1963 in History

Is killed in the racist bombing of Birmingham’s 16th Street Baptist Church.

Is killed in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing.

Is killed in the Birmingham church bombing.

Is killed in the Birmingham church bombing. This record concerns Cynthia Wesley and 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing.

1st woman in space

Releases A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall on Freewheelin.

Appointed Acting President of Panama

Addresses a joint session of Congress and asks lawmakers to carry forward John F. Kennedy’s legislative programme.

Ruby telephoned an American Guild of Variety Artists representative in Chicago on November 20 to complain about competitors' striptease contests and amateur performances.

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

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

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

An archival report dated October 30, 1963, described Frank Fiorini as an American pilot involved in planning air strikes against Cuba.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Federal records place Sturgis in the anti-Castro milieu during the period immediately preceding President Kennedy's assassination.

Criticizes South Vietnamese performance after the Battle of Ap Bac

Arecibo opens as a powerful radar and radio astronomy facility.

Jacqueline Kennedy attended the graveside military ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery as President Kennedy was laid to rest.

Police arrest King for participating in nonviolent demonstrations without a permit.

Held under the Ninety-Day Detention Act

Held under the Ninety-Day Detention Act

David Ferrie is turned him over to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), which interviewed Ferrie and Martin on November 25.

Jack Martin told the FBI that Ferrie might have hypnotized Oswald into assassinating Kennedy.

Nevertheless, the FBI interviewed Ferrie twice about Martins allegations.

The FBI also interviewed about twenty other persons in connection with the allegations, said that it was unable to develop a substantial case against Ferrie, and released him with an apology.

David Ferrie is turned him over to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), which interviewed Ferrie and Martin on November 25.

Jack Martin told the FBI that Ferrie might have hypnotized Oswald into assassinating Kennedy.

Nevertheless, the FBI interviewed Ferrie twice about Martins allegations.

The FBI also interviewed about twenty other persons in connection with the allegations, said that it was unable to develop a substantial case against Ferrie, and released him with an apology.

David Ferrie is turned him over to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), which interviewed Ferrie and Martin on November 25.

Nevertheless, the FBI interviewed Ferrie twice about Martins allegations.

The FBI also interviewed about twenty other persons in connection with the allegations, said that it was unable to develop a substantial case against Ferrie, and released him with an apology.

David Ferrie is turned him over to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), which interviewed Ferrie and Martin on November 25.

Nevertheless, the FBI interviewed Ferrie twice about Martins allegations.

The FBI also interviewed about twenty other persons in connection with the allegations, said that it was unable to develop a substantial case against Ferrie, and released him with an apology.

The FBI considered Martin unreliable.

The FBI considered Martin unreliable.

Jack Martin told the FBI that Ferrie might have hypnotized Oswald into assassinating Kennedy.

The FBI considered Martin unreliable.

Jack Martin told the FBI that Ferrie might have hypnotized Oswald into assassinating Kennedy.

The FBI considered Martin unreliable.

Arrested for the assassination of Lee Harvey Oswald

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

Nhu Diem is captured & burnt to death

Due for release but redetained without charge & sent to Robben Island. Banished to Robben Island where he remains for 6 yrs

State of siege proclaimed in Iran, Ayatollah Khomeini arrested. Khomeini is arrested in 1963 after declaring the Shah a "wretched miserable man" who had "embarked on the destruction of Islam in Iran"

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

Police arrested Bringuier and other Cuban exiles along with Oswald after the street confrontation.

Oswald arrived in Mexico City and quickly began visiting Cuban and Soviet diplomatic offices in pursuit of transit permission.

Truly cooperated with federal and local investigators examining Oswald's employment, movements, and access within the Texas School Book Depository.

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

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

Investigated by the FBI for inciting a race riot

Investigated by the FBI for inciting a race riot

Victim of an assassination attempt in his Dallas home, later claimed that Lee Harvey Oswald was the assassin

An attempt is made on the life of Major General Edwin Walker by Oswald

Witness to the assassination of Tippit by Lee Harvey Oswald

Acquilla Clemons lived on the north side of Tenth Street in Dallas, Clemons was sitting on the porch of her house when she saw Officer J. D. Tippit killed.

Testifies that the Tippit gunman was a "short guy and kind of heavy", the other man was tall and thin in khaki trousers and a white shirt.

the Dallas Police warned her not to repeat this story to others or "she might get hurt".

Barbara Jeanette Davis and her sister-in-law Virginia Davis heard the shots that killed Tippit and see the Oswald crossing their lawn and shaking a revolver as if he were emptying it of cartridge cases

Markham identifies Lee Harvey Oswald as Tippits killer in a police lineup. Helen Markham at first describes Tippits killer as being short and somewhat on the heavy side, with slightly bushy hair". Although considered the star witness, her testimony was full of mistakes, she said Tippit was alive when the ambulance arrived, but the other witnesses say he died immediately

Warren Reynolds did not see the Tippit shooting but saw the gunman running from the scene of the crime, he claimed that the man was not Oswald

Witness to the assassination of Officer Tippit. Identifies Oswald at the lineup for killing Officer Tippit

As he reached the front wheel on the drivers side, Oswald drew a revolver and fired several shots in rapid succession, hitting Tippit three times in the chest. then walked up to Tippits body and shot him directly in the head, killing him instantly

At 12:45 p.m., 15 minutes after the assassination, Tippit received an order by radio to proceed to the central Oak Cliff area as part of a concentration of patrol car activity around the centre of the city.

At 1:11-1:14 p.m.Tippit was driving slowly in an easterly direction on East 10th Street in Oak Cliff. About 100 feet (30 m) past the intersection of 10th Street and Patton Avenue, Tippit pulled up alongside Oswald, who was walking in the same direction.

Police officer with the Dallas, Texas Police Department who, according to witnesses and Government investigations including the Warren Commission, was shot and killed by Lee Harvey Oswald after Tippit stopped Oswald following the Kennedy assassination.

Frank Wright claims that Tippit was shot by two men

Police radio a description of Oswald based on Brennans description. Claims the 1st shot was when Kennedys car turned from Houston onto Elm. Brennan gives a description of the assassin which was broadcast to all Dallas police at 12:45 p.m., 12:48 p.m., and 12:55 p.m

Nellie Connally, then the First Lady of Texas, turned around to Kennedy, who was sitting behind her, and commented, "Mr. President, you cant say Dallas doesnt love you"

Claims the 1st shot was when Kennedys car turned from Houston onto Elm

Driver of Kennedys limousine

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

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

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.

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.

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

Claims the 1st shot was when Kennedys car turned from Houston onto Elm

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

The first official investigation of the Kennedy assassination is established by President Johnson, a week after the assassination

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

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

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

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

Kennedys death is officially announced by White House Acting Press Secretary Malcolm Kilduff at 1:33 p.m. CST (19:33 UTC)

Claims the 1st shot was when Kennedys car turned from Houston onto Elm

Claims the 1st shot was when Kennedys car turned from Houston onto Elm

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

James Tague, a spectator and witness to the assassination, recieves a minor wound to his right cheek while standing 270 feet (82 m) in front of where Kennedy is shot

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

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

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.

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

It is decided that Kennedy and his party, including his wife, Jacqueline Kennedy, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Governor John Connally and Ralph Yarborough, would travel in a procession of cars through the business district of 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

When Ruby was arrested immediately after the shooting, he told several witnesses that he helped the city of Dallas "redeem" itself in the eyes of the public, and that Oswalds death would spare Jacqueline Kennedy the ordeal of appearing at Oswalds trial. Carlin phones Ruby for him to wire her $25, had she not phoned, Ruby would not have been in downtown Dallas. Assassinates Lee Harvey Oswald

Ngo Dinh is captured & burnt to death. Captured & burnt to death

Marks the culmination of a successful CIA-backed coup led by General Duong Van Minh. Diem and his adviser, younger brother Ngo Dinh Nhu, are arrested after the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) had been successful in a bloody overnight siege on Gia Long Palace in Saigon

Kennedy approves a coup by South Vietnamese Army officers & Diem is assassinated

Captured & burnt to death

Assassinated after serving as neutralist foreign minister

Assassinated amid factional tension after the coalition settlement

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.

The Warren Commission later rejects an allegation that Oswald appeared at an Austin Selective Service office during his journey.

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

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

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)

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

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

Fritz showed Oswald a photograph recovered under search warrant depicting him holding a rifle and pistol; Oswald claimed the image had been altered.

Marina photographed Oswald at the Neely Street residence holding the rifle and political newspapers with the revolver strapped to his belt.

Rose and fellow officers recovered photographs showing Oswald holding a rifle and pistol among the effects examined under the search warrant.

According to Mohrenschildt, the photograph was not found among his stored papers until he and his wife found it in February 1967. When analyzed by the HSCA in 1977, this photo turned out to be a first generation print of the backyard photo already known to the Warren Commission as "CE-133A" and which had probably been taken on March 31, 1963

Mohrenschildt assumed that Marina had written it sarcastically.

This record states: On the back was written To my friend George from Lee Oswald, and the date -5/IV/63- (5 April 1963) along with the words -Copyright Geo de M- and a Russian phrase translated as -Hunter of fascists.

This record states: ha-ha-ha!- Handwriting specialists later concluded that the words -To my friend George-- and Oswalds signature were written by Lee Harvey Oswald, but could not determine whether the rest was the writing of Lee Oswald, Mohrenschildt.

This record states: or Marina Oswald.

Discovers a photo of Oswald holding his guns prior to the Walker shooting

When shown the pictures at Dallas Police headquarters after his arrest, Oswald insists they are fakes, however, Marina Oswald testifies in 1964 and 1978 that she took the photographs at Oswalds request. The "backyard photos," taken by Marina Oswald, show Oswald dressed all in black and holding two Marxist newsletters - The Militant and The Worker - in one hand, a rifle in the other

Mohrenschildt assumed that Marina had written it sarcastically.

