Nov. 22, 1963: The Death of a President

CBS News ^ | November 22, 2010 | David S Morgan

[NEWwoman]

Remembering the Fateful Day in Dallas When President John F. Kennedy Was Assassinated

CBS) It seems so long ago, and so recent.

Those of a certain age will remember where they were 47 years ago today when they heard about the shots ringing out in Dallas. Subsequent assassinations of public figures did not quell the pain felt by the nation when President John F. Kennedy was killed, less than three years after entering office, at the age of 46.

Shortly after noon on November 22, 1963, President Kennedy was waving to the cheering crowd as his motorcade passed the Texas School Book Depository on Elm Street when gunfire was heard.

The president slumped into the back seat of his open limousine with gaping wounds in his head and neck.

He lost consciousness immediately.

JFK: The Assassination (Photos)

A third bullet tore through the chest and arm of Texas Governor John B. Connally, Jr, who was riding in the limo along with the Kennedys.

The car sped to nearby Parkland Hospital where the president, 46, was pronounced dead 30 minutes later.

The governor's wounds were severe but not fatal. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, seated next to her husband, was not injured.

Two hours after the shooting, police arrested Lee Harvey Oswald and charged him with murder.

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[pj_627]

I was twelve years old and in the seventh grade. I was in band practice when someone from the office came in and told Mr. Wiggenbottom (always giggled behind his back about his name, I remember him as a really nice man)...but, he was told, and then we all went back to our rooms. Sat at our desks....wasn’t too long til usual bell. Then I walked home.

I remember my mom crying. Our family was military and definitely Republican, but he was OUR president, and we cried. Then, for several days, a haze of tv....lying on the floor and watching tv. That’s when I became a news junkie, I think, during those days and weeks after Kennedy was murdered. So long ago....and I still remember all the details.

pattyjo

[Exit148]

I was out in the car, with talk radio on, when I heard the stunning news. I had to stop at a store on the way home and the fact that people were chatting and talking amazed me .Didn’t they know??!! When I got home, I raced to the radio to listen ——— and FORGOT to turn the TV on!

[dfwgator]

I work down the street from Dealey Plaza. All of the Conspiracy Kooks are out in full force today.

[Le Chien Rouge]

There are theories out on the web that have everyone from Dan Rather,Richard Nixon and George H Bush in the grassy knoll.

[Joe 6-pack]

"My mom remembers Pearl Harbor. It’s burned in her mind...My kids will never forget 9-11."

The first such day of my life was January 28, 1986 when the Challenger exploded.

[ArrogantBustard]

Where did that thing come from?

If that "thing" is the UZI, it was in a briefcase. Wider angle shots of that scene showed the open briefcase(s) on the ground.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Sitting in Sister Mary Karen's 6th grade class when Sister Elizabeth came on the loudspeaker and said President Kennedy had been shot.

Could hear little girls screaming all over the building.

[dfwgator]

This has the CBS Coverage as it happened, starting with As the World Turns, which started at 12:30, just minutes before the first bulletins.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oiznn7id7zg&feature=&p=5834EA24A47EB726&index=0&playnext=1

[Joe 6-pack]

"Where did that thing come from?"

Israel ;-)

[ShadowAce]

I was alive and thinking all day "Only another month and I'm blowing this joint"

Come Christmas-time and my parents had their first child....

[dfwgator]

“Well after all, it was you and me.”

[evets]

“Terror is not a new weapon.
Throughout history it has been used by those who could not prevail,
either by persuasion or example.
But inevitably they fail,
either because men are not afraid to die for a life worth living,
or because the terrorists themselves came to realize
that free men cannot be frightened by threats,
and that aggression would meet its own response.
And it is in the light of that history that every nation today should know,
be he friend or foe,
that the United States has both the will and the weapons
to join free men in standing up to their responsibilities.”

JFK 9/25/61 (General Assembly of the United Nations)

[Thermalseeker]

Anticommunist and not afraid to use troops for America’s national interest

I think there are a few thousand Cubans who were on a beach in southern Cuba in April of 1961 who would disagree with that statement.....

[Reagan Man]

JFK was a liberal Democrat and an icon to lefties everywhere. His assassination made him a martyr.

If JFK had lived, he would have been no different then his brothers, RFK and Fat TeddyK!

[GeorgeSaden]

Lee Harvey Oswald circa 1963, holding a Marxist newspaper (LIFE)

[a fool in paradise]

Remembering that fateful day when Dan Rather rose to prominence for jumping the gun and taking a leap of faith to declare that JFK had died.

[a fool in paradise]

Ted Kennedy stood with the Soviets unlike John.

[ArrogantBustard]

Briefcase in gutter, right side of picture.

[NEWwoman]

thanks for the historic link.

[dfwgator]

Remembering that fateful day when Dan Rather rose to prominence for jumping the gun and taking a leap of faith to declare that JFK had died.

That was based on the reports he got from CBS affiliate KRLD reporter Eddie Barker. Barker was the first to say that the President was dead.