JFK 50th Anniversary of Assassination

7. Lt. John F. Kennedy, 1942

13. The President and Mrs. Kennedy
in Love Field, Dallas, TX.

14. Kennedy’s Limousine arrives at
Dealey Plaza, 12:30 p.m.
• Seated in rear: Mr. & Mrs. Kennedy
• Seated in Front: Mr. & Mrs. John Connally

16. Gunfire sounded as the car passed the Texas
School Book Depository
• Gunfire struck the President in the neck and head. Gov.
Connally was also struck.

17. Walter Cronkite, CBS Anchor,
Nov. 22, 1963

18. Lyndon Johnson was sworn in as
President on Air Force One

19. Snapshot of Lee Harvey
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Lee Harvey Oswald, a recently hired employee of
the Texas Book Depository, was arrested for the
assassination of President Kennedy

20. Jack Ruby, a night club owner in Dallas, killed
Oswald on Nov. 24 in what many believe was a
cover-up.
• Oswald’s assassination while being transferred to county
jail in Dallas. It was aired on live TV.

21. Why did Jack Ruby kill Oswald?

22. The Warren Commission was formed to
investigate the assassination of JFK

23. By-stander Abraham Zapruder
captured the assassination of
President Kennedy on his camcorder
• Abraham Zapruder (right) describes to WFAA-TV's Jay
Watson the President's head wound on live television hours
after the assassination

24. Film: JFK
• Starring Kevin Costner and directed by Olive Stone, the
1991 film JFK revived America’s interest in the Kennedy
Assassination.

25. What conspiracies have you heard
about Kennedy’s Assassination?

26. Jack Ruby kills
Lee Harvey Oswald

27. November 22, 1963

29. Snapshot of Lee Harvey Oswald
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30. The Kennedys waving to people of Dallas, Texas moments before the
President was shot.
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31. • The U.S. House of Representatives Select
Committee on Assassinations (1978) re-opened
the investigation of President Kennedy’s
assassination and concluded that the President was
very likely assassinated as a result of a conspiracy.