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November 22 : JFK Assassination

The presidential motorcade began its route without incident, stopping twice so President Kennedy could shake hands with some Catholic nuns, then some school children. Shortly before the limousine turned onto Main Street a male ran towards the limousine, but was thrust to the ground by a Secret Service agent and hustled away. At 12:29 p.m. [...]

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President Kennedy’s Arrival in Dallas, TX

On Friday, November 22, 1963, at 11:40 a.m. CST, Kennedy, his wife Jacqueline, and the rest of the presidential entourage arrived at Love Field in Dallas, Texas, aboard Air Force One after a very short flight from nearby Carswell Air Force Base in Fort Worth. The motorcade cars had been lined up in a certain [...]

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President Kennedy’s Texas Trip Schedule

Fort Worth : Chamber Of Commerce breakfast speech at Texas Hotel. Dallas : Luncheon speech attended by Dallas Citizens Council and Dallas Assembly at Trade Mart. Austin : Fundraising dinner speech at Municipal Auditorium. Johnson City : Weekend of relaxation at LBJ Ranch.

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President Kennedy’s Texas Trip Schedule

San Antonio : Dedication speech for U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine at Brooks Air Force Base. Houston : Testimonial dinner at Rice University Stadium, honoring Congressman Albert Thomas. Fort Worth : Arrival at Texas Hotel.

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Kennedy signs NSAM 263

John F. Kennedy signs National Security Action Memorandum (NSAM) #263, signalling his intention to withdraw troops from Vietnam. [ref. JFK, CIA, Vietnam by Prouty, p xxiii]

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Kennedy, Johnson, Connally Met

A presidential visit to the state of Texas was first agreed upon by John F. Kennedy, by his vice president Lyndon Baines Johnson, and by Texas Governor John Connally while all three men were together in a meeting at the Cortez Hotel in El Paso, Texas, on June 6, 1963.

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John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Wed

Kennedy and Bouvier have traveled in the same social circles over the past four years and their wedding is considered the event of the season with an estimated 700 guests at the ceremony and 900 at the reception. Over the next two years, Kennedy undergoes serious spinal operations due to his injuries suffered during the [...]

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John F. Kennedy Born

John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born at 83 Beals Street in Brookline, Massachusetts on Tuesday, May 29, 1917, at 3:00 PM, the second son of Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr, and Rose Fitzgerald; Rose, in turn, was the eldest child of John “Honey Fitz” Fitzgerald, a prominent Boston political figure who was the city’s mayor and a [...]

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