16 Facts About Kennedy's assassination

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However, Kennedy's assassination is still the subject of widespread debate and has spawned numerous conspiracy theories and alternative scenarios.

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Kennedy's assassination itinerary called for him to arrive at Dallas Love Field via a short flight from Carswell Air Force Base in Fort Worth.

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3.

At about 11:40, Kennedy's assassination motorcade left Love Field for the trip through Dallas, running on a schedule about 10 minutes longer than the planned 45, due to enthusiastic crowds estimated at 150,000 to 200,000 people, and two unplanned stops directed by Kennedy.

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Kennedy's assassination testified he could not see Kennedy, so he then started to turn forward again, and that when his head was facing about 20 degrees left of center, he was hit in his upper right back by a bullet that he did not hear fired.

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Kennedy's assassination then heard another shot and then Governor Connally yelling.

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6.

Kennedy's assassination raised his elbows and clenched his fists in front of his face and neck, then leaned forward and left.

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7.

Kennedy's assassination jumped onto the back of the limousine while at the same time Mrs Kennedy returned to her seat, and he clung to the car as it exited Dealey Plaza and accelerated, speeding to Parkland Memorial Hospital.

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Kennedy's assassination saw four men in the area between his tower and Elm Street: two men who seemed not to know each other near the triple underpass, some 10 to 15 feet apart, and one or two uniformed parking lot attendants.

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Kennedy's assassination said he had seen the same man looking out the window minutes earlier.

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10.

Kennedy's assassination denied shooting anyone and claimed he was being made a "patsy" because he had lived in the Soviet Union.

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11.

Kennedy's assassination's casket was loaded into the rear of the passenger compartment of Air Force One in place of a removed row of seats.

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12.

The goal of the legislation was to collect at the National Archives and make publicly available all of the Kennedy's assassination-related records held by federal and state government agencies, private citizens and various other organizations.

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13.

Many conspiracy theories posit that the Kennedy's assassination involved people or organizations in addition to Lee Harvey Oswald.

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14.

VC-137C SAM 26000 that served as Air Force One at the time of the Kennedy's assassination is on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio.

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15.

The Lincoln Catafalque, on which Kennedy's assassination coffin rested in the Capitol, is on display at the United States Capitol Visitor Center.

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16.

The casket in which Kennedy's assassination body was transported from Dallas to Washington was dropped into the sea by the Air Force, because "its public display would be extremely offensive and contrary to public policy".

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