · United States of America · Texas Theatre · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

McDonald entered the theatre from the rear with other officers after the radio call reported a suspicious man inside.

Texas Theatre Search

1963 · Jefferson Davis Tippit · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Police searching for Tippit's killer converged on the Texas Theatre after receiving information that a suspicious man had entered without buying a ticket.

Texas Trip

1963 · David Ferrie · United States of America · New Orleans · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

On the evening of November 22, Ferrie left New Orleans with two young companions and drove toward Houston, Texas.

Theatre Arrest Transport

1963 · Gerald L. Hill · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Hill accompanied the police transport carrying Oswald from the Texas Theatre to headquarters after the Oak Cliff arrest.

Theatre Patrons Checked

1963 · M. N. McDonald · United States of America · Texas Theatre · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

McDonald moved through the main-floor seating area checking patrons while officers searched both levels of the theatre.

Theatre Suspect Linked to Depository

1963 · J. Will Fritz · United States of America · Dallas Police Headquarters · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

At headquarters, Fritz learned that the man arrested at the Texas Theatre was the same Lee Harvey Oswald reported missing from the Depository.

Third Suspect Broadcast

1963 · Jefferson Davis Tippit · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

The assassination suspect description was broadcast again at about 12:55 p.m. while Tippit remained on patrol in central Oak Cliff.

Thoracic Operation Completion

1963 · Robert Roeder Shaw · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Completed the principal chest and back operation on Governor Connally at approximately 3:20 p.m.

Thoracic Surgery Leadership

1963 · Robert Roeder Shaw · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Took charge of Connally's care because the Governor's major chest wound fell within Shaw's thoracic-surgery specialty.

Three Cartridge Cases Discovered

1963 · Luke Mooney · United States of America · Texas School Book Depository · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Mooney located three empty cartridge cases near the southeast sixth-floor window and recognized the surrounding cartons as a probable firing position.

Tippit Killing Finding

1963 · Lee Harvey Oswald · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

The Warren Commission concluded that Oswald shot and killed Dallas Patrolman J. D. Tippit at about 1:16 p.m. on November 22.

Tippit Lineup Identification

1963 · Helen Markham · United States of America · Dallas Police Headquarters · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Markham viewed a Dallas Police lineup and identified Oswald as the man she had seen shoot Patrolman Tippit.

Tippit Murder Charge

1963 · Lee Harvey Oswald · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Dallas authorities charged Oswald with the murder of Patrolman J. D. Tippit on the evening of November 22, 1963.

Tippit Murder Complaint Signed

1963 · J. Will Fritz · United States of America · Dallas Police Headquarters · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Fritz signed the complaint charging Oswald with the murder of Patrolman J. D. Tippit shortly before the 7:10 p.m. arraignment.

Tippit Revolver at Scene

1963 · Jefferson Davis Tippit · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

When Benavides reached Tippit after the shooting, the officer was lying on his own revolver, which was out of its holster.

Tippit Shooting Information Received

1963 · James Patrick Hosty, Jr · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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.

Tracheotomy Assistance

1963 · Robert Nelson McClelland · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Entered trauma room 1 during resuscitation and assisted Malcolm Perry with President Kennedy's tracheotomy.

Tracheotomy Duration

1963 · Malcolm Oliver Perry · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Estimated that the emergency tracheotomy took approximately three to five minutes.

Trauma Room Leadership

1963 · Malcolm Oliver Perry · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Assumed direction of President Kennedy's treatment shortly after arriving in trauma room 1.

Trauma Room One Response

1963 · Charles Rufus Baxter · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Arrived with Malcolm Perry and Robert McClelland during the emergency treatment of President Kennedy.

Trauma Room Resuscitation

1963 · Gene Coleman Akin · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Participated in the respiratory component of the resuscitation effort in trauma room 1.

Trauma Room Two Care

1963 · Richard Brooks Dulany · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Remained with Governor Connally in trauma room 2 when Charles Carrico left to help treat President Kennedy.

