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J. F. Kennedy assassinated

Daily Mirror 22/11/1963

John F. Kennedy was the 35th President of the United States. On November 11th 1963 he was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald. Oswald was a former marine who shot Kennedy twice from a distance. The second shot hit Kennedy in the head and was the fatal injury.

Oswald was shot and killed two days later by Jack Ruby, who owned a local nightclub.

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