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  2. 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 ...

  3. Apr 23, 2024 · 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 ...

    • The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
    • He Served in The Marines, Where His Nickname Was “Osvaldovich.”
    • Oswald Attempted Suicide in Russia.
    • He Once Improvised The Role of A Killer.
    • His Alias Was “Alek J. Hidell.”
    • He Was Linked to An Assassination Attempt Before JFK.
    • His Feelings About JFK Were Mixed.
    • He Once Considered Hijacking A Plane to Cuba.
    • Oswald Told Dallas Police That “Nobody’s Going to Shoot at me.”

    Oswald took an early interest in socialism after picking up a leaflet about the coming execution of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, who had been convicted of spying for Russia. “I was looking for a key to my environment, and then I discovered socialist literature,” Oswald wrote in his diary. “I had to dig for my books in the back of dusty shelves of li...

    In 1959, Oswald travelled to Moscow, in hopes of becoming a Soviet citizen. “I want citizenship because I am a communist and a worker,” he wrote in his request for citizenship. “I have lived in a decadent capitalist society where the workers are slaves.” When his request was denied, Oswald became despondent. “I am shocked!! My dreams!,” he wrote in...

    In 1960, Oswald moved to Minsk and became friends with a group of college students interested in learning English. One of the students, Ernst Titovets, made tape recordings of Oswald in order to study his Southern accent. He had Oswald read passages from Shakespeare and Hemingway, as well as improvise mock dialogues. In one recording, Titovets inte...

    By 1962, Oswald was back in the United States and working in a photo lab in downtown Dallas. Using the lab’s photo equipment, he began to forge a new identity, including a Selective Service card, in the name of “Alek J. Hidell.” Oswald went on to open a post office box, where he would have mail sent under both his birth name, as well as his alias. ...

    Seven months before the Kennedy assassination, Oswald allegedly fired into the home of an ultra-right wing Army general named Edwin Walker. The bullet, which missed Walker, was linked to Oswald’s ammunition after the Kennedy assassination. Gerald Posner, the author of Case Closed recounted what’s known about Oswald’s actions:

    According to an account published in The New York Timesby Paul Gregory, a friend of Oswald’s, Lee and Marina kept a copy of Timemagazine featuring John F. Kennedy as its Man of the Year prominently displayed in their home. “Lee liked Kennedy,” according to Priscilla McMillan, a friend of Oswald’s wife and the author of Marina & Lee. “He liked him i...

    According to McMillan, Oswald wanted to help train Castro’s army in Cuba, but because he could not secure a visa, he was forced to devise an alternative plan. As McMillan told FRONTLINE:

    The day he was killed by Jack Ruby, Oswald dismissed the idea that his life might be in danger. That’s according to James Leavelle, a former member of the Dallas police force who helped escort Oswald from his cell the morning of the shooting. “I put the handcuffs on him,” Leavelle told FRONTLINE, “and in the process of doing that, I more in jest ki...

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  4. Aug 15, 2016 · On October 26, 1956, Lee Harvey Oswald reported for duty at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego, Calif., where he was assigned to the Second Recruit Training Battalion.293 He was 68 inches tall and weighed 135 pounds; he had no physical defects.294 On October 30, he took a series of aptitude tests, on which he scored significantly above ...

  5. Aug 15, 2016 · September 25- October 2, 1963. October 1963. November 1963. The following analysis of Lee Harvey Oswald's receipts and expenditures for the period June 13, 1962, through November 22, 1963, contains a complete record of all funds that he and his wife are reported to have received and disbursed from all known sources.

  6. Nov 22, 2023 · Lee Harvey Oswald was born on October 18, 1939, in New Orleans to Marguerite and Robert Oswald Sr., who died of a heart attack two months prior to Oswald’s birth. ... Oswald ended his military ...

  7. Finally, "Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald?" traces Oswald's movements in the weeks leading up to the assassination and probes whether Oswald was still in contact with any of these forces on Nov. 22, 1963.

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