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Kennedy Assassination

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On November 24, 1963, Jack Ruby was arrested for murdering Lee Harvey Oswald, who had been arrested on charges of assassinating President Kennedy and murdering a Dallas police officer two days earlier.

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Jack Ruby

Who Was Jack Ruby? Jacob Rubenstein, later known as Jack Ruby, was born in Chicago in 1911, the son of Polish immigrants. Official records list conflicting dates for Ruby’s birth; however, he used March 25, 1911, on his driver’s license. Did you know? In 2009, the gray fedora worn by Jack Ruby when he shot […]

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Earl Warren

Early Life and Career Born March 19, 1891, in Los Angeles to working-class Scandinavian immigrants (his father worked for Southern Pacific Railroad), Warren grew up in Bakersfield, California, working summer jobs in railroading. He attended the University of California, Berkeley, where he received both his undergraduate and law degrees, and began practicing private law in […]

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Chief Justice Earl Warren and other Washington luminaries at a table. The Warren Commission was appointed by President Johnson to investigate the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

Warren Commission

Warren Commission: President Kennedy is assassinated The 46-year-old Kennedy was shot while traveling in a motorcade in an open-top limousine as it passed the Texas School Book Depository Building in downtown Dallas at approximately 12:30 p.m. First lady Jacqueline Kennedy, Texas Governor John Connally (1917-1993) and his wife Nellie were riding with the president, and […]

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CLEVELAND, OH - NOVEMBER 24, 1963: Action during a game on November 24, 1963 between the Dallas Cowboys and the Cleveland Browns at Municipal Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio. There was some dispute as to whether this game should have been played or not to properly honor of President of the United States John F. Kennedy, who was assassinated two days ago in Dallas, Texas. (Photo by: Henry Barr Collection/Diamond Images/Getty Images)

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Two Days After JFK’s Assassination, the Dallas Cowboys Faced Backlash

The team was heckled and cursed at by Browns fans in Cleveland, where the Cowboys lost ‘a game that nobody was interested in playing.’

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A view through a rifle scope aimed from the window of the Texas Schoolbook Depository shows a convertible car during a Warren Report story in 1967. (Credit: CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images)

What Physics Reveals About the JFK Assassination

A study suggests the ‘grassy knoll’ JFK assassination theory is bogus.

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President John Kennedy moments prior to his assassination.

Trump Holds Some JFK Assassination Files Back, Sets New 3-Year Deadline

Despite a promise to release everything on April 26, 2018, the Trump administration is withholding certain material in the JFK Assassination archive for extra review.

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Lee Harvey Oswald

JFK Files: Cuban Intelligence Was in Contact With Oswald, Praised His Shooting Ability

Here are the 10 most revealing highlights from the 2,800 JFK assassination files declassified in October 2017.

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1964

Jack Ruby sentenced to death for murdering Lee Harvey Oswald

Crime
1963

Jack Ruby kills Lee Harvey Oswald

Crime
1967

Jack Ruby dies before second trial

1960s
1963

JFK buried at Arlington National Cemetery

U.S. Presidents
1963

President John F. Kennedy is assassinated

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1964

Warren Commission report delivered to President Johnson

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