Timeline of the Kennedy Assassination The Kennedy Assassination Timeline covers major moments in JFK Assassination. For a more detailed look, read the articles in full below, or search for Kennedy Timeline in this archive.
November 21 President John F. Kennedy and his wife, Jacqueline, leave Washington D.C. for Texas in an attempt to unify the Democratic Party prior to the election in November of 1964. The visit to five Texas cities in two days includes a pretty tight schedule with a speech in San Antonio, a testimonial dinner for Rep. Albert Thomas, D-Texas, in Houston, a speech in Fort Worth and finally a speech in Dallas before another fundraising dinner in Austin. Read Articles President, Wife On Texas Trip The Indiana Gazette, November 21, 1963 Jackie Goes Along With JFK On Trip The Oakland Tribune, November 21, 1963 Dixie and the Democrats Reno Evening Gazette, November 21, 1963 November 22 President John F. Kennedy and Texas Governor John Connally are shot by a sniper while riding in a motorcade through downtown Dallas. After the burst of gunfire, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy cradled her dying husband as the limousine sped to the emergency room at Parkland Hospital. At 1:38 PM, White House press secretary Malcolm Kilduff announced that President Kennedy died from a gunshot wound to his brain. A few hours later, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as the 36th President of the United States aboard Air Force One with First Lady Jackie Kennedy and his wife Claudia "Ladybird" Johnson at his side. Read Articles (pictured on right) Kennedy Shot Dead In Texas The Reno Evening Gazette, November 22, 1963 President Assassinated; Johnson Assumes Office The Panama City Herald, November 22, 1963 JFK Killed By Sniper The News Herald, November 22, 1963 November 23 The day after President Kennedy's assassination, the press tried to explain to the public what kind of madman would kill the president of the United States. While the President's body, transferred to Washington D.C. only hours after he died, was kept under military guard in the White House, law enforcement officials began to piece together the events of the previous day. Although Lee Harvey Oswald had been arrested just hours after the assassination for the murder of Dallas police officer J.D. Tippitt, his interrogation had produced no additional information. The discovery of the alleged murder weapon and Oswald's presence in the Texas Schoolbook Depository building had been confirmed, yet there were still many questions about the assassination of President Kennedy to be answered. Read Articles (pictured on right) Entire Nation Mourns Death Of John Fitzgerald Kennedy The Holland Evening Sentinel, November 23, 1963 Man Charged in Assassination Of Kennedy The Charleston Gazette, November 23, 1963 Oswald Denies JFK Murder The Edwardsville Intelligencer, November 23, 1963 November 24 Lee Harvey Oswald, the alleged killer of President Kennedy, is murdered as he is transferred to a maximum security facility. At 11:20 AM, while being led through the basement of the Dallas City Hall, a Dallas strip club owner named Jack Rubenstein (known universally as Jack Ruby) stepped out of the crowd of onlookers and shot Oswald in the stomach. Ruby is arrested immediately and charged with what may be the most public murder in American history (as it was viewed live by millions watching on TV). Oswald is rushed to Parkland Hospital and died just a few feet from where President Kennedy had died 48 hours earlier. The assassination of Oswald was a dramatic footnote to three of the most dramatic days in American history. Read Articles (pictured on right) Oswald Murdered The Lincoln Star, November 25, 1963 World Never to Know On Oswald's Mind Great Bend Tribune, November 25, 1963 Oswald's Print On Assassination Gun The Lincoln Star, November 25, 1963 November 25 The entire nation mourns as President John F. Kennedy is laid to rest at Arlington Memorial Cemetery. The funeral procession is broadcast on live TV and yields one of the most recognizable images in all of American history when John F. Kennedy Jr., who turned three years old on this day, stepped away from the first lady and saluted his father's casket as the funeral procession passed. Read Articles (pictured on right) Grieving World Says Farewell To Kennedy... The Daily Times-News, November 25, 1963 Doleful Roll of Drums Paces Kennedy Cortege The Charleston Gazette, November 25, 1963 Last Farewell Paid to Martyred President The Oakland Tribune, November 25, 1963		Newspaper Articles (click to view readable full images) The Reno Evening Gazette November 22, 1963 The News Herald November 22, 1963 The Charleston Gazette November 23, 1963 The Edwardsville Intelligencer November 23, 1963 The Lincoln Star November 25, 1963 The Oakland Tribune November 25, 1963