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    In 1961 John F. Kennedy would become the 35th President of the United State of America, his presidency would come to a sad and abrupt end on November 22, 1963 (Biography.com). In 1964 President Kennedy was planning to run for reelection, but in order to gain the nomination from the Democratic party he needed to carry Texas (Jfklibrary.org). This was an issue because Democrats in the state were add odds with each other (The Day). President Kennedy’s visit to the state in late November was made in…

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    On November 22, 1963 horrific news shocked the nation: President John F. Kennedy had been shot. However, the arrest of Lee Harvey Oswald just an hour later settled some nerves, and more so, he was murdered by Jack Ruby, a Dallas nightclub owner just two days later. The newly sworn in President, Lyndon B. Johnson, issued the Warren Commission, which concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald worked alone in murdering the President, however, the majority of Americans today do not believe that finding.…

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    theories of who killed John F. Kennedy. Getting the majority democratic vote of 1960, he became the 35th President of the United States. Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917 in Brookline, Massachusetts. He was married to Jacqueline Kennedy, also known as Jackie. He had two living children and two children that had died under the age of 2 days old. He seemed to have good intentions and was most likely going to be a great president. Now we can never know how the world would’ve been with John F.…

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    It was not much after noon on an exciting November day. November 22, 1963 to be exact. Our great president, John F. Kennedy, rode down Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas, Texas when it happened. Endless crowds of thousands clapped and smiled as President Kennedy peacefully wove. Then, the assassination happened. Three gunshots fired into the air and could be heard over all the cheers. Everyone went silent. As I looked back at the car holding our president, first lady, and governor, I saw a lifeless…

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    The assassination of John Franklin Kennedy, the president of the United States of America on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas. It came unexpected and shocked american citizens throughout the nation. The person who was accused to be the assassin was Lee Harvey Oswald, but there are many other theories and evidence that suggest he was not the acclaimed assassin. Lee Harvey Oswald did not kill JFK because, there is a lack of evidence that Lee Harvey Oswald killed the president, there is…

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    There are many theories on how John Fitzgerald Kennedy was assassinated, but which one is true? John Kennedy was not the best president the United States had but he had goals to make the country better. He was forty-three when he was elected, he was the youngest president to be elected. On May 25,1961, he addressed congress saying “I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth.”…

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    It has been 55 years since the John Fitzgerald Kennedy assassination in Dallas TX. Right now it’s 2018 and a lot of questions are still circulating about that day, but the main question that everyone have is why? There has been many theories about what happened on November 22, 1963, many people think that the CIA had an involvement of the JFK assassination because of the failed Bay of Pigs invasion, others think that the CIA worked with the mafia to kill JFK and others think the Vice President…

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    assassination, in 1963, when Lee Harvey Oswald shot John Fitzgerald Kennedy during a motorcade through Dallas, Texas while traveling in an open-top convertible. JFK continues to rank among the most beloved presidents of all time- for raising minimum wage, increasing Social Security benefits and beginning the United States’ space program. As a very successful military man and an eminent president, his assassination on November 22, 1963 stunned the world. John Fitzgerald Kennedy, more commonly…

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    John F. Kennedy was a president that will never be forgotten. He was the man who stopped what could have been one of the deadliest wars without ever shooting a single bullet. He used his incredible persuasion skills to get the Soviets to take the missiles out of Cuba, saving the world from nuclear war. John F. Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917, in Brookline, Massachusetts. He was one of nine children. His dad, Joseph Kennedy, was born in 1888, and became extremely rich off of the stock market…

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    Brandt Cook-7 14 October 2015 The Tragedy of an American President On November 22, 1963 at 1:00 p.m, a tragedy struck the United States. In Dallas, Texas, John F. Kennedy had been sadly shot. When Kennedy went to Texas, he tried to unite two groups. Kennedy wanted to join fighting liberal and conservative wings of the Democrats for the election (John F. Kennedy: assassination). Before arriving to Dallas, he had previously visited San Antonio, Houston, and Fort Worth. He traveled from Fort…

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