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Parkland Hospital in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Parkland Hospital in United States of America. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

3 records3 event labels2 people1963–1963

Historical events in Parkland Hospital

1963

22 November 1963
Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy
John Fitzgerald Kennedy · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

22 November 1963
Autopsy
John Fitzgerald Kennedy · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

22 November 1963
Parkland Assignment
James Patrick Hosty, Jr · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

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

Provenance

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