This record states: On the back was written To my friend George from Lee Oswald, and the date -5/IV/63- (5 April 1963) along with the words -Copyright Geo de M- and a Russian phrase translated as -Hunter of fascists.

This record states: ha-ha-ha!- Handwriting specialists later concluded that the words -To my friend George-- and Oswalds signature were written by Lee Harvey Oswald, but could not determine whether the rest was the writing of Lee Oswald, Mohrenschildt.

This record states: or Marina Oswald.

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

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

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.

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).

Oswald checks his larger bag through toward Mexico City under baggage claim number 320435.

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

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.

The Beatles "Please Please Me" tops the UK charts

The Beatles "Please Please Me" tops the UK charts

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

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

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

Paine learned Oswald's Dallas telephone number after he rented a room on North Beckley Avenue, although she did not initially know his exact address.

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

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

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

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

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

Preparation of President Kennedy's body for burial was completed at approximately 4 a.m. on November 23.

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

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

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

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

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

After the burial preparation was completed, President Kennedy's body left Bethesda for the White House East Room.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Early on November 23, Humes telephoned Dr. Malcolm Perry and learned that Perry had used the existing throat wound for the tracheotomy incision.

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

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

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

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

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

Humes sought confirmation from Parkland Hospital that a tracheotomy had been performed through the wound on the front of Kennedy's neck.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Perry's information confirmed Humes's conclusion that the neck bullet had exited through the front of Kennedy's throat.

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

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

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

King helps launch coordinated demonstrations against segregation in Birmingham.

Shuttlesworth coordinates local activists with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

King supports negotiations that produce commitments to desegregate Birmingham businesses.

Begins the Bjarni Benediktsson Government and serves as Prime Minister of Iceland.

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

Popularises protest songwriting during the civil rights era.

Sing Dylan's Blowin in the Wind at the March on Washington.

Becomes President of the Board of Trade under Alec Douglas-Home.

Around midnight after the evening of November 21, Ruby met Chicago businessman Lawrence Meyers and Meyers' relatives at the Bon Vivant Room of the Dallas Cabana.

A fellow passenger hears Oswald complain about Mexican immigration officials after he is allowed to return to the bus.

The Americans begin bombing Communist Headquarters in Kampuchea

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.

A confrontation developed when Carlos Bringuier and other anti-Castro Cubans encountered Oswald distributing pro-Castro literature.

Oswald visited Carlos Bringuier's store on August 5, 1963, and presented himself as willing to assist anti-Castro Cuban activities.

Bailey is refused a bus crew interview, prompting boycott action.

Hackett helps organize community resistance during the bus boycott.

Henry supports the campaign against colour bar employment practices.

Stephenson helps launch the boycott against bus company discrimination.

De Gaulle publicly opposed Britain's first application to join the European Economic Community.

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

Faces international outrage after Buddhist protests and repression

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

Four bullets were recovered from Tippit's body and examined by firearms specialists during the investigation.

Marina later recalls Oswald saying that he attended a bullfight while in Mexico City, most plausibly on Sunday afternoon.

Representatives from over 90 countries, including the Soviet Union, attend the funeral, after the service, the casket is taken by caisson to Arlington National Cemetery for burial

The Commission determines that Oswald did not travel on Transportes Frontera bus 340 despite a later-added Oswld entry on its manifest.

The boycott adds pressure for national race relations reform.

Fritz questioned Oswald about leaving downtown by bus and examined the bus transfer found among his possessions.

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

The Commission concludes that Osborne probably occupied the seat beside Oswald during part of the Mexico-bound bus journey.

During the long bus trip, Oswald gets off at stops to eat and is repeatedly observed dining alone.

During her interview with Theodore White, Mrs. Kennedy used the musical Camelot to frame how she wanted her husband's presidency remembered.

Bringuier confronted Oswald over his pro-Castro leafleting, leading to a disturbance that brought New Orleans police to the scene.

Oswald distributed Fair Play for Cuba Committee literature in downtown New Orleans, bringing his pro-Castro activity into direct contact with anti-Castro Cuban exiles.

Mrs. Kennedy accompanied the Kennedy family during ceremonies transferring President Kennedy's casket from the White House to the United States Capitol.

Jacqueline Kennedy attended the ceremony as President Kennedy's casket was placed in the Capitol Rotunda to lie in state.

After independence Milton Obote, Ugandas first Prime Minister, rewards Idi Amin for his loyalty by promoting him to Captain

Using the name A. Hidell, Oswald ordered a rifle from Klein's Sporting Goods in Chicago on March 12, 1963.

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

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

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

Ruby distributed Carousel Club membership cards on November 21 as part of his routine promotional activity before the assassination.

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.

On November 21, Ruby paid the rent for the Carousel Club premises while conducting routine business before President Kennedy arrived in Dallas.

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

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

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

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

McCone participated in administration discussions about exploratory contacts with Fidel Castro but regarded the diplomatic initiative skeptically while covert pressure continued.

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

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

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

Angleton's counterintelligence staff handles CIA liaison with assassination investigators.

Marks the culmination of a successful CIA-backed coup led by General Duong Van Minh

Hosty receives reporting about Oswald's Mexico City contacts.

Approves action against North Vietnam by CIA supported South Vietnamese forces

Rocca acts as a CIA counterintelligence contact for assassination records.

Whitten initially handles CIA investigative work after Kennedy's assassination.

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

Chairs the presidential commission investigating the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

Charges against Bringuier and the other Cuban exiles were dismissed while Oswald pleaded guilty to disturbing the peace.

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

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

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

Serves as a CIA contact point for information supplied to the Warren Commission about Oswald and related intelligence matters.

Warren's commission sought CIA information concerning Oswald's foreign contacts, Mexico City activities, and possible foreign involvement in the assassination.

CIA counterintelligence liaison logged an FBI submission describing Oswald's New Orleans political activity and the Hidell identity used in FPCC material.

The Commission concludes that Oswald apparently attended one or more motion pictures during his Mexico City stay.

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

Responds to Birmingham events by urging federal civil rights legislation.

Johnson urged Congress to honor Kennedy's memory by securing the earliest possible passage of the civil rights bill Kennedy had championed.

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

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

Oversees the release of the Rolling Stones's debut single Come On.

Appointed member of the Warren Commission by President Lyndon B. Johnson.

Warren became chairman of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy when the commission was established by Executive Order 11130.

Establishes the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy, known as the Warren Commission.

According to evidence reviewed by the Commission, Oswald claims Communist Party membership while presenting documents to Cuban officials.

Advocates policy of supporting science & technology for the future of Britain

Speech about the "white heat" of scientific revolution

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

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

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

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

Closed Governor Connally's thigh wound with sutures.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Kenyatta is appointed Prime Minister of the autonomous Kenyan Government, and is known as mzee (a Swahili word meaning old man or elder)

Retains the role of Prime Minister after independence was declared

South Africa becomes a dictatorial police state under the General Law Amendment Act

The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is proclaimed. The new Yugoslavian constitution declares Tito President for life

Duran calls Cuban consul Eusebio Azcue to speak with Oswald after the visa discussion becomes contentious.

Duran writes her name and the Cuban diplomatic office telephone number for Oswald in case further contact is necessary.

Hosty gave Ruth Paine his name and telephone number and asked her to contact him if she learned where Oswald was living in Dallas.

The Warren Commission reconstruction places Oswald on the afternoon Continental Trailways service from New Orleans toward Houston.

Oswald boards Continental Trailways bus 5133 at 2:35 a.m. for Laredo by way of Corpus Christi and Alice.

Bringuier debated Oswald on WDSU's Conversation Carte Blanche program about Castro, communism, and the Fair Play for Cuba Committee.

Appointed assistant counsel to the Warren Commission and works on witness testimony and evidentiary review

Appointed assistant counsel to the Warren Commission and later examines evidence connected with the assassination sequence

Appointed assistant counsel to the Warren Commission and works on matters concerning Jack Ruby

Appointed assistant counsel to the Warren Commission and works on the background investigation of Lee Harvey Oswald

Appointed assistant counsel to the Warren Commission and works on legal analysis of the assassination evidence

Appointed assistant counsel to the Warren Commission and investigates Oswald's foreign contacts and Mexico City material

Appointed assistant counsel to the Warren Commission and works on presidential protection and related security evidence

Overthrown & killed by a coup, with tacit US approval

Overthrown & killed by a coup, with tacit US approval

Marks the culmination of a successful CIA-backed coup led by General Duong Van Minh

Kennedy approves a coup by Vietnamese Army officers during which Diem is assassinated. Kennedy approves a coup by South Vietnamese Army officers & Diem is assassinated

Joins General Duong Van Minh and the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) generals in a coup against President Ngo Dienh Diem which led to the Presidents death

Recorded extensive cranial and intracranial damage observed during the resuscitation.

Resigns before being exposed for lying to the Prime Minister in the House of Commons

Oswald enrolled in a typing course at Crozier Technical High School on January 14, 1963, and began attending classes later that month.

After irregular attendance, Lee stopped attending his evening typing course at Crozier Technical High School around March 28.

McCone treated the coordinated post-crisis review of intelligence performance and Cuban reconnaissance as the final Intelligence Community report for presidential advisers.

Oswald carries his 1963 United States passport, which is stamped invalid for travel to Cuba.

Oswald carries the address and telephone number of a Cuban airline in his address book.

Oswald became agitated during unsuccessful visa discussions, and Cuban consul Eusebio Azcue rejected his demand for immediate permission to enter Cuba.

Oswald sought a Cuban transit visa and represented his Fair Play for Cuba Committee activity as evidence that he was friendly to the Cuban Revolution.

Oswald visited the Cuban Embassy on September 27, 1963, seeking permission to travel through Cuba on his way to the Soviet Union.

FBI records show DeBruey contacted a confidential Cuban source while the New Orleans office continued investigating Fair Play for Cuba Committee activity.

