November 22 in American History
President John F. Kennedy was shot and killed while riding in a motorcade through Dallas, Texas. The nation stopped. Vice President Lyndon Johnson was sworn in aboard Air Force One hours later, the Constitution's succession working exactly as designed even in shock and grief. Every American alive then remembers the moment.
In 1963: President Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas. President John F.
President John F. Kennedy was shot and killed while riding in a motorcade through Dallas, Texas. The nation stopped. Vice President Lyndon Johnson was sworn in aboard Air Force One hours later, the Constitution's succession working exactly as designed even in shock and grief. Every American alive then remembers the moment.
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