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Kennedy Assassination Throws Dallas Into Turmoil
President John F Kennedy was shot in Dallas as his motorcade passed through downtown. He died at Parkland Hospital with Lyndon B Johnson becoming acting president. Governor Connally was wounded and a mass manhunt followed as details mounted about the rifle, shooter, and chaotic aftermath.
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Dallas
John F. Kennedy
United States
Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
Malcolm Kilduff
Parkland Hospital
John Connally
Texas
Connally
Lyndon Johnson
Ralph Yarborough
D-Tex
Yarborough
Secret Service
Mal Couch
William McKinley
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Adlai E. Stevenson
Washington
Kilduff
Erich Kaminski
J. H. Sawyer