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Springfield near miss that might have sparked a world war
Stephen Knott argues that a Springfield Illinois gunman nearly killed Kennedy in October 1962 during a campaign stop near Lincoln's tomb. The assassination would have risked a nuclear war amid the Cuban missile crisis, influencing Johnson's response and security lessons.
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John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Dallas
United States
Soviet Union
Abraham Lincoln
Springfield
Senate
Illinois State Fairgrounds
Lincoln
Illinois Department of Public Safety
Secret Service
Central Intelligence Agency
Cuba
Kremlin
Illinois
Washington
Lyndon Johnson
U.S
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Reuters
Jacqueline Kennedy
Love Field
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