On August 5 and 6, according to Carlos Bringuier, Oswald visited him at a store he owned in New Orleans, Bringuier was the New Orleans delegate for the anti-Castro Cuban Student Directorate

Cuban officials told Oswald that a Cuban transit visa depended on his obtaining Soviet permission for onward travel to the Soviet Union.

Duran records Oswald's information and prepares the Cuban visa application during his first-day consular contacts.

Fritz challenged Oswald about Buell Wesley Frazier's statement that Oswald had explained his unusual Thursday trip to Irving by mentioning curtain rods.

On November 21, 1963, Oswald asked Buell Wesley Frazier for a ride to Irving, saying that he wanted to collect curtain rods.

A passenger recalls Oswald hurriedly eating a banana near customs, apparently believing he could not carry the fruit into the United States.

Truly later testified that Oswald had occasion to visit the sixth floor repeatedly during an ordinary working day.

During the early November FBI interviews, Paine did not provide Oswald's exact Dallas address, which she testified she did not then know.

Hosty reported the results of his Irving pretext inquiry in an FBI airtel describing Marina's residence and Oswald's visiting arrangement.

Oswald arrives in Dallas at about 2:20 p.m. after returning from Mexico by bus.

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

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

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.

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

Around 4 a.m., Ruby visited the Dallas Times-Herald composing room, discussed seeing Oswald at the press conference, and spoke about closing his clubs.

Texas employment officials denied Lee's unemployment claim because he lacked sufficient wage credits.

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

Ruby introduced himself to Justice of the Peace David L. Johnston after the press conference and gave Johnston a Carousel Club business card.

McCone told Johnson that portraying the DCI chiefly as a covert operator impaired his broader intelligence role; Johnson agreed that the public image should change.

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

Ruby said he visited Dealey Plaza on November 23, viewed memorial wreaths, and spoke with a police officer about the Texas School Book Depository.

After seeking to air more of the Oswald interview, Stuckey helped develop the idea of a debate between Oswald and a local anti-Castro opponent.

Makes England debut against Scotland

Best makes his Manchester United debut, aged 17against West Bromwich Albion at Old Trafford in a 1-0 victory

Johnson told Congress that the government must overcome uncertainty and delay after Kennedy's death and demonstrate its capacity for decisive action.

Special Forces raided and vandalised Buddhist pagodas across the country, arresting thousands of monks and causing a death toll estimated to be in the hundreds

Soldiers are called out & 11 people are killed, with more than a hundred wounded. Palestinians want a Jordanian Republic on both sides of the Jordan

Three days of major riots throughout Iran follow, with Khomeini supporters claiming 15,000 dead from police fire

250,000 civil rights supporters join the "March on Washington"

US Ambassador of the United Nations Adlai Stevenson is jeered, jostled, struck by a protest sign, and spat upon during a visit to Dallas

Oswald left New Orleans by bus for Mexico, carrying documents intended to support his efforts to obtain Cuban and Soviet travel permission.

Lee left Dallas by bus for New Orleans after failing to secure new employment in the Dallas area.

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

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

Oswald left Mexico City by bus on October 2, 1963, beginning his return journey to the United States.

Oswald left New Orleans by bus on September 25, 1963, beginning his journey toward Mexico City.

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

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

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

Oswald began work at the Texas School Book Depository on October 16, 1963, filling customer book orders for $1.25 an hour.

Paine told the FBI that Oswald worked at the Texas School Book Depository and that he visited his family in Irving on weekends.

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

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

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

Roy Truly interviewed Oswald at the Texas School Book Depository on October 15, 1963, and hired him as a temporary order filler.

Leads the military coup that overthrows Ngo Dinh Diem

Faces the consequences of the coup against Ngo Dinh Diem

Represents US policy in Saigon during the coup against Diem

Ruby ate dinner with his friend and financial backer Ralph Paul between about 9:45 and 10:45 p.m. on November 21.

McCone created the Directorate of Science and Technology and selected Albert Wheelon to lead the expanded organization for technical intelligence and research.

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

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

Oswald pleaded guilty to disturbing the peace on August 12, 1963, and paid a ten-dollar fine.

New Orleans police arrested Oswald after the confrontation surrounding his Fair Play for Cuba Committee leafleting.

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

Releases Don't Think Twice It's All Right on Freewheelin.

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.

Bringuier served as the New Orleans delegate of the anti-Castro Cuban Student Directorate while operating his clothing store on Decatur Street.

Paine drove Marina Oswald and her daughter from Texas toward New Orleans after Lee Oswald reported that he had found work there.

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

Oswald distributed Hands Off Cuba literature near the USS Wasp at the Dumaine Street wharf, one of his earliest documented public FPCC activities in New Orleans.

Oswald copies Silvia Duran's name and the Cuban diplomatic telephone number into his address book.

Johnson appointed Chief Justice Earl Warren to chair the commission investigating President Kennedy's assassination.

The hotel night watchman recalls helping Oswald obtain a taxi at about 6:30 or 7 a.m. for his departure.

Publicly offers a treaty banning nuclear tests in the atmosphere, outer space and underwater.

President Kennedy's casket lay in repose in the White House East Room while Jacqueline Kennedy and the family observed private mourning rites.

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

Restaurant evidence indicates that Oswald chose low-cost lunches and spent roughly forty to forty-eight cents per meal.

Couve de Murville defended the French government's reservations about British entry into the Community.

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

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

KANU wins 83 seats out of 124

Decemberides to stand for leadership of the Labour Party after the death of Hugh Gaitskell

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

Because the Soviet and Cuban diplomatic compounds were distant from his hotel, Oswald repeatedly crossed a substantial part of Mexico City.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Fifth Olafur Thors Government ends, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Iceland.

The John Lyng Government ends in Oslo, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Norway.

The central government restores authority over Katanga after the secession collapses.

The Third Einar Gerhardsen Government ends in Oslo, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Norway.

The Third Siroky Government ends in Prague, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia.

Accepts the end of Katanga's secession after United Nations forces establish control over the province.

The Act prohibits specified sex-based wage differentials for substantially equal work.

Jacqueline Kennedy lit the eternal flame at President Kennedy's grave at approximately 3:15 p.m. on November 25.

Puts Spurs in the history books when they became the first British club to win a major European trophy, Spurs defeat favourites Atl‚tico Madrid 5-1 to win the European Cup Winners Cup

Oswald and Marina attended Everett Glover's gathering on February 22, 1963, where Marina met Ruth Paine.

Ruth Paine met Lee and Marina Oswald at a gathering hosted by Everett Glover, where Russian-speaking guests had been invited to meet the couple.

Johnson issued Executive Order 11130 establishing the presidential commission that became known as the Warren Commission.

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

McCone ordered experienced CIA officers to Saigon temporarily to develop additional covert reporting on the new government's effectiveness and public acceptance.

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

Oswald tells Mrs. Twiford that he belongs to the Fair Play for Cuba Committee while trying to arrange a meeting with her husband.

On August 5 and 6, according to Carlos Bringuier, Oswald visited him at a store he owned in New Orleans, Bringuier was the New Orleans delegate for the anti-Castro Cuban Student Directorate. Bringuier told the Warren Commission that he believed Oswalds visits were an attempt by Oswald to infiltrate his anti-Castro group

Oswalds political work in New Orleans came to an end after a WDSU radio debate between Bringuier and Oswald arranged by journalist Bill Stuckey, during the course of the debate, Oswald was confronted with accusations about his past in the Soviet Union

Concludes for the FBI that Oswald is sole member of the FPC Committee in New Orleans

Concludes for the FBI that Oswald is sole member of the FPC Committee in New Orleans

Oswalds activities in New Orleans in mid-1963 were investigated by New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison during his prosecution of Clay Shaw in 1969

Oswalds political work in New Orleans came to an end after a WDSU radio debate between Bringuier and Oswald arranged by journalist Bill Stuckey, during the course of the debate, Oswald was confronted with accusations about his past in the Soviet Union

The FBI's New York office was advised that Oswald had contacted the Fair Play for Cuba Committee and claimed to have distributed its literature in Dallas.

During the Oswald press conference, Ruby joined reporters in correcting District Attorney Henry Wade when Wade mistakenly referred to the "Free Cuba Committee."

Oswald applied for membership in the Fair Play for Cuba Committee after obtaining literature from the organization's national office.

Using the name Lee Osborne, Oswald ordered Fair Play for Cuba Committee leaflets, applications, and membership cards for a proposed New Orleans chapter.

DeBruey authored an FBI report on the Fair Play for Cuba Committee's New Orleans activity after Oswald had left the city.

Police arrested Oswald on August 9, 1963, after a confrontation with Cuban exiles while he distributed Fair Play for Cuba leaflets.

Oswald tells fellow passengers that he is secretary of the New Orleans branch of the Fair Play for Cuba Committee.

Cooper manually controls key reentry steps after electrical and automatic-control problems develop late in the Faith 7 mission.

Cooper launches aboard Faith 7 on the final crewed mission of Project Mercury.

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

During his return to New Orleans, Lee visited the cemetery where his father was buried and searched for surviving paternal relatives.

