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Crowds gathered in Dallas as President Kennedy arrived from the airport.
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As the motorcade moved through the downtown area, shots rang out. Kennedy slumped over, fatally wounded.
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Within hours of President Kennedy's death, Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in as President.
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Over the next few days, Americans mourned the loss of their president. Millions watched the funeral on TV. Many felt that Kennedy's assassination had also killed something in them.
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Within hours of the shooting, Dallas police arrested Lee Harvey Oswald as a suspect. Two days later,he was shot to death, leading people to question whether he acted alone.
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To end Speculation, President Johnson had the Warren Commission investigate the assassination. They spent 10 months reviewing the evidence, coming to the conclusion that Oswald acted alone in killing President Kennedy.
