Lee Harvey Oswald

(noun)

The man accused of assassinating John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963.

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Examples of Lee Harvey Oswald in the following topics:

  • Kennedy's Assassination

    • Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in November of 1963 while traveling in a presidential motorcade in Dallas.
    • The gunfire that killed Kennedy appeared to come from the upper stories of the Texas School Book Depository building; later that day, Lee Harvey Oswald, an employee at the depository and a trained sniper, was arrested.
    • Oswald denied shooting anyone and claimed he was a being framed because he had lived in the Soviet Union.
    • Oswald's case never came to trial because he was shot and killed by Dallas nightclub owner Jack Ruby two days later while Oswald was being escorted to a car for transfer from Dallas Police Headquarters to the Dallas County Jail.
    • The ten-month investigation by the Warren Commission concluded that the President was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald acting alone, and that Jack Ruby acted alone when he killed Oswald before he could stand trial.