Trauma Room Two Transfer

1963 · John Bowden Connally Jr · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Was lifted onto a stretcher and taken into Parkland trauma room 2 for treatment of his gunshot wounds.

Upper Floor Search

1963 · Roy Truly · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Truly assisted police as the search moved into the upper floors where officers soon found evidence connected with the shooting.

Ventilation Control

1963 · Marion Thomas Jenkins · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Changed Kennedy from intermittent positive-pressure breathing equipment to an anesthesia machine for better control of artificial ventilation.

Vice President Parkland Security Room

1963 · Homer Thornberry · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Joined the group of officials and Secret Service agents protecting Vice President Johnson inside Parkland Hospital.

Vice Presidential Vacancy

1963 · Lyndon Baines Johnson · United States of America · Washington · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Johnson's succession to the presidency left the vice presidency vacant, because existing law provided no mechanism for appointing a replacement vice president.

Virginia Davis Witness

1963 · Jefferson Davis Tippit · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Virginia Davis heard the shots and saw the armed man cross the lawn near 10th and Patton while leaving the area.

Warren Commission

1963 · John Fitzgerald Kennedy · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Weekend Closure Advertisement

1963 · Jack Ruby · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Unable to cancel his newspaper advertisement, Ruby changed it to announce that the Carousel and Vegas clubs would remain closed for the weekend.

Weissman Advertisement Reaction

1963 · Jack Ruby · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

At the Dallas Morning News, Ruby criticized the black-bordered "Welcome Mr. Kennedy" advertisement and questioned the identity of its listed chairman, Bernard Weissman.

Whaley Taxi Ride

1963 · Lee Harvey Oswald · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

After leaving the bus, Oswald took a taxicab driven by William Whaley toward Oak Cliff and got out near North Beckley Avenue.

White House Notification From Parkland

1963 · Roy H. Kellerman · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Telephoned the head of the White House detail from Parkland Hospital to report the assassination.

William Scoggins Witness

1963 · Jefferson Davis Tippit · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Taxi driver William Scoggins heard the shots, saw Tippit fall, and then observed the armed gunman pass close to his cab while fleeing.

With the Beatles

1963 · George Martin · Great Britain · London · Arts · Popular Music

Produces With the Beatles as the group consolidates its early British popularity.

Wrapping Paper Samples Collected

1963 · J. C. Day · United States of America · Texas School Book Depository · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Day directed collection of paper and tape samples from the Depository shipping area so they could be compared with the long paper bag.

Zapruder Film

1963 · Abraham Zapruder · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Wonderwall

1967 · George Harrison · Great Britain · Arts · Popular Music

George Harrison begins work on the "Wonderwall" album

The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society

1968 · Raymond Douglas Davies · Great Britain · Arts · Popular Music

Writes songs for The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society.

White Album

1968 · George Martin · Great Britain · London · Arts · Popular Music

Produces the Beatles' self-titled double album, often known as the White Album.

East Pakistan War

1971 · Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan · Pakistan · East Pakistan · Government · Government of Pakistan

Pakistan accuses Indian forces of direct intervention in East Pakistan.

Rule of Northern Ireland

1973 · Edward Richard George Heath · Great Britain · Government · Conservative Party Government

Britain announces a plan for moderate Protestants and Catholics to share power in Northern Ireland

Government Response to Pub Bombings

1974 · Harold Wilson · Great Britain · Birmingham · Government · Labour Party Government

Wilson condemns the Birmingham attacks and supports urgent counterterrorism legislation.

Concorde

1977 · James Callaghan · Great Britain · London · Government · Labour Party Government

Regular passenger service between New York and Europe on the supersonic Concorde begins on a trial basis

Concorde

1977 · James Callaghan · Great Britain · London · Science · Technology

Regular passenger service between New York and Europe on the supersonic Concorde begins on a trial basis

Home Thoughts from Abroad

1979 · Roy Harris Jenkins · Great Britain · London · Politics · Social Democracy

Delivers the Dimbleby Lecture criticising Britain's two-party political system.

Radical Centre

1979 · Roy Harris Jenkins · Great Britain · London · Politics · Social Democracy

Calls for a new radical centre capable of breaking established party alignments.

