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November 1963: Countdown to JFK’s Assassination
A daily chronology of key events leading up to President Kennedy’s death–and what followed.
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In the run-up to the the 60th anniversary of the assassination of President Kennedy, JFK Facts published a chronology of the events of November 1963. The purpose: to clarify the JFK assassination story and foster interest among young people.
Rather than debate conspiracy theories, JFK Facts presents documentary reporting on the events and forces that converged in Dallas on November 22, 1963.
Follow these events and form your own opinion. While they happened long ago, these events are relevant to our world today.
November 1, 1963: Secret Service Learns of JFK Assassination Plot in Chicago
November 2, 1963: Coup d’Etat in South Vietnam
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JFK in Chicago in 1962.
November 4, 1963: Secret Service Weighs Security for JFK’s Dallas Trip
November 5, 1963: JFK Mulls ‘Peace Feelers’ From Cuba
November 8, 1963: CIA Receives FBI Report on Lee Harvey Oswald
November 9, 1963: ‘From An Office Building With a High-Powered Rifle’
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President John F. Kennedy, son John, at Wexford, November 10, 1963 (Cecil Stoughton/JFK Library)
November 10, 1963: JFK’s Final Retreat
November 11, 1963: Castro Proves Receptive to JFK’s Backchannel Diplomacy
November 12, 1963: CIA Seeks to Catch Castro ‘Red Handed’
November 14, 1963: CIA Aide Signs for an FBI Report on Oswald
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November 15, 1963: Oswald Threatens the FBI (and the Evidence Is Destroyed)
November 18, 1963: Lethal Threats in Florida
November 19, 1963: Gun in the Oval Office
November 20, 1963: JFK’s Cabinet Schemes Against Him on Vietnam
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First Lady Jackie Kennedy and JFK arrive in Fort Worth.
November 21, 1963: Texas Crowds Welcome JFK
November 21, 1963: A Final Art Exhibit for the President
November 22, 1963: The President Rides to His Death
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November 22, 1963: What the Parkland Doctors Saw
November 22, 1963: Hunter Thompson Coins ‘Fear and Loathing’
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November 23, 1963: Oswald’s Last Phone Calls
November 24, 1963: Dead Men Tell No Tales
November 25, 1963: As JFK Is Laid to Rest, LBJ Tries to Close the Case
November 26, 1963: CIA Assets Blame Castro
Nov. 27, 1963: CIA’s Miami Station Investigates Cuban Exiles for JFK’s Murder
November 28, 1963: Hawks Lobby for ‘Blue Ribbon’ Panel to Investigate JFK Assassination
November 29, 1963: LBJ Stitches Up the JFK Inquiry
November 30, 1963: RFK and Jackie Blame ‘a Large Political Conspiracy’
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