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THE PRESIDENT IS SHOT!
President Kennedy and Governor Connally are shot in Dallas' Dealey Plaza. -
Turn on main street
The presidential limousine turns off Harwood onto Main Street in downtown Dallas. -
DALLAS POLICEMAN STOPS OSWALD
Lee Harvey Oswald is stopped and then released by a Dallas policeman in the second floor lunchroom of the Texas School Book Depository.
Dallas Police officer Merriam Baker and Roy Truly, the Texas School Book Depository building manager, stop Oswald but allow him to continue when Truly recognizes Oswald as an employee. -
THE FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT
The first news wire service announcement of shooting is broadcast -
HOOVER CALLS RFK
FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover calls President Kennedy's brother and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. -
RIFLE SHELLS
Police find empty rifle shells at the sixth floor window of the Texas School Book Depository. -
FR. HUBER ARRIVES AT PARKLAND
Father Oscar Huber arrives at Parkland Hospital. -
RIFLE DISCOVERED
Dallas officers find hidden rifle in northwest section of the Texas School Book Depository’s sixth floor. -
MALCOLM KILDUFF'S ANNOUNCEMENT
Acting White House press secretary Malcolm Kilduff gives official announcement of President Kennedy’s death. -
JOHNSON ARRIVES AT LOVE FIELD
Vice President Lyndon Johnson boards Air Force One at Love Field. -
PRESS ANNOUNCES LAST RITES
UPI identifies Father Oscar Huber and reports he has 'administered the last sacrament of the Church to the President'.