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IT WAS ON THIS DAY IN 1963
President John Kennedy slumps against his wife Jacqueline as she reaches towards Secret Service agent Clint Hill.
Two hours and eight minutes after the death of John F. Kennedy,
Lyndon Johnson was sworn in as President on board Air Force
One.
On this day in 1963, CBS news anchor Walter Cronkite was standing over the newswire machine when a bulletin broke announcing that President Kennedy
had been shot. The network was 10 minutes into a live broadcast of a soap
opera, but at Cronkite’s insistence the news division broke in with audio
updates. At 2:38 p.m., Cronkite wept on air when he made the official announcement that President John F. Kennedy was dead.
Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin
of President John F. Kennedy.
John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy
(May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963)
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Thomas A. Edison announced the invention of his phonograph on
this day in 1877.
On this day in 1973, President Richard M. Nixon‘s attorney, J. Fred
Buzhardt, announced the presence of an 18½-minute gap in one of
the White House tape recordings related to the Watergate case.
President Nixon (seated) and H.R. Haldeman in 1972.
On this day in 1934, the Cole Porter musical "Anything
Goes" opened on Broadway at the Alvin Theatre (now
known as the Neil Simon Theatre). The musical has
been revived several times in the U.S. and Britain and
has been filmed twice. It has long been a popular
choice for school and community productions.
Ethel Merman (Ethel Agnes Zimmermann)
(January 16, 1908 – February 15, 1984)
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On this day in 1945, 24 Nazi leaders went before an international war crimes tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany.
The judges panel during testimony at Nuremberg Trials.
Francisco I. Madero (below) led a revolution that broke out in Mexico
on this day in 1910.
The musical Cabaret opened on this day in 1966 at the Broadhurst Theater for a run of 1,166 performances.
Joel Grey, in the role of master of ceremonies during the "Money
Song" with the ensemble in the original Broadway musical Cabaret.
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