On this day - 22 November
Historical items of interest as featured in the papers of the day.
J. F. Kennedy assassinated
Daily Mirror 22/11/1963
John F. Kennedy was the 35th President of the United States. On November 11th 1963 he was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald. Oswald was a former marine who shot Kennedy twice from a distance. The second shot hit Kennedy in the head and was the fatal injury.
Oswald was shot and killed two days later by Jack Ruby, who owned a local nightclub.
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