The Day JFK Was Assassinated
             On November 22, 1963, President John Kennedy was killed while he was touring on the streets of Dallas, Texas along with his wife Mrs. Kennedy, Texas Governor John Connally and Mrs. Connally. He was there to build support for his 1964 re-election campaign by stopping the split between the Democratic Party.
             The Lincoln convertible, which the president was in, came from the east of Main Street. In the vehicle, the driver and a Secret Service agent sat in the front, governor Connally sat on a jump seat on the passenger side which his wife on his left, and President Kennedy sat behind Connally with Mrs. Kennedy on his left. The day was going fine, the crowd was cheering, and Dallas was a lot friendlier than Kennedy had expected.
             The Lincoln made a right turn onto Houston Street. About a block later, the driver pulled a 120-degree left turn onto Elm Street, slowing down to the speed of 10mph directly front of the southeast corner of the Texas School Book Depository. Then the limousine kept going downhill through Dealey Plaza, where a big crowd had gathered to see the President. In a pile of book cartons six stories above Elm Street, the assassin that killed Kennedy watched the limousine through an open depository window. Then he took out a Mannlicher-Curcano carbine, using the boxes to steady the muzzle. He let the cross in his telescopic sight meet the tiny President below in the right rear seat about 200 feet away. Took a breath, exhaled, and squeezed the trigger.
             People who were at Dealey Plaza that day described what happened there very differently. Some said they heard shot from a grassy knoll on the same side of Elm Street as the depository building. Some claimed to see puffs of smoke from the knoll, and also men with guns. Some people heard eight shots, some heard two, or none. The only thing that can tell exactly what happened was a strip of 8-mm color film that was taken by a m...