The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy – part 5: The Execution of the First Two Line-ups on November 22, 1963
Reading time: 10 minutes Dallas: Friday night, November 22, 19.20 hours “Oh, that’s the way it is going to be?”. That is probably what Lee Harvey Oswald said on Friday night, when he was officially charged with the murder of Officer J.D. Tippit. He said he was innocent and later that evening he would repeat…
The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy – part 2: The Warren Commission and Its Critics
Reading time: 15 minutes Establishment of the Warren Commission In order to prevent the United States from being regarded as the largest banana republic in the world, Lyndon B. Johnson appointed a commission to investigate the murder of his predecessor. The Commission was chaired by Earl Warren (1891-1974), Chief Justice of the United States. Besides…