When the News First Broke: ABC Radio and the Day the Nation Cried Don Gardiner, steady and authoritative, the veteran and longtime ABC News anchor, promptly interrupted regular programming with words that carried shock and sorrow: President John F Kennedy had been shot in a motorcade in Dallas, Texas It was the first nationwide bulletin of the tragedy, preceding television and rival networks by crucial minutes
Media coverage of the assassination of John F. Kennedy The assassination of President Kennedy was the longest uninterrupted news event in the history of American television until just before 9:00 a m EDT, September 14, 2001, when the networks were on the air for 72 hours straight covering the 9 11 terrorist attacks
John F. Kennedys Assassination And The Questions Surrounding It John F Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963, but more than six decades later, many questions still linger about the president's death and the tumultuous aftermath National Archives and Records Administration This photo was taken moments before the Kennedy assassination
John F. Kennedy Assassination Fast Facts | CNN President John F Kennedy greets supporters during his visit to Fort Worth, Texas, on Friday, November 22, 1963 This year marks 51 years since his assassination in Dallas, an event that jarred
The Assassination of John F. Kennedy its Coverage on Radio . . . On November 22, 1963 at 12:30 p m Central Standard Time John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th P resident of the United States, was assassinated by a sniper in Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas while traveling with his wife Jacqueline, Texas Governor John Connally, and Connally's wife Nellie, in a presidential motorcade
The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy The first missed, the second struck President Kennedy in the upper back, and the third — a fatal shot — hit him in the head Texas Governor John Connally, seated in front of the president, was also seriously wounded
Texas Investigates: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy and . . . Even the news flash was not without error, being received at 1:35 p m , while the announcement actually took place at 1:33 p m This edition of the Dallas Times-Herald for November 22, 1963 devoted the entire front page to the assassination, with a continuation on page 19
November 22, 1963: ‘Here is a bulletin from CBS News’ "From Dallas, Texas, the flash — apparently official — President Kennedy died at 1 p m Central Standard Time, 2 o'clock Eastern Standard Time, some 38 minutes ago [Brief pause to regain
On This Day - The New York Times Web Archive President Kennedy was shot at 12:30 P M , Central standard time (1:30 P M , New York time) He was pronounced dead at 1 P M and Mr Johnson was sworn in at 2:39 P M Mr Johnson, who was