Tells the FBI that he was sure that Oswald was the rifleman he had seen

Tells the FBI that he was sure that Oswald was the rifleman he had seen

Concludes for the FBI that Oswald is sole member of the FPC Committee in New Orleans

Concludes for the FBI that Oswald is sole member of the FPC Committee in New Orleans

Requests the FBI Oswald file from New Orleans, established Oswald is living in Dallas

Requests the FBI Oswald file from New Orleans, established Oswald is living in Dallas

Receives the New Orleans FBI files & papers on Oswald

Receives the New Orleans FBI files & papers on Oswald

To combat speculation of a conspiracy, Katzenbach said that the results of the FBIs investigation should be made public, he wrote, in part: "The public must be satisfied that Oswald was the assassin; that he did not have confederates who are still at large"

To combat speculation of a conspiracy, Katzenbach said that the results of the FBIs investigation should be made public, he wrote, in part: "The public must be satisfied that Oswald was the assassin; that he did not have confederates who are still at large"

FBI agent James Hosty visits Paines home to discover where Oswald is living, speaks to both Paine and Marina Oswald

FBI agent James Hosty visits Paines home to discover where Oswald is living, speaks to both Paine and Marina Oswald

FBI agent James Hosty visits Paines home to discover where Oswald is living, speaks to both Paine and Marina Oswald

FBI agent James Hosty visits Paines home to discover where Oswald is living, speaks to both Paine and Marina Oswald

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

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

Investigated by the FBI for inciting a race riot

Investigated by the FBI for inciting a race riot

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

Warren's commission began reviewing investigative reports supplied by the FBI concerning President Kennedy's assassination, Lee Harvey Oswald, and related evidence.

Stuckey told the FBI about statements Oswald had made concerning his years in the Soviet Union and his Fair Play for Cuba activities.

At Oswald's request, FBI agent John Quigley interviewed him in jail about his background and Fair Play for Cuba Committee activities.

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

Johnson's executive order directed federal departments and agencies to provide the Warren Commission with services, information, and assistance needed for its investigation.

Constitutional amendments replace the federal provinces with a unitary administrative system.

Ruby consulted an attorney on November 21 about continuing problems with federal tax authorities and his nightclub tax liabilities.

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

During the bus journey, Oswald says that he hopes to meet Fidel Castro after reaching Cuba.

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

Oswald spent the evening of November 21 at the Paine home, attempted to reconcile with Marina, watched television, and retired around 9 p.m.

Fritz continued questioning beyond the planned transfer time because Oswald was still answering some questions and investigators hoped to obtain further information.

With Oswald's consent, Dallas Police identification personnel collected fingernail scrapings and hair specimens for possible forensic comparison.

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

Stevie Wonder hits no 1 on the R&B and pop chart with "Fingertips - Pt. 2". Little Stevie Wonder tops the charts with "Fingertips (Pt. II)", the first live single in history to reach No 1

Stevie Wonder hits no 1 on the R&B and pop chart with "Fingertips - Pt. 2". Little Stevie Wonder tops the charts with "Fingertips (Pt. II)", the first live single in history to reach No 1

Firearms examination established that cartridge cases recovered near the Tippit crime scene had been fired from the revolver in Oswald's possession when arrested.

Warren chaired the commission's first meeting on December 5, 1963, as members began organizing an independent investigation of the assassination.

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

Truly's description of Oswald's duties established that Oswald regularly worked on the first floor of the Texas School Book Depository.

FBI agent James Hosty interviewed Paine on November 1 about Oswald's activities after his return from the Soviet Union.

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

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.

Is transferred from Pretoria to Robben Island.

Under Vikram Sarabhai's leadership, India launches its first sounding rocket from Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station.

The achievement marks first woman in space as an important Russian scientific milestone.

The firearms evidence led the Warren Commission to conclude that five shots may have been fired even though four bullets were recovered from Tippit's body.

Oswald boards Flecha Roja bus 516 at Nuevo Laredo for the overnight journey to Mexico City.

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

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

McCone directed creation of the Foreign Missile and Space Analysis Center to strengthen independent CIA assessment of foreign missile and space capabilities.

Johnson pledged that the United States would maintain its international commitments and continue seeking peace while preserving national strength.

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

While trying to locate Marina Oswald, Hosty spoke with former landlady M. F. Tobias and received allegations about difficulties in the Oswald household.

The President and Mrs. Kennedy arrived in Fort Worth on the evening of November 21 and stayed overnight at the Hotel Texas.

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

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

Cuban consular staff are told that processing a Soviet visa for Oswald would require approximately four months.

Begins the Fourth Einar Gerhardsen Government in Oslo and serves as Prime Minister of Norway.

DeBruey's report stated that Cuban sources would be monitored for signs of renewed FPCC activity following Oswald's departure from New Orleans.

The Fair Play for Cuba Committee replied that a New Orleans chapter would need more participants before a formal charter could be issued.

After further Oswald leafleting, Bringuier sent an associate to Oswald's home posing as a Castro sympathizer in an attempt to learn more about his activities.

Bringuier encountered Oswald publicly distributing Fair Play for Cuba Committee material only days after Oswald had offered help to anti-Castro activists.

During the FBI interview, Oswald falsely described a larger New Orleans FPCC membership and referred to the fictitious A. J. Hidell as its president.

A New Orleans FBI communication identified DeBruey as an agent contacting Cuban sources during the continuing investigation of Oswald and the FPCC.

The Elysee Treaty strengthened Franco-German consultation, reinforcing a partnership central to later Community development.

At Oswald's press appearance, Ruby corrected District Attorney Henry Wade when Wade mistakenly referred to the Fair Play for Cuba Committee as the Free Cuba Committee.

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

The final French forces withdrew from Bizerte, ending France's military presence in Tunisia.

Oswald presents his Fair Play for Cuba Committee activity as evidence that Cuban officials should regard him as friendly to the revolution.

After meeting the Oswalds, Paine became increasingly friendly with Marina and provided practical assistance during difficulties in Marina's marriage.

Produces From Me to You, helping secure the Beatles' rise in the British singles market.

Jacqueline Kennedy prepared handwritten notes on funeral arrangements that are preserved in the Kennedy Library's assassination collections.

On November 25, Jacqueline Kennedy left the White House for the final funeral procession honoring President Kennedy.

At about 9 p.m. on November 21, Paine went into the garage to paint children's blocks and noticed that the garage light was already on.

Paine testified that she was certain she had not left the garage light on after dinner on the evening before the assassination.

Appointed general counsel of the Warren Commission and directs the legal staff during the investigation

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

His government ends in Helsinki, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Finland.

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

Lee Bowers, a railroad switchman sitting in two-story tower has an unobstructed view of the rear of the stockade fence atop the grassy knoll during the shooting.

This record states: At the moment of the assassination, Bowers was operating the Union Terminal Companys two-story interlocking tower, overlooking the parking lot just north of the grassy knoll and west of the Texas School Book Depository.

This record states: has an unobstructed view of the rear of the concrete pergola and the stockade fence at the top of the grassy knoll.

Ochus Campbell, the vicepresident of the Texas School Book Depository Company, was standing with Roy Truly on the north side of Elm Street, about 30 feet from the front entrance to the Texas School Book Depository. Campbell says he ran toward a grassy knoll to the west of the building, where he thought the sniper had hidden

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

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.

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.

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

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

At the Arlington burial ceremony, Mrs. Kennedy received the folded American flag associated with her husband's military funeral honors.

Oswald boards Greyhound bus 1265 from Laredo to Dallas at about 3 a.m.

Oswald told Bringuier that his Marine experience included guerrilla-warfare training and offered to help train Cubans opposed to Castro.

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

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

The return-bus reservation is recorded as H. O. Lee, apparently from the name order shown on Oswald's tourist card.

Using the name Lee Osborne, Oswald ordered handbills, applications, and membership cards for the New Orleans Fair Play for Cuba Committee chapter he was attempting to create.

Meets American negotiator Averell Harriman and accepts negotiations focused on a three-environment nuclear test ban.

McCone told Averell Harriman that CIA had not coordinated or endorsed the August policy cable on South Vietnam as Harriman had been led to believe.

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

Azcue and Oswald engage in a heated argument over Oswald's demand for immediate Cuban travel permission.

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

After the press conference, Ruby approached District Attorney Henry Wade, identified himself, and reminded Wade that he operated the Vegas Club.

Ruby helped KLIF obtain a telephone interview with District Attorney Henry Wade by locating Wade at police headquarters and bringing him to the telephone.

After leaving KLIF, Ruby showed reporter Russ Knight a "Life Line" radio script titled "Heroism" and discussed political hostility toward President Kennedy in Dallas.

Fritz confronted Oswald again with the Alek J. Hidell identification card while investigators examined the relationship between the alias and weapons purchases.

Investigators established that Oswald's personal address book contained identifying information for Hosty, including his office contact details.

Hosty dictated a memorandum in December recording that his identifying information had been found in Oswald's address book.

Ruth Paine later gave Oswald the slip containing Hosty's name and telephone number, information that subsequently appeared in Oswald's address book.

Oswald's address book came to contain Hosty's name, FBI office information, telephone number, and automobile license number.

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

An FBI report transmitting entries from Oswald's address book to the Warren Commission omitted the entry containing Hosty's information.

During Hosty's November 5 visit, Marina Oswald noted the license number of his FBI automobile and later gave it to her husband.

Oswald pays his Hotel del Comercio account through the night of October 1 before departing the following morning.

Oswald tells two Australian passengers that the Hotel Cuba in Mexico City is inexpensive and clean.

Within about an hour of arriving in Mexico City on September 27, 1963, Oswald registered at the Hotel del Comercio.

Oswald is assigned room 18 at the Hotel del Comercio, where he remains throughout his Mexico City stay.

The Hotel del Comercio maid recalls that Oswald was generally gone by the time she arrived for work at about 9 a.m.

At the Hotel del Comercio, Oswald registers his occupation simply as photo.

Oswald's room at the Hotel del Comercio costs $1.28 per day, consistent with his economical travel arrangements.

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

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.

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

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.

Jacqueline Kennedy accompanied President Kennedy to Houston during the Texas trip and attended public events before the party continued to Fort Worth.

Ruby assisted the producers of the carnival show "How Hollywood Makes Movies" when it appeared at the Texas State Fair in October 1963.

Inscribed with "Hunter of fascists", discoverred at the end of the Warren Commission

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

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

Releases I Wanna Be Your Man with the Rolling Stones as an early hit.

