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| In 1960, President Kennedy barely carried Texas despite having this man as his running mate: | Lyndon Johnson | | 93.9% | | Shortly before the trip, this man got a job filling book orders in a downtown Dallas building: | Lee Harvey Oswald | | 87.9% | | The eventual assassin had served in this branch of the U.S. Armed Forces: | Marines | | 82.1% | | Following his service, he had defected to this country in October of 1959: | U.S.S.R. | | 78.2% | | JFK first went to this city, home to the Alamo, to speak at Brooks Air Force Base: | San Antonio | | 72% | | The Kennedys sat in the back, the Governor and his wife in the middle and the front seats contained two members of this elite force: | Secret Service | | 69.6% | | LBJ was sworn in as President inside this Presidential vehicle: | Air Force One | | 68.5% | | Two days later the assassin was killed by this Dallas nightclub owner: | Jack Ruby | | 68.1% | | The next day, Kennedy was buried at this cemetery, near Washington: | Arlington cemetery | | 67.2% | | At the hospital, there was nothing that could be done for the President. His death was first confirmed by Rev. Oscar L. Huber, who had administered these to JFK: | Last Rites | | 57.2% | | The assassin fired three shots from the 6th floor of this Dallas Building: | The Texas School Book Depository | | 57.2% | | Dallas television station WFAA immediately cut into programming, but much of the nation learned of the shooting from this CBS anchorman: | Walter Cronkite | | 55.4% |
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| Just 15 minutes later, J.D. Tippit, a Dallas police officer, was shot and killed. His killer was caught 45 minutes later at this type of establishment: | Movie theater | | 45.3% | | The shooting was captured on a home movie filmed by this clothing manufacturer of Russian lineage: | Abraham Zapruder | | 43.6% | | The motorcade had seven cars, including the Presidential car, a 1961 edition of this model: | Lincoln Continental | | 40.5% | | Then on to Houston to speak at this hotel, named for the man who founded an Owl loving university: | Rice Hotel | | 35.6% | | Jackie Kennedy decided to come along on the trip, in part to lift her spirits after the death of her newborn son, who she gave this name: | Patrick Bouvier Kennedy | | 34.4% | | To raise money and prepare for a 1964 reelection bid, Johnson arranged a visit through this Texas Governor: | John Connally | | 28.2% | | At 12:29 PM CST, the motorcade entered this triangular park near the triple underpass in the West End district of Dallas: | Dealey Plaza | | 26.5% | | With the agent now shielding the First Lady and the mortally wounded President, the limo sped off to this Dallas medical facility: | Parkland Hospital | | 26.2% | | Weeks before Kennedy's trip, this U.N. ambassador was assaulted in Dallas, leading him to warn Kennedy against making the trip: | Adlai Stevenson | | 16.7% | | On Friday, November 22nd, Kennedy began the day with a speech at the Hotel Texas to this business group: | Chamber of Commerce | | 15.7% | | Following the first shot, this Secret Service agent, assigned to Mrs. Kennedy, jumped from the follow-up car and climbs onto the Presidential limo: | Clint Hill | | 11% | | JFK was scheduled to give a lunch talk at this building, now part of the Dallas Market Center: | Trade Mart | | 8.1% |
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