Chairman of Presidium

1982 · Ramiz Alia · Albania · Tirana · Government · People's Socialist Republic of Albania

Appointed Chairman of the Presidium of the People's Assembly

Election

1989 · Douglas Richard Hurd · Great Britain · Government · Conservative Party Government

Announces intention to stand in the 2nd round of the Conservative Party leadership

Britain at the European Core

1990 · Michael Heseltine · Great Britain · Great Britain · Politics · Conservative Party

Argues during the Conservative leadership contest that Britain should remain part of the core of European political and economic cooperation.

Election

1990 · John Roy Major · Great Britain · Government · Conservative Party Government

Announces intention to stand in the 2nd round of the Party leadership ballot

Election

1990 · Margaret Hilda Thatcher · Great Britain · Government · Conservative Party Government

Announces she will not contest the 2nd ballot

Resignation of Margaret Hilda Thatcher

1990 · Margaret Hilda Thatcher · Great Britain · Government · Conservative Party Government

Announces her intention to resign

Resignation of Margaret Hilda Thatcher

1990 · Margaret Hilda Thatcher · Great Britain · London · Politics · Conservative Party

Announces her resignation as Conservative leader and Prime Minister.

East Thames Corridor

1991 · Michael Heseltine · Great Britain · London · Government · Conservative Party Government

Answers a parliamentary question concerning development of the East Thames Corridor.

Scandal

1994 · Silvio Berlusconi · Italy · Rome · Government · Coalition Government

Informed he is being investigated for bribes made by his media firm Gruppo Fininvest

Foreign Secretary of Israel

1995 · Ehud Barak · Israel · Government · Government of Israel

Acting Prime Minister Shimon Peres appoints Ehud Barak, a popular general, to the post of Foreign Minister

Foreign Secretary of Israel

1995 · Shimon Peres · Israel · Government · Government of Israel

Acting Prime Minister Shimon Peres appoints Ehud Barak, a popular general, to the post of Foreign Minister

Europa November Flyby

1998 · Torrence Johnson · United States of America · Europa · Science · Astronomy

Galileo performs another Europa flyby during the Europa Mission extension.

World Champion

2003 · Johny Wilkinson · Great Britain · Sydney · Sport · Swimming

Scores the winning drop goal against Australia in the last minute of extra-time

Uranium Enrichment

2004 · Mohammad Khatami · Iran · Warfare · Nuclear

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

Uranium Enrichment Talks

2004 · Mohammad Khatami · Iran · Government · European Economic Community (EEC)

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

Foreign Secretary of Germany

2005 · Frank-Walter Steinmeier · Germany · Government · Christian Democratic Union

Appointed Minister for Foreign Affairs

Minister of Interior

2005 · Wolfgang Schauble · Germany · Government · Christian Democratic Union

Appointed Minister of the Interior

Minister of Labour

2005 · Franz Montefering · Germany · Government · Christian Democratic Union

Appointed Minister of Labour

Minister of Special Affairs

2005 · Thomas de Maiziere · Germany · Government · Christian Democratic Union

Appointed Minister for Special Affairs and Director of the Chancellors Office

Vice Chancellor

2005 · Franz Montefering · Germany · Government · Christian Democratic Union

Appointed Vice Chancellor of Germany

First Session of Constituent Assembly

2011 · Mustapha Ben Jaafar · Tunisia · Tunis · Government · Government of Tunisia

The National Constituent Assembly held its first session after the October election.

Speaker of Constituent Assembly

2011 · Mustapha Ben Jaafar · Tunisia · Tunis · Government · Government of Tunisia

The Constituent Assembly elected Mustapha Ben Jaafar as its speaker.

The Christmas Present

2019 · Robbie Williams · Great Britain · Arts · Popular Music

Releases The Christmas Present, a seasonal album mixing original songs and festive standards.