Retains the role of Prime Minister after independence was declared

Under Warren's chairmanship, the commission decided that it would conduct an independent investigation rather than simply accept conclusions submitted by other government agencies.

The State of Texas indicted Jack Ruby on November 26, 1963, for the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald.

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

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

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

Oswald crosses the International Bridge into Texas at about 1:35 a.m. on October 3.

Oswald again distributed Fair Play for Cuba literature on August 16, 1963, this time outside the International Trade Mart.

Oswald distributed Fair Play for Cuba Committee literature outside the International Trade Mart with hired assistance.

During their summer correspondence, Paine urged Marina to return to Irving and live with her because of continuing difficulties with Lee Oswald.

Leaves Ipswich Town after eight seasons having guided them from the 3rd Division South to the very top of English football

Hosty conducted a pretext inquiry near 2515 West Fifth Street in Irving to establish where Marina and Lee Harvey Oswald were staying.

Stovall's team documented property taken from the Paine garage, including photographs, film, correspondence, books, and other papers connected with Oswald.

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

Warren appointed former Solicitor General J. Lee Rankin as general counsel of the assassination commission on December 8, 1963.

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

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

Ruby traveled to New Orleans in June 1963 and recruited the stripper known as Jada to become a featured performer at the Carousel Club.

Jaggars-Chiles-Stovall dismissed Lee for inadequate work and difficulty getting along with fellow employees.

Notes in Oswald's dictionary and city map suggest that he considered attending a jai alai match but probably did not go.

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

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

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

JFK offers Israel assistance against aggression

While in custody, Oswald sought New York attorney John Abt to represent him and declined an immediate Dallas Bar Association offer of counsel.

Jacqueline Kennedy stood with her children during the funeral ceremonies when John F. Kennedy Jr. saluted his father's passing casket.

Begins the John Lyng Government in Oslo and serves as Prime Minister of Norway.

McCone discussed Cuba with President Johnson, who requested firm recommendations and more aggressive options while rejecting any repetition of the Bay of Pigs failure.

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

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

At President Johnson's early Vietnam policy conference, McCone gave a less optimistic assessment than other officials and questioned favorable forecasts from Saigon.

Johnson addressed a joint session of Congress five days after Kennedy's assassination and asked legislators and the nation for their help.

Later HSCA records noted an allegation that Marcos Diaz Lanz invited Sturgis to take part in a proposed raid against Cuba; investigators treated it as an allegation.

Sends a memorandum urging that the public be satisfied that Lee Harvey Oswald was the assassin and recommending a presidential commission to investigate the assassination.

Sends a memorandum urging that the public be satisfied that Lee Harvey Oswald was the assassin and recommending a presidential commission to investigate the assassination.

Receives Nicholas Katzenbach's memorandum recommending the creation of a presidential commission to investigate the assassination.

Early on November 23, Ruby spent about an hour talking with dancer Kay Helen Coleman and Dallas police officer Harry Olsen about the assassination.

Pol Pot and most of the central committee left Phnom Penh to establish an insurgent base in Ratanakiri Province

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

Johnson received foreign leaders in Washington during diplomatic events and receptions associated with President Kennedy's funeral.

President Kennedy sent McCone a letter commending the Intelligence Community for its contribution during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Johnson told Congress that Kennedy's ideas and ideals should be translated into effective action rather than halted by the assassination.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tous allies, Nuon Chea and Keo Meas, are removed from the Central Committee and replaced by Son Sen and Vorn Vet. Pol Pot and loyal comrades from his Paris student days control the party centre, edging out older veterans whom they considered excessively proese. At the WPKs second congress, Pol Pot is chosen to succeed Tou Samouth as the party's general secretary

Pol Pot and most of the central committee leave Phnom Penh to establish an insurgent base in Ratanakiri Province in the northeast

Tous allies, Nuon Chea and Keo Meas, are removed from the Central Committee and replaced by Son Sen and Vorn Vet

Tous allies, Nuon Chea and Keo Meas, are removed from the Central Committee and replaced by Son Sen and Vorn Vet

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

Oswald later refers to a Soviet official as Kostin, which the Commission interprets as a reference to Valeriy Kostikov.

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

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

Oswald crosses from Laredo into Nuevo Laredo between about 1:30 and 2 p.m. during his journey south.

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

The Hotel del Comercio night watchman recalls that Oswald usually returned to the hotel around midnight.

Stuckey had been seeking a Fair Play for Cuba Committee representative for his Latin Listening Post radio program before learning about Oswald.

Decides to stand for the Labour leadership after the death of Hugh Gaitskell.

Wins the first leadership ballot with 115 votes against George Brown's 88 and James Callaghan's 41.

Wins the second leadership ballot against George Brown and becomes Leader of the Labour Party.

Oswald pleaded guilty to the disturbing-the-peace charge arising from the August 9 confrontation and paid a ten-dollar fine.

Learns of US bombing of Communists in Kampuchea but allows their Embassy to reopen

FBI correspondence changed the office of origin for the Lee Harvey Oswald investigation from New Orleans to Dallas.

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

The only person in Parliament to vote against the General Law Amendment Act

Those arrested can be held for 90 days without any rights. The General Law Amendment Act waives the right of habeas corpus. South Africa becomes a dictatorial police state under the General Law Amendment Act

Begins the Lenart Government in Prague and serves as Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia.

Johnson used the phrase "let us continue" to frame his commitment to carry forward the national program begun under President Kennedy.

King completes his defence of nonviolent direct action while imprisoned in Birmingham.

Writes Letter from Birmingham Jail, defending nonviolent civil disobedience against unjust laws.

McCone wrote Henry Cabot Lodge, opposing Edward Lansdale as Saigon station chief while agreeing to find a replacement for John Richardson if required.

Appointed Lieutenant General to command I Corps

After reaching New Orleans, Lee stayed temporarily with his aunt Lillian Murret while searching for work.

Witnesses conclude that Oswald speaks little or no Spanish, consistent with notes later found among his travel materials.

The Limited Test Ban Treaty enters into force after ratification by the three original parties.

Soviet, American and British negotiators initial the Limited Test Ban Treaty after intensive Moscow talks.

Signs the United States instrument of ratification for the Limited Test Ban Treaty.

The United States, Soviet Union and Great Britain sign the Limited Test Ban Treaty.

Hosts the signing of the Limited Test Ban Treaty by the Soviet Union, United States and United Kingdom.

Mrs. Kennedy looked to Abraham Lincoln's funeral for precedent when shaping the ceremonial arrangements for President Kennedy's state funeral.

Linnie Mae Randle told Paine that the Texas School Book Depository might need additional order fillers because Randle's brother had recently been hired there.

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.

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

Fritz questioned Oswald about the long package seen by Frazier and Linnie Mae Randle; Oswald denied carrying such a package to work.

Oswald registered with the Louisiana Department of Labor on April 26, 1963, seeking work in photography, shipping, or darkroom occupations.

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

Mrs. Kennedy departed the Capitol with members of the Kennedy family after the formal lying-in-state ceremony.

Becomes manager and helps shape the Rolling Stones's rebellious public image.

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

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.

FBI correspondence transferred responsibility for the Marina Oswald case from New Orleans to Dallas, where Hosty was already handling related inquiries.

After locating the Oswalds, Hosty decided not to conduct a detailed interview with Marina immediately and continued the investigation through other sources.

Marina Oswald and her children lived at Paine's home on West Fifth Street while Lee Oswald rented rooms in Dallas.

Hosty's October 30 inquiry established that Marina Oswald was living with Ruth Paine in Irving.

Paine invited Marina Oswald and her daughter to stay at her Irving home while Lee Oswald went to New Orleans seeking employment.

John Lennon marries Cynthia Lennon at Mount Pleasant

Oswald uses proof of marriage to Soviet citizen Marina Oswald as evidence supporting his request for onward travel.

Fritz questioned Oswald about communism and Marxism; Oswald described his political views and discussed his Fair Play for Cuba position.

Fritz asked whether Oswald was a Communist; Oswald described himself instead as a Marxist and discussed his Fair Play for Cuba views.

Special Forces raided and vandalised Buddhist pagodas across the country, arresting thousands of monks and causing a death toll estimated to be in the hundreds

Introduced to Marina Oswald and Lee Harvey Oswald by George De Mohrenschildt

Mexican officials temporarily remove Oswald from the bus at the border because of an alleged irregularity in his tourist papers.

The Mexican consulate in New Orleans issued Oswald a tourist card on September 17, 1963, for travel to Mexico City.

Fritz's interrogation covered Oswald's political associations and foreign travel as investigators examined his recent Mexico City contacts.

The bus carrying Oswald reaches Mexico City at about 10 a.m., roughly fifteen minutes behind schedule.

The draft letter was the first information Paine encountered indicating that Oswald had visited Mexico City and contacted the Soviet diplomatic mission there.

Oswald later describes sightseeing during the period when he was no longer occupied continuously with visa applications.

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

Oswald tells Mrs. Twiford that he cannot wait for her husband's return because he says he is flying to Mexico.

McFarland hears Oswald say that he is traveling to Cuba through Mexico City during the bus journey toward Laredo.

Oswald applied for a Mexican tourist card as he prepared a trip that he hoped would enable travel through Cuba to the Soviet Union.

Marina later testifies that Oswald returned disappointed and discouraged because his effort to reach Cuba had failed.

After cashing the unemployment check, Oswald has about $200 available for his trip through Mexico.

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

At Monterrey, Oswald and other passengers transfer to relief bus 373 for the continuing journey toward Laredo.

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.

The Soviet Union and United States agree to establish a direct communications link between their governments.

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

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

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.

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.

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The motorcade route is published is published in both Dallas newspapers. The motorcade route is described in both Dallas newspapers

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

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

After returning to Texas, Oswald tells Marina that he visited museums during his stay in Mexico City.

Johnson appealed for national unity after the assassination and said Americans could derive strength rather than weakness from their differences.

