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Birth
John F. Kennedy was born at 83 Beals Street in the Boston suburb of Brookline, Massachusetts. -
Running for President
Kennedy formally announced his candidacy for 35th President of the United States. -
Inauguration
Kennedy won the election against Richard Nixon and became the President of the United States. -
Arriving in Texas
11:37-
President Kennedy and wife arrived in Dallas, accompanied by Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and wife. -
Lee Harvey Oswald
12:32-
Oswald was reportedly seen in the second- floor lunchroom of the Texas School Book Depository -
Death
1:00-
President Kennedy is pronounced dead at Parkland Memorial Hospital. -
Shots Fired Again!
1:18-
The police learn that Dallas patrolman J.D. Tippit was shot in the Oak Cliff neighborhood of the city. -
Oswald Detained
1:50-
Oswald is arrested at the Texas Theatre after a witness saw him at the Tippit shooting. The police directly link him to the Tippit murder and Kennedy assassination. -
LBJ
2:38-
Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as president aboard Air Force One, with Jackie Kennedy beside him. -
Shots Fired
12:30-
President Kennedy was fatally shot and Texas Governor, John Connally, incredibly wounded as their open limousine was driving west through Dealey Plaza. -
Oswald Shot
Oswald was being transferred between prison facilities when a nightclub owner, Jack Ruby, stepped out into the crowd and fired a bullet into Oswald killing him.
