#TBT: President Kennedy Is Assassinated

     60 years ago today, President Kennedy became the final president in the United States to be assassinated. As four were shot dead between 1865 and 1963, security was greatly tightened for American legislators and executives after Lee Harvey Oswald delivered fatal bullets to Kennedy's neck and head in Dallas, Texas.

     Oswald, a veteran with Russian ties who later murdered a police officer, was shot dead by nightclub owner Jack Ruby two days later. Although the Warren Report, in part composed by Gerald Ford, later clarified that Oswald acted alone, his assassination by Ruby as well as Kennedy's life (including his youth, his socialite family, and his affairs) have led to a continued flurry of conspiracy theories.

     Many elderly people, much as people remember the 9/11 terrorist attacks, still remember where they were when President Kennedy was assassinated, including my grandmother, who was 18 at the time. Kennedy is often listed as among the five greatest American presidents.