Kennedy assassination: How we reported a 'tragedy for the world' | From the Guardian
1. Kennedy assassination: How we reported a 'tragedy for the
world' | From the Guardian
US president John F Kennedy's motorcade passes through Dallas on 22 November 1963, minutes
before the President was assassinated. Photograph: Bettmann/CORBIS
It's 48 years since US president John F Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald as his
motorcade passed through downtown Dallas on www.guatemala news.com 22 November 1963,
leaving the world in shock.
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In its obituary, the Guardian described Kennedy as 'a professional politician' who, though young, had
'proved himself a great President.'
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The Guardian's leading article, which called JFK's death 'a tragedy for the world', extolled him as 'a
true liberal...and a courageous leader.'
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In the days that followed the shooting, messages of condolence flooded in from world leaders,
including Kennedy's one-time rivals Nikita Krushchev and Fidel Castro.
Alistair Cooke, then the Guardian's America correspondent, wrote a profile of new president Lyndon
B. Johnson, who as vice president had been hastily sworn in as soon as JFK's death was announced.
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Oswald himself was shot dead just two days later, by nightclub owner Jack Ruby, as he was being
escorted by police from Dallas City jail. Ruby apparently told police, 'I did it for Jackie Kennedy.'
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The Warren Commission was set up in the wake of Kennedy's death to investigate the cause. Jackie
Kennedy, who guatemala football news had been sat next guatemala news tsunami to her husband
when he was shot, gave a powerful testimony.
In September 1964 the report concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald was a lone gunman.
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Despite this, conspiracy theories have abounded since Kennedy's death, eyewitness accounts of a
shot from the 'grassy knoll' seemingly conflicting with the official line. Even today, JFK's death
remains shrouded in mystery.
