CBS broadcast journalist and anchorman Walter Cronkite prepares
to announce the death of John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the
United States.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963)
SANDY KOZEL
On this day in 1517, Martin Luther posted the 95 Theses on the door of the Wittenberg Palace Church. The event marked the start of the Protestant Reformation in Germany.
Martin Luther (November 10, 1483 – February 18, 1546)
After President James A. Garfield was assassinated by Charles J. Guiteau, Chester A. Arthur takes the oath of office as the 21st
president of the United States of America.
Chester Alan Arthur (October 5, 1829 – November 18, 1886)
Presidential Term: September 19, 1881 – March 4, 1885
TIM MAGUIRE
On this day in 1901, U.S. President William McKinley was shot and mortally wounded by Leon Czolgosz, an American anarchist . McKinley succumbed
to his wounds on September 14, 1901. Vice President Theodore Roosevelt
was sworn into office on the same day, succeeding McKinley, who had
been reelected in 1900. Gzolgosz was executed on October 29, 1901.
Leon Frank Czolgosz (May 5, 1873 – October 29, 1901)
The site of William McKinley’s tragic assassination in Buffalo, New
York is only marked by a plaque on a large boulder.
TIM MAGUIRE
On this day in 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, the heir to the
Austro-Hungarian throne, was assassinated in Sarajevo along with his
wife, Duchess Sophie. With tensions already running high among Europe’s
powers, the assassination precipitated a rapid descent into World War I.
Franz Ferdinand, archduke of Austria, and his wife Sophie riding
in an open carriage at Sarajevo shortly before their assassination.
The assassin was Gavrilo Princip, a 19-
year-old peasant.
