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November 22, 2014 marks the anniversary of the death of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, who was fatally shot by a sniper in Dallas.
Above: John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 - November 22, 1963), 35th President of the United States, held office from 1961 until his assassination in 1963.
Above: John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 - November 22, 1963), 35th President of the United States, held office from 1961 until his assassination in 1963.
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The assassination is among a number of other tragedies and misfortunes that have plagued the Kennedy family, which have become collectively known as the "Kennedy curse".
Above: Women Strike For Peace.
Above: Women Strike For Peace.
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When the shooting occured, President Kennedy was travelling in a presidential motorcade with the First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy, Texas Governor John Connally (who was also wounded during the shooting) and his wife Nellie.
Above: Kennedy motorcade in Dallas, November 22.
Above: Kennedy motorcade in Dallas, November 22.
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The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy was established by President Lyndon Johnson on November 29, 1963 to investigate the tragedy.
Above: This re-enactment of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, using a four-power telescopic gunsight mounted with a 35mm camera, illustrates approximately what the assassin saw when he fired the fatal shots.
Above: This re-enactment of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, using a four-power telescopic gunsight mounted with a 35mm camera, illustrates approximately what the assassin saw when he fired the fatal shots.
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The Commission, known unofficially as the Warren Commission (named so after its chairman, Chief Justice Earl Warren), determined that the president was killed by a lone shooter.
Above: An aircraft carrying the body of John Fitzgerald Kennedy.
Above: An aircraft carrying the body of John Fitzgerald Kennedy.
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Lee Harvey Oswald, a former US marine who defected to the USSR in 1959, was arrested and charged with the assassination on November 22. Two days later, during a transfer to county jail, he was shot and killed by Jack Ruby, a local nightclub operator.
Above: Lee Harvey Oswald, under arrest by Dallas police after the Kennedy assassination, 1963.
Above: Lee Harvey Oswald, under arrest by Dallas police after the Kennedy assassination, 1963.
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A 2013 Gallup Poll revealed that 61 percent of respondents believed there was a conspiracy to kill JFK, while only 30 percent thought that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone.
Above: The funeral of John F. Kennedy on November 25, 1963 at the Arlington National Cemetary in Washington: his brothers and widow are following the coffin to St. Matthew's Cathedral.
Above: The funeral of John F. Kennedy on November 25, 1963 at the Arlington National Cemetary in Washington: his brothers and widow are following the coffin to St. Matthew's Cathedral.
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Yet after 1964, Jackie never wrote or spoke publicly about her 10-year marriage to Kennedy, let alone the rest of her life.
Above: Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy at her husband's funeral.
Above: Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy at her husband's funeral.
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In 1978, the US House Select Committee on Assassinations concluded that John F. Kennedy was probably assassinated as the result of a conspiracy.
Above: Visitors are shown at the flower-bedecked grave of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy at Arlington National Cemetery. November, 1963.
Above: Visitors are shown at the flower-bedecked grave of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy at Arlington National Cemetery. November, 1963.
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On November 25, 1963 John F. Kennedy was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. To this date, he remains the only Roman Catholic president of the United States, as well as the only US president who won a Pulitzer Prize.
Above: Robert and Ted Kennedy with Jackie at JFK's funeral.
Above: Robert and Ted Kennedy with Jackie at JFK's funeral.
