TIM MAGUIRE

John F. Kennedy’s funeral procession to St. Matthew’s 
Cathedral.

    
    
  Funeral Mass card.

Sketches of the mysterious DB Cooper compiled from descriptions by passengers and crew from the hijacked
flight. (FBI)

A hijacker who became known as D.B. Cooper parachuted from
a Northwest Orient Airlines 727 into a raging thunderstorm over Washington State. He had $200,000 in ransom money in his
possession. His brazen crime still stands as one of the most
mysterious in history.

Most authorities have assumed he died during his seemingly
suicidal jump. No trace of Cooper was ever found after a massive 
search. 
       
Cooper’s true identity has never been determined conclusively.

Cooper commandeered the aircraft shortly after takeoff, showing
a flight attendant something that looked like a bomb and informing
the crew that he wanted $200,000, four parachutes, and “no funny
stuff.” The plane landed at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport,
where authorities met Cooper’s demands and evacuated most of
the passengers.

N467US, the Northwest aircraft involved in the hijacking.         
          
         

Crew of Flight 305 upon landing in Reno: (left to right)
Captain William Scott, Co-pilot Bill Rataczak, Flight
Attendant Tina Mucklow, Flight Engineer Harold E.
Anderson.

During the 1890s, publications were inserted into Joseph Pulitzer‘s
New York World and William Randolph Hearst‘s New York Journal.

William Randolph Hearst Sr.
(April 29, 1863 – August 14, 1951)

(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

On November 23, 1936, the first issue of the pictorial magazine
Life was published, featuring a cover photo of the Fort Peck
Dam’s spillway by Margaret Bourke-White.

Life actually had its start earlier in the 20th century as a different
kind of magazine: a weekly humor publication, not unlike today’s
The New Yorker in its use of tart cartoons, humorous pieces and
cultural reporting.

When the original Life folded during the Great Depression, the
influential American publisher Henry Luce bought the name and
re-launched the magazine as a picture-based periodical on this
day in 1936.

Henry Robinson Luce (1898 – 1967)

This 2012 photo shows the Fort Peck Dam spillway in
northeast Montana.

  
LBJ is sworn in as the 36th president of the United States
on Air Force One after JFK’s assassination in Dallas.

       
        
Immediately following the shooting of John F. Kennedy, the
motorcade rushed to Parkland Memorial Hospital, where
the president was pronounced dead about 30 minutes
after the murder.

President Lyndon B. Johnson was hastily sworn in as the 36th
president two hours and eight minutes later aboard Air Force
One at Dallas Love Field.

Air Force One leaves Dallas.