Births on November 22

Birth of Karl Eduard Wilhelm Groener

1867 · Karl Eduard Wilhelm Groener · Germany · Warfare · Military

Birth of Karl Eduard Wilhelm Groener

Birth of Charles Andre Marie Joseph de Gaulle

1890 · Charles Andre Marie Joseph de Gaulle · France · Lille · Government · Government of France

Birth of Charles Andre Marie Joseph de Gaulle

Birth of Jacques Philippe Leclerc

1902 · Jacques Philippe Leclerc · France · Belloy-Saint · Warfare · Military

Birth of Jacques Philippe Leclerc

Birth of Benjamin Britten

1913 · Benjamin Britten · Great Britain · Lowestoft · Arts · Classical Music

Birth of Benjamin Britten

Deaths on November 22

Death of Thomas Butler

1614 · Thomas Butler · England · Carrick · House · House of Butler

Death of Thomas Butler

Bethesda Pathological Cause of Death

1963 · John Fitzgerald Kennedy · United States of America · Bethesda · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

The Bethesda autopsy report listed the pathological cause of President Kennedy's death as a gunshot wound to the head.

Death Announcement Delay

1963 · Malcolm Kilduff · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Agreed with Vice President Johnson at Parkland that public release of Kennedy's death would wait until Johnson had left the hospital.

Death of John Fitzgerald Kennedy

1963 · John Fitzgerald Kennedy · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Death of John Fitzgerald Kennedy

1963 · John Fitzgerald Kennedy · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Democratic Party

Death of John F Kennedy

Death of John Fitzgerald Kennedy

1963 · John Fitzgerald Kennedy · United States of America · Dallas · Government · Democratic Party Government

Death of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, assassinated

Death of Malcolm Kilduff

1963 · Malcolm Kilduff · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Kennedys death is officially announced by White House Acting Press Secretary Malcolm Kilduff at 1:33 p.m. CST (19:33 UTC)

Kennedy Death Notification at Parkland

1963 · Lyndon Baines Johnson · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Was informed at approximately 1:20 p.m. while at Parkland Hospital that President Kennedy was dead.

Police Radio Death Report

1963 · Jefferson Davis Tippit · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Benavides used Tippit's police radio to report the shooting to Dallas police headquarters at approximately 1:16 p.m.

Pronouncement of Death

1963 · William Kemp Clark · United States of America · Dallas · Politics · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Pronounced President Kennedy dead at approximately 1:00 p.m. at Parkland Hospital.

Battles on November 22

Battle of Portobello

1739 · Philip V · Spain · Portobello · Warfare · Jenkins Ear

The English capture Portobello

Battle of Portobello

1739 · Edward Vernon · England · Portobello · Warfare · Jenkins Ear

Seizes the Spanish stronghold of Portobello, Panama

Battle of Breslau

1757 · Charles of Lorraine · Austria · Breslau · Warfare · Seven Years War

Helps defeat & capture August Wilhelm of Brunswick

Battle of Breslau

1757 · Leopold Joseph von Daun · Austria · Breslau · Warfare · Seven Years War

Helps defeat & capture August Wilhelm of Brunswick

Battle of Loana

1795 · Louis-Gabriel Suchet · France · Loana · Warfare · Revolutionary Wars

Fights at the Battle of Loana in Italy

Battle of Dragoman

1885 · Milan I · Serbia · Dragoman · Warfare · Bulgaria War

Attempts to stabilize the Serbian retreat near Dragoman.

Battle of Dragoman

1885 · Danail Nikolaev · Bulgaria · Dragoman · Warfare · Bulgaria War

Presses Bulgarian attacks against Serbian rear guards near Dragoman.

Battle of Stalingrad

1942 · Friedrich von Paulus · Germany · Stalingrad · Warfare · World War, 2nd

The 6th Army is completely encircled by the Red Army

Battle of Stalingrad

1942 · Georgi Konstantinovich Zhukov · Russia · Stalingrad · Warfare · World War, 2nd

Captures the supply bridge at Kalach

Coronations on November 22

Coronation

1220 · Frederick II · Germany · House · House of Hohenstaufen

Crowned Emperor at Rome by Pope Honorius III

Coronation

1220 · Honorius III · Italy · Vatican · Religion · Roman Catholic Church

Crowns Frederick II the Holy Roman Emperor

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