The Assassination of JFK

By ranapollo19

  • Lee Harvey Oswald left USA

    Lee Harvey Oswald left USA
    Oswald applied for Soviet Union citizenship.

  • Kennedy becomes president

    Kennedy becomes president
    Kennedy was elected president in 1960, His inauguration as 35th president with Jackie took place in 1961.

  • Oswald returns to USA

    Oswald returns to USA
    Oswald eventually settles with Russian wife in Dallas,TX

  • Oswald buys a rifle

    Oswald buys a rifle
    His communist rants cause him to be fired and he decides its time to kill someone. (Major General Ted Walker)

  • Kennedy gives a speech about civil rights

    Kennedy gives a speech about civil rights
    The president promised to end segregation

  • The end of the Cold War

    The end of the Cold War
    The USA and Soviet Union signed the Limited Test Ban Treaty.

  • Kennedy is shot.

    Kennedy is shot.
    JFK was shot as the motorcade with Jackie, Gov. Connelly, and his wife drove through the streets of Dallas,[ Texas. Oswald killed Kennedy

  • JFK is taken to Parkland Hospital

    JFK is taken to Parkland Hospital
    Dr. Charles Carrico was a second year resident and the first doctor to see Kennedy in the ER.

  • Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in for president

    Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in for president
    LBJ served as the 36th president. He was sworn in two hours and 8 minutes after Kennedy's assassination on Air Force One.

  • The Funeral

    The Funeral
    The family walked from the White House to the Cathedral of St. Matthew in Washington DC with his casket.