The Baathist government increases state control over banks and major economic sectors

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

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

The Oswald family moved to 214 West Neely Street on March 3, 1963, carrying their belongings without hired assistance.

Hosty determined that Lee and Marina Oswald were living at 214 Neely Street while he was working to locate Marina for the FBI.

During coffee with neighbors on October 14, Paine discussed Oswald's unemployment while Marina Oswald was present.

He claims that Ferrie knew Oswald from their days in the New Orleans Civil Air Patrol, and that Ferrie might have taught Oswald how to use a rifle with a telescopic sight.

Jack Martin tells authorities and reporters that anti-Castro activist David Ferrie had been involved in the assassination.

Martin also claimed that Ferrie drove to Texas on the day of Kennedys assassination, to serve as a getaway pilot for the assassins.

He claims that Ferrie knew Oswald from their days in the New Orleans Civil Air Patrol, and that Ferrie might have taught Oswald how to use a rifle with a telescopic sight.

Jack Martin tells authorities and reporters that anti-Castro activist David Ferrie had been involved in the assassination.

Martin also claimed that Ferrie drove to Texas on the day of Kennedys assassination, to serve as a getaway pilot for the assassins.

Mrs. McFarland hears information indicating that Oswald had left New Orleans during the previous afternoon.

Oswald wrote the Fair Play for Cuba Committee requesting authority to create a New Orleans chapter and offered to rent a small office at his own expense.

Paine paid the travel and related expenses when she transported Marina Oswald and her child to rejoin Lee Oswald in New Orleans.

Paine stayed with the Oswald family during part of her May trip to New Orleans before returning to Texas.

Ruby traveled to New York in August 1963 while dealing with American Guild of Variety Artists problems and seeking entertainment talent for his clubs.

Performs at Newport Folk Festival during his folk breakthrough.

The Ninth Kuomintang National Congress renews his party leadership as Taiwan balances economic development with continuing security confrontation across the strait.

Hosty later testified that he conducted no active investigative work on the Oswald case between November 5 and the assassination.

The Commission finds no airline record supporting the claim that Oswald diverted from his bus journey to visit Austin.

The Commission finds evidence that Oswald never visited the Cuban airline office whose details appeared in his address book.

On reaching Mexico City, Oswald has neither a regular Cuban visa nor an in-transit Cuban visa.

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

Witnesses at the hotel and nearby restaurant report seeing Oswald alone rather than in the company of known associates.

The Commission finds no evidence that Osborne and Oswald knew each other before sharing the bus journey.

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

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

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.

Oswald rented a room at 1026 North Beckley Avenue on October 14, 1963, registering under the name O. H. Lee.

Transportes del Norte bus 332 leaves Mexico City at about 8:30 a.m. with Oswald aboard.

George Harrison signs a 5 year publishing deal with Northern Songs Ltd

Hosty later stated that a memorandum concerning Oswald's note was destroyed along with the original note after Oswald's death.

The Dallas FBI office reported Hosty's November 1 contact with Ruth Paine in an airtel sent to FBI headquarters.

Launches operation NSAM 273

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

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

Patrolman J. D. Tippit was assigned to patrol district 78 in the Oak Cliff area of Dallas during the daylight shift.

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

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

During a recorded consular telephone exchange, Oswald says that he needs visas in order to go to Odessa.

Johnson urged Americans to reject political fanaticism, bitterness, bigotry, hatred, and violence in the aftermath of Kennedy's assassination.

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

Truly stated that Oswald's work involved gathering books listed on orders and taking them to the first-floor shipping area.

Truly hired Oswald as an order filler after interviewing him at the Texas School Book Depository.

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

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

Discovers Oswald has been using an alias, AJ Hidell

Bringuier later testified that Oswald entered his store offering to train or assist Cubans fighting Fidel Castro.

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

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

Hosty recommended reopening the FBI security investigation of Lee Harvey Oswald, and the recommendation was accepted.

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

Approximately two or three weeks before the assassination, Oswald delivered a note addressed to Hosty at the Dallas FBI office.

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

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

Truly interviewed Lee Harvey Oswald at the Texas School Book Depository on October 15 after Ruth Paine had telephoned about possible work.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

WDSU broadcast a shortened version of Stuckey's Oswald interview on Latin Listening Post.

Johnson directed the Warren Commission to examine both Kennedy's assassination and the subsequent killing of accused assassin Lee Harvey Oswald.

Andrews informed the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) that three days earlier (on the day of the assassination of President Kennedy) he received a telephone call from a Clay Bertrand who asked him whether he would be willing to represent the suspected assassin of Kennedy, Lee Harvey Oswald

Andrews informed the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) that three days earlier (on the day of the assassination of President Kennedy) he received a telephone call from a Clay Bertrand who asked him whether he would be willing to represent the suspected assassin of Kennedy, Lee Harvey Oswald

A Secret Service report issued in December 1963, two weeks after the assassination of President Kennedy, stated that Dean Andrews said that Lee Harvey Oswald had visited Andrews office on approximately three occasions in June and.

July 1963, seeking legal advice from Andrews concerning his citizenship status, his wifes status and his undesirable discharge from the Marine Corps.

Andrews described his encounters with Oswald in testimony before the Warren Commission in July 1964.

Bringuier received Oswald's Marine guidebook when Oswald returned after their initial discussion of anti-Castro activity.

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

Hosty later recalled the Oswald note as complaining in tone and said he did not regard it as evidence that Oswald was prone to violence.

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.

Hosty later testified that the note remained in the Dallas FBI office after he received it rather than being treated as an immediate security threat.

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

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

Around midnight, Ruby attended the Dallas police press conference where Lee Harvey Oswald briefly appeared before reporters and television cameras.

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

Stuckey recorded a longer interview with Oswald about the Fair Play for Cuba Committee and Cuban political issues.

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

Marina joins Oswald at 4905 Magazine Street

Roberts rents a room to Lee Harvey Oswald

When Oswald appeared at the Paine home on October 4, he told Paine that he had been unsuccessful in finding work elsewhere.

Investigators traced the revolver seized from Oswald at the Texas Theatre and established that it had been purchased by and belonged to him.

According to Marina's testimony and the Warren Commission, Oswald fired a rifle at General Edwin Walker on April 10, 1963, but missed.

When Oswald telephoned that evening, Paine told him that Roy Truly had agreed to interview him at the Texas School Book Depository.

Hosty learned that Lee Harvey Oswald visited Marina at the Paine residence but was not living there during the working week.

Lee Oswald spent weekends with Marina and the children at Paine's Irving home while living near his job in Dallas during the week.

Truly described Oswald's normal work routine and his regular access to the sixth floor when investigators reconstructed events inside the Depository.

A fellow passenger remembers Oswald keeping his overhead light on to read during the late-night return bus journey.

Overthrown and killed after US officials indicate opposition to his rule

The day after returning from Mexico, Oswald applies for work as a typesetter trainee at Padgett Printing.

After midnight, Ruby visited the Pago Club, ordered a Coke, and questioned why the establishment remained open while the city mourned President Kennedy.

Stovall participated in the warrant search of Oswald's stored effects in the Paine garage as investigators sought additional physical and documentary evidence.

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

Moore joined Stovall and Rose in obtaining a search warrant for Oswald's effects stored at the Paine residence in Irving.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

bin Abdullah participates in parliamentary reform connected with Jordanian political and historical developments.

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

Oswald applied for a new United States passport while planning foreign travel that eventually developed into his September journey toward Mexico City and a hoped-for visit to Cuba.

The State Department routinely approved Oswald's passport application; the Warren Commission later found no evidence that special intervention accelerated its issuance.

Oswald returns to the Cuban diplomatic compound later in the day carrying passport photographs for his application.

Tippit patrolled alone in Dallas police car number 10, consistent with normal daytime assignments in residential districts.

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

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

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

Ruby conferred about a peace bond on November 21 that resulted from a dispute and fight involving one of his striptease performers.

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

Becomes the Rolling Stones's permanent drummer.

During the final morning interrogation, Fritz repeatedly asked Oswald to identify where the backyard rifle photograph had been taken, but Oswald refused.

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

Operation Plan 34A is announced at the Honolulu Conference. Approves action against North Vietnam by CIA supported South Vietnamese forces

Oswald tells Cuban consular staff that he intends to travel to Cuba on September 30.

Oswald states that he expects to remain in Cuba for about two weeks or longer before continuing toward the Soviet Union.

Pleads not guilty to sabotage and conspiracy charges.

Produces Please Please Me, the Beatles' debut album, recorded quickly after early singles success.

The United States signs the Polaris Sales Agreement with Britain to supply Polaris missile systems

The Polaris Sales Agreement is signed to implement the Nassau understanding between Britain and the United States

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

Dallas police brought Oswald into the basement on November 24 for his announced transfer to the county jail.

Connor orders police dogs and high-pressure hoses used against young demonstrators.

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

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

Kostikov is identified as one of the Soviet consular officials who may have dealt directly with Oswald's visa request.

The Warren Commission reports that Oswald spoke with either Yatskov or Valeriy Kostikov while seeking a Soviet visa.

Following the burial, Mrs. Kennedy returned to the White House, where foreign leaders and dignitaries attended a post-funeral reception.

Ruby visited a post office seeking the identity of the person renting a box listed on an "Impeach Earl Warren" billboard, but an employee refused to provide the information.

After the WDSU debate, Bringuier issued a press release urging citizens to seek a congressional investigation of Oswald.

After reaching Dallas, Oswald visits the employment commission and files another unemployment compensation claim.

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

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

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

Appointed President of Argentina

Appointed military junta exercising presidential authority in Ecuador

Appointed President of Nigeria

Appointed President of Nigeria, 1st Republic

Senghor is re-elected under the strengthened presidential system

After Kennedy's assassination, Johnson requested that his longtime pilot James Cross qualify to fly the Boeing 707 used as the main presidential aircraft.

