Grassy Knoll
Testifies to the Warren Commission that one or more shots came from the grassy knoll
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Grassy Knoll
Buell Wesley Frazier, Billy Lovelady and Otis Williams, three men who were standing on the front steps of the Texas School Book Depository, directly underneath the supposed snipers nest, claimed that all the shots came from the general direction of the grassy knoll
Grassy Knoll
Testifies to the Warren Commission that one or more shots came from the grassy knoll
Harold Tannenbaum Association
The HSCA reported that Ruby knew New Orleans nightclub figure Harold Tannenbaum and was considering a business partnership with him during the fall of 1963.
Hud
Stars in "Hud"
Hud
Stars in "Hud"
Hud
Directs "Hud"
Investigation Closed
The FBI and Secret Service inquiry into Ferrie's possible association with Oswald was closed after investigators found insufficient evidence against Ferrie.
Knowledge of Murret Activities
The HSCA established that Oswald knew about his uncle Charles Murret's underworld activities while living in New Orleans.
La Ricotta
Plays a film director in La Ricotta
Lady In Red
A voice-over then says that "an actuary of the British newspaper The Sunday Times calculated the probability that all these people who witnessed the assassination would die within that period of time to be 100,000 trillion to one"
Lady In Red
Hill apparently always thought of herself as a survivor after many of the other witnesses to the assassination died shortly after President Kennedys death under what some considered to be mysterious circumstances.
Lady In Red
Hill stated that she received death threats and that the brake lines of her automobile were cut after the assassination.
Lady In Red
The assertions of the mysterious deaths connected with the assassination became a much more well known part of the popular conspiracy debate after appearing in the epilogue of the film Executive Action, which purports to show how a conspiracy could have been carried out.
Lady In Red
The films epilogue states that "of 18 witnesses: all but two of whom died from unnatural causes within three years of the assassination".
Magic Bullet
Posits that a single bullet, known as "Warren Commission Exhibit 399" (also known as "CE399"), caused all of the non-fatal wounds in both President Kennedy and Texas Governor John Connally. A one-inch-long copper-jacketed lead-core 6.5-millimeter rifle bullet fired from the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository passed through Kennedys neck and Connallys chest wrist and embedded itself in the Governors thigh
Magic Bullet
The Magic Bullet theory is contributed to the Warren Commission by Arlen Specter posits that a single bullet, "Warren Commission Exhibit 399", caused all of the non-fatal wounds in both President Kennedy and Texas Governor John Connally.
Magic Bullet
The bullet that is supposed to have done all the damage was found on a stretcher in the corridor at the Parkland Memorial Hospital, in Dallas, after the assassination.
Magic Bullet
The bullet that is supposed to have done all this damage was found on a stretcher in the corridor at the Parkland Memorial Hospital, in Dallas, after the assassination.
Magic Bullet
The bullet traversed 15 layers of clothing, 7 layers of skin, and approximately 15 inches of tissue, struck a necktie knot, removed 4 inches of rib, and shattered a radius bone.
Mandate
Publication of "Mandate for Change"
Mandate for Change
Publication of "Mandate for Change"
Mannlicher-Carcano Gun
The rifle was sent to the FBI laboratory, where Sebastian Latona found that there was nothing visible in the way of any latent prints on there. Latona applied silver nitrate to the bag, and discovered two partial prints that were matched to records of Oswalds prints
Mannlicher-Carcano Gun
The rifle was sent to the FBI laboratory, where Sebastian Latona found that there was nothing visible in the way of any latent prints on there. Latona applied silver nitrate to the bag, and discovered two partial prints that were matched to records of Oswalds prints
Memories of El Monte
Co-writes and produces the Penguins single Memories of El Monte with Ray Collins.
Mercury 22 Orbits
Cooper completes twenty-two Earth orbits during Faith 7, making the longest and final crewed flight of Project Mercury.
Motorcade Route
Victoria Adams was watching the motorcade from a window on the fourth floor of the Texas School Book Depository. She believed the sound came from toward the right of the building, rather than from the left and above as it must have been according to subsequent information disseminated by the news services
Multilateral Force
Kennedy promotes alliance nuclear consultation while seeking to discourage separate national nuclear forces
Multilateral Force
McNamara favours greater allied coordination over nuclear forces and questions the military value of separate national systems
Nation of Islam
When asked to comment upon the assassination of John F. Kennedy, replies it was a case of "chickens coming home to roost," and added that "Chickens coming home to roost never made me sad. It only made me glad."
Nation of Islam
When asked to comment upon the assassination of John F. Kennedy, replies it was a case of "chickens coming home to roost," and added that "Chickens coming home to roost never made me sad. It only made me glad."
Navy Secretary
Appointed Navy Secretary
Newport Folk Festival
Helps bring Dylan to a wider folk audience at Newport.
Nobel Prize
Shares the Nobel Prize in Physics for contributions to nuclear and particle theory, especially symmetry principles.
Nuclear Pact
France refuses to join the Anglo-American nuclear pact
Nuclear Power
France refuses to join the Anglo-American nuclear pact. Agrees to sell Polaris to Britain
On Revolution
Publication of "On Revolution". Publication of "Eichman In Jerusalem"
Polaris
Kennedy administration officials continue work on converting the Nassau settlement into detailed supply arrangements
Polaris
Agrees to sell Polaris to Britain
Postmaster General
Appointed Postmaster General
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