President John Kennedy moments prior to his assassination.

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)

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)

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.

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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