Raul Leoni won the presidential election and prepared to succeed Romulo Betancourt.

Secret Service agent Clint Hill rides on the left front running board of the car behind the Presidential limousine, after the shot that hit the President in the back, Hill jumped off and to overtake the limousine

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

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

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

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

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

Oswald tells Australian passengers that he had stayed at the Hotel Cuba before, a claim the Commission considered false.

Becomes Prime Minister after Harold Macmillan resigns.

Takes office as Prime Minister of Finland and forms a government in Helsinki.

Mohammad Yusuf becomes prime minister and leads preparations for constitutional government.

Forms a Liberal minority government.

Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain

Appointed Prime Minister of Iceland

Levi Eshkol forms an Israeli Government. Appointed Prime Minister of Israel

Appointed Prime Minister of Japan, 3rd term

Kenyatta is appointed Prime Minister of the autonomous Kenyan Government, and is known as mzee (a Swahili word meaning old man or elder)

Appointed Prime Minister of Norway

Appointed Prime Minister of Norway, 3rd term

New constitutional settlement strengthens presidential rule after the Dia crisis

Mrs. Kennedy accompanied the funeral procession from Washington to Arlington National Cemetery for President Kennedy's burial.

King and Southern Christian Leadership Conference organisers begin Project C in Birmingham.

Faith 7 splashes down successfully, closing the crewed flight phase of Project Mercury after more than thirty-four hours in space.

HSCA records later noted an allegation that Marcos Diaz Lanz invited Sturgis to participate in a June 15, 1963, raid against Cuba.

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

CIA initiated the Purcell Panel to advise McCone on the future course of the National Reconnaissance Program and advanced technical collection.

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

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

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

bin Abdullah participates in regional diplomacy connected with Jordanian political and historical developments.

Lee applied to William B. Reily Company and listed two apparently fictitious references, Robert Hidell and J. Evans.

Lee began work at the Reily coffee company at 640 Magazine Street, earning $1.50 per hour.

Oswald again contacts the Soviet and Cuban diplomatic establishments after failing to secure the required visas on his first day.

Kerensky participates in republic declaration during his political career.

Despite a reminder in his dictionary, Oswald does not buy the Mexican phonograph records Marina had asked him to obtain.

CIA established a Research and Development Review Board to coordinate scientific and technical programs across Agency components during McCone's reorganization.

Resigns after three days of demonstrations and strikes bring down his government.

Israeli premier David Ben-Gurion resigns

Profumo resigns from the Government

Resigns before being exposed for lying to the Prime Minister in the House of Commons

Resigns as Prime Minister during the Conservative Party Conference in Blackpool

Daoud resigns after King Zahir Shah seeks constitutional government and reduced tension with Pakistan.

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

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

Oswald eats several inexpensive lunches at a small restaurant immediately beside the Hotel del Comercio.

Unable to communicate comfortably in Spanish, Oswald orders food at a nearby restaurant by pointing to the menu.

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

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

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

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

Oswald returned to the Dallas area after failing to obtain the Cuban and Soviet visas he had sought in Mexico City.

Oswald's Greyhound journey to Dallas passes through San Antonio and substantially follows the Interstate 35 corridor.

Oswald purchases international exchange orders for bus travel from Mexico City to Laredo and onward to Dallas.

Returns from the ceremonial head-of-state post to active work in the Central Committee Secretariat.

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

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

Is returned from Robben Island to Pretoria Local Prison.

After the overnight medical examination at Bethesda, Mrs. Kennedy returned to the White House as preparations for the state funeral continued.

The travel orders for Oswald's return journey cost $20.30, covering Mexican and United States bus segments.

Paine returned to Irving with Marina Oswald and her child on September 24, 1963.

Information obtained while locating Marina led Hosty to review the existing FBI security file on Lee Harvey Oswald.

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

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

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

Using the name A. J. Hidell, Oswald dated an order for a Smith & Wesson .38 revolver on January 27, 1963.

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

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

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

One Texas School Book Depository employee, Jack Dougherty, saw Oswald arrive inside the Texas School Book Depository, he claimed that Oswald had nothing in his hands

Oswald asked Buell Wesley Frazier, a co-worker, for a ride to Irving, saying he had to pick up some curtain rods, the next morning, after leaving $170 and his wedding ring, he returned to Dallas with Frazier, carrying a long paper bag with him

Linnie Mae Randle, Fraziers sister, sees Oswald at their house before their journey to the Texas School Book Depository

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

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

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

Fritz confronted Oswald with information linking him to a rifle purchased under the Hidell name; Oswald continued denying ownership of the weapon.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Remains incarcerated as the Rivonia prosecution develops.

Rejects the prosecution case during the Rivonia Trial.

Appears with other defendants in the developing Rivonia Trial.

Begins his first period of imprisonment on the island.

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

Charlie Watts officially joins the Rolling Stones

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

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

The Beatles appear on the Royal Command Performance

The Beatles appear on the Royal Command Performance

Paine's knowledge of Russian helped her converse with Marina Oswald, and the two women developed a friendship after their February introduction.

Oswald presents letters written in Russian as part of the documentary case supporting his visa application.

Ruth Paine telephoned the Texas School Book Depository on October 14 and spoke with Roy Truly about possible employment for Lee Harvey Oswald.

Lee Harvey Oswald rents a room in Dallas but stores some of his possessions in Ruth Paines garage

Faces sabotage charges carrying the possibility of a death sentence.

Becomes US ambassador during the crisis of the Diem regime

Mrs. Kennedy joined the President during the first stop of the Texas trip in San Antonio on November 21.

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

Police brought Oswald back to Fritz's office for an evening interrogation that included renewed questioning about the rifle photographs and related evidence.

Investigators questioned Oswald during three interrogation sessions on November 23, totaling about three hours.

Profumo resigns from the Government

Herbert Scoville left the research directorate, prompting McCone to reorganize CIA's science and technology structure and seek new leadership.

William Scoggins viewed a police lineup on November 23 and identified Oswald as the man he had seen near the Tippit shooting.

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

Oswald's travel agency reservation assigns seat 12 for the northbound Transportes del Norte journey.

Oswald returned to Bringuier's store and left his Marine guidebook after discussing possible assistance to opponents of Fidel Castro.

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

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

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

Truly gave investigators an account of the second-floor encounter involving Baker and Oswald shortly after President Kennedy was shot.

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

Hosty interviewed Paine again on November 5 while continuing the FBI inquiry into Oswald.

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

By the end of September 28, Oswald has still failed to obtain either Soviet entry permission or a Cuban in-transit visa.

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.

Warren's commission obtained and reviewed Secret Service material concerning the Dallas motorcade, presidential protection, the assassination, and subsequent investigative work.

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

Self-immolates in protest against the Diem government's treatment of Buddhists

His self-immolation intensifies US concern over the Diem government

Paine arrived in New Orleans on September 20 to visit Marina and prepare for Marina and her child to return with her to Texas.

Becomes Labour's shadow spokesman for education after Harold Wilson assumes the leadership.

Produces She Loves You, one of the breakthrough singles of Beatlemania.

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

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

Jack Ruby shot Oswald in the Dallas police basement at about 11:21 a.m. on November 24, 1963, during his transfer to the county jail.

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

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

Truly stated that Oswald went to the sixth floor many times each day to obtain books required for customer orders.

Answers parliamentary questions on public information about smoking and lung cancer during his final year as Minister of Health.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

into the TSBD.

At Sol's Turf Bar, Ruby argued about Dallas and the assassination and displayed photographs of the "Impeach Earl Warren" billboard he had investigated.

McCone joined Kennedy, McNamara, Robert Kennedy, and Bundy in reviewing the rapidly developing coup situation and American responsibilities in South Vietnam.

McCone completed discussions in Saigon and found weak governmental leadership, uncertain military progress, and serious shortcomings in reporting on the counterinsurgency.

Oswald brings Marina a bracelet bearing her name, although the Commission doubts that the item was actually purchased in Mexico.

Oswald visits the Soviet diplomatic compound and seeks a visa for entry into the Soviet Union.

During the WDSU debate, Oswald was confronted publicly with his years in the Soviet Union, weakening his effort to present the FPCC as a local political movement.

Hosty receives reporting about Oswald's Mexico City contacts.

The FBI learned that Oswald had recently communicated with the Soviet Embassy in Washington and routed the information through normal Bureau channels.

Hosty received FBI information that afternoon concerning Oswald's recent communication with the Soviet Embassy in Washington.

Paine discovered a draft of Oswald's letter to the Soviet Embassy on November 10 that referred to his recent visit to Mexico City.

A caller later identified as Oswald telephones the Soviet Embassy at about 10:37 a.m. seeking consular assistance for visas.

Duran telephones the Soviet Embassy to determine the status of Oswald's request for permission to enter the Soviet Union.

During his Mexico City visit, Oswald went to the Soviet Embassy and unsuccessfully sought a Soviet visa.

Oswald presents his previous Soviet residence as supporting evidence while seeking permission to travel through Cuba.

Oswald fails to obtain a Soviet visa during his initial visit to the Soviet diplomatic compound.

Oswald shows a Russian-language work permit from his Soviet residence while pressing his Cuban visa request.

Oswald asks another passenger how to say a simple offer of help in Spanish when two women board with heavy luggage.

Kennedy visits West Berlin "Ich bin ein Berliner" (I am a Berliner)

Makes the "I have a dream speech"

Mrs. Kennedy attended the Requiem Mass for President Kennedy at St. Matthew's Cathedral with her children, family members, and international dignitaries.

Responded immediately after receiving the stat alarm that President Kennedy was being brought to Parkland Hospital.

Jacqueline Kennedy took an active role in planning the state funeral, drawing on historical precedent and ceremonial traditions.

State of siege proclaimed in Iran, Ayatollah Khomeini arrested

Oswald struck McDonald and a close struggle began as the patrolman and other officers attempted to control and disarm him.

