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5 days ago · Lee Harvey Oswald (born October 18, 1939, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.—died November 24, 1963, Dallas, Texas) was the accused assassin of U.S. Pres. John F. Kennedy in Dallas on November 22, 1963. He himself was fatally shot two days later by Jack Ruby (1911–67) in the Dallas County Jail. A special President’s Commission on the ...
2 days ago · Lee Harvey Oswald (October 18, 1939 – November 24, 1963) was a U.S. Marine veteran who assassinated John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, on November 22, 1963. Oswald was placed in juvenile detention at the age of 12 for truancy, during which time he was assessed by a psychiatrist as "emotionally disturbed", due to a lack ...
4 days ago · Excerpts from some of the LBJ oral histories are presented in the accompanying feature, "Memories of a Tragedy." A curious sidelight of the post-assassination events concerned the fate of the "Bible"—actually a Catholic missal—used by President Johnson when he took the oath of office aboard Air Force One.
3 days ago · On April 14, 1865, Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, was shot by John Wilkes Booth while attending the play Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. Shot in the head as he watched the play, Lincoln died of his wounds the following day at 7:22 am in the Petersen House opposite the theater.
5 days ago · From the Collection: Stimson, Henry L. (Henry Lewis), 1867-1950 Published / Created 1944 November 1 - 1945 September 21 Provenance Gift of Henry L. Stimson, 1948. Gift of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, 2009. Gift of Marcia Lahner-Lafemina, 2019. Extent of Digitization
3 days ago · e. Huey Pierce Long Jr. (August 30, 1893 – September 10, 1935), nicknamed " The Kingfish ", was an American politician who served as the 40th governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932 and as a United States senator from 1932 until his assassination in 1935. He was a left-wing populist member of the Democratic Party and rose to national ...
5 days ago · April 28, 1918, Theresienstadt, Austria (aged 23) Gavrilo Princip (born July 25 [July 13, Old Style], 1894, Obljaj, Bosnia—died April 28, 1918, Theresienstadt, Austria) was a South Slav nationalist who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his consort, Sophie, Duchess von Hohenberg (née Chotek), at ...