Bringuier's information helped William Stuckey locate Oswald for a radio interview about the Fair Play for Cuba Committee.

The commission chaired by Warren received statutory authority to compel testimony and evidence when Congress enacted Public Law 88-202.

Sworn in as 36th President of the United States after the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

Paine and Marina Oswald corresponded while the Oswalds lived in New Orleans, discussing Marina's family circumstances and marital difficulties.

Oswald was brought from jail to Fritz's office for the final questioning session attended by Dallas detectives and federal investigators before the planned transfer.

Oswald underwent a final period of questioning on November 24 before his planned transfer from the city jail to the county jail.

Marina and her child lived with Paine for a little over two weeks while Oswald sought work in New Orleans.

Performs with Vance Arnold and the Avengers as a support act for the Rolling Stones at Sheffield City Hall.

Johnson called for early passage of Kennedy's pending tax bill, arguing that continuing the measure would advance the late President's economic program.

When Fritz asked about a taxi, Oswald acknowledged leaving the stalled bus, taking a cab toward Oak Cliff, and paying an eighty-five-cent fare.

Used-car salesman Ted Callaway heard the shooting and saw the armed gunman pass nearby while fleeing toward Jefferson Boulevard.

Paine telephoned the Texas School Book Depository and spoke with superintendent Roy Truly about possible employment for Oswald.

Local television news filmed Oswald's Fair Play for Cuba Committee leafleting, giving his pro-Castro campaign wider public exposure.

McCone warned that a proposed test ban could constrain American weapons development without adequate assurance that prohibited Soviet activity would be detected.

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.

Jacqueline Kennedy accompanied President Kennedy when he left Washington on November 21, 1963, for a two-day political trip through Texas.

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".

Tom Alyea, newsreel photographer for WFAA-TV Dallas, was present in the TSBD during the search by the police.

WFAA-TV cameraman Tom Alyea is on the 6th floor of the Depository photographing the recovery Oswalds rifle.

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

At the moment of the assassination, Bowers was operating the Union Terminal Companys two-story interlocking tower, overlooking the parking lot just north of the grassy knoll and west of the Texas School Book Depository, has an unobstructed view of the rear of the concrete pergola and the stockade fence at the top of the grassy knoll

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

Ochus Campbell, the vicepresident of the Texas School Book Depository Company, was standing with Roy Truly on the north side of Elm Street, about 30 feet from the front entrance to the Texas School Book Depository. Campbell says he ran toward a grassy knoll to the west of the building, where he thought the sniper had hidden

One Texas School Book Depository employee, Jack Dougherty, saw Oswald arrive inside the Texas School Book Depository, he claimed that Oswald had nothing in his hands

Visits Ruth Paine & learns Oswalds address & job at the Texas School Book Depository

Claims to have heard three gunshots come from directly over their head in the Texas School Book Depository Building , and that plaster dust fell from the ceiling

Claims to have heard three gunshots come from directly over their head in the Texas School Book Depository Building , and that plaster dust fell from the ceiling

Through Ruth Paine Oswald found a job filling book orders at the Texas School Book Depository, where he started work on October 16

Linnie Mae Randle, Fraziers sister, sees Oswald at their house before their journey to the Texas School Book Depository

Oswald is hired by Roy Truly at Texas School Book Depository

Officer who first sees Oswalds rifle behind some boxes on the 6th floor of the Texas School Book Depository

Claims to have heard three gunshots come from directly over their head in the Texas School Book Depository Building , and that plaster dust fell from the ceiling

Dallas police arrested Oswald inside the Texas Theatre at approximately 1:50 p.m. on November 22, 1963.

Oswald entered the Texas Theatre without purchasing a ticket while police searched the Oak Cliff area for Tippit's killer.

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.

McDonald entered the theatre from the rear with other officers after the radio call reported a suspicious man inside.

Police searching for Tippit's killer converged on the Texas Theatre after receiving information that a suspicious man had entered without buying a ticket.

Releases The Freewheelin Bob Dylan and becomes known as a songwriter.

Releases The Freewheelin Bob Dylan.

Works on political material later central to The Times They Are a-Changin.

Hill accompanied the police transport carrying Oswald from the Texas Theatre to headquarters after the Oak Cliff arrest.

McDonald moved through the main-floor seating area checking patrons while officers searched both levels of the theatre.

At headquarters, Fritz learned that the man arrested at the Texas Theatre was the same Lee Harvey Oswald reported missing from the Depository.

Jacqueline Kennedy gave journalist Theodore H. White an interview on November 29, 1963, one week after the assassination.

The assassination suspect description was broadcast again at about 12:55 p.m. while Tippit remained on patrol in central Oak Cliff.

Completed the principal chest and back operation on Governor Connally at approximately 3:20 p.m.

Took charge of Connally's care because the Governor's major chest wound fell within Shaw's thoracic-surgery specialty.

Mooney located three empty cartridge cases near the southeast sixth-floor window and recognized the surrounding cartons as a probable firing position.

The Warren Commission concluded that Oswald shot and killed Dallas Patrolman J. D. Tippit at about 1:16 p.m. on November 22.

Markham viewed a Dallas Police lineup and identified Oswald as the man she had seen shoot Patrolman Tippit.

Dallas authorities charged Oswald with the murder of Patrolman J. D. Tippit on the evening of November 22, 1963.

Fritz signed the complaint charging Oswald with the murder of Patrolman J. D. Tippit shortly before the 7:10 p.m. arraignment.

When Benavides reached Tippit after the shooting, the officer was lying on his own revolver, which was out of its holster.

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.

Oswald buys postcards showing bullfights and tourist attractions and later brings them back to Marina.

Entered trauma room 1 during resuscitation and assisted Malcolm Perry with President Kennedy's tracheotomy.

Estimated that the emergency tracheotomy took approximately three to five minutes.

Faces a general strike that develops into the Trois Glorieuses uprising against his government.

Paine's station wagon carried the Oswald family's possessions from New Orleans to Texas when Marina returned to live in Irving.

A travel agency reserves Oswald a seat on Transportes del Norte bus 332 scheduled to leave Mexico City on October 2.

Assumed direction of President Kennedy's treatment shortly after arriving in trauma room 1.

Arrived with Malcolm Perry and Robert McClelland during the emergency treatment of President Kennedy.

Participated in the respiratory component of the resuscitation effort in trauma room 1.

Remained with Governor Connally in trauma room 2 when Charles Carrico left to help treat President Kennedy.

Was lifted onto a stretcher and taken into Parkland trauma room 2 for treatment of his gunshot wounds.

The Bundestag ratifies the Franco-German Treaty

Mandela is sentenced to life imprisonment

Opening day of the Nelson Mandela trial, the Rivonia Trial. Mandela is indicted with sabotage & conspiracy

Mandela & Sisulu are accused of 222 acts of sabotage

Main witness for the state against Mandela

Mandela & Sisulu are accused of 222 acts of sabotage

Mandela & Sisulu are accused of 222 acts of sabotage

At the moment of the assassination Bowers was operating the Union Terminal Companys two-story interlocking tower overlooking the parking lot just north of the grassy knoll and west of the Texas School Book Depository

Sees four men between his tower and Elm Street a middle-aged man and a younger man standing 10 to 15 feet apart near the Triple Underpass who did not seem to know each other

and one or two uniformed parking lot attendants.

has an unobstructed view of the rear of the concrete pergola and the stockade fence at the top of the grassy knoll

Oswald asks Mrs. Twiford how her husband obtained his name and address from Socialist Labor Party contacts.

During the journey west, Oswald telephones the home of Socialist Labor Party member Horace Elroy Twiford.

Ruby promoted his twistboard exercise device at the Texas Products Show during the first week of November 1963, using one of his dancers to demonstrate it.

Enacts legislation to "break the back" of Umkhonto

McCone recommended that the United States disassociate itself from unauthorized Cuban exile raids and take steps to prevent their continuation.

Paine testified that she did not know a rifle was among the Oswald possessions stored in her garage after the move from New Orleans.

Oswald cashes his unemployment check at a store near Magazine Street, increasing the funds available for his journey.

Oswald collects a $33 Texas unemployment compensation check from his New Orleans post office box before beginning his Mexico trip.

Oswald unexpectedly returned to the Paine home on Thursday, November 21, rather than making his customary Friday trip to Irving.

Truly assisted police as the search moved into the upper floors where officers soon found evidence connected with the shooting.

Rejects American economic and military aid and expels American diplomats

Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space during the Soviet Vostok programme.

Changed Kennedy from intermittent positive-pressure breathing equipment to an anesthesia machine for better control of artificial ventilation.

Joined the group of officials and Secret Service agents protecting Vice President Johnson inside Parkland Hospital.

Johnson's succession to the presidency left the vice presidency vacant, because existing law provided no mechanism for appointing a replacement vice president.

Sonny Liston knocks out Floyd Patterson in the first round for a 2nd time in 1 year

Sonny Liston knocks out Floyd Patterson in the first round for a 2nd time in 1 year

The Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage is adopted under IAEA auspices.

McCone returned from Vietnam more discouraged about the war and increasingly doubtful that South Vietnamese leadership could carry its share of the burden.

McCone rejected a pessimistic draft national estimate on South Vietnam and directed further consultation, producing a final estimate with a more optimistic assessment.

McCone resisted proposals that would weaken CIA control of its Saigon station while officials debated Ambassador Lodge's authority and possible leadership changes.

McCone told President Johnson that there were more reasons for pessimism than optimism in South Vietnam and that the new military government had not demonstrated effective leadership.

Virginia Davis heard the shots and saw the armed man cross the lawn near 10th and Patton while leaving the area.

Duran forwards Oswald's completed Cuban visa application to Havana for consideration by the Cuban authorities.

Duran receives Oswald's application for a Cuban in-transit visa intended to permit travel onward toward the Soviet Union.