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November 22, 2013 |
50th anniversary of the JFK assassination
Fifty years ago, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. As the shocked nation grieved for the popular president, more inconceivable events followed. Within hours, a new president was sworn in and within days the shooter was caught and then killed by a local businessman on live TV. Nov. 22 is filled with events to mark this dark day in American history. -Leanne Burden Seidel ( 34 photos total)

Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in as president as Jacqueline Kennedy stands at his side in the cabin of the presidential plane on the ground at Love Field in Dallas. Judge Sarah T. Hughes, a Kennedy appointee to the Federal court, left, administers the oath. In background, from left are, Associate Press Secretary Malcolm Kilduff, holding microphone; Jack Valenti, administrative assistant to Johnson; Rep. Albert Thomas, D-Texas.; Lady Bird Johnson; and Rep. Jack Brooks, D-Texas. (Cecil Stoughton/White House/JFK Library via AP) #

Lee Harvey Oswald, accused assassin of President John F. Kennedy, reacts as Dallas night club owner Jack Ruby shoots at him from point blank range in a corridor of Dallas police headquarters, on Nov. 24, 1963. Plainclothesman at left is Jim A. Leavelle. (Bob Jackson/Dallas Times-Herald/Associated Press) #

Lee Harvey Oswald, accused assassin of President John F. Kennedy, is placed on a stretcher after being shot in the stomach in Dallas on Nov. 24. Nightclub owner Jack Ruby shot and killed Oswald as the prisoner was being transferred through the underground garage of Dallas police headquarters. (David F. Smith/Associated Press) #

John F. Kennedy Jr. salutes his father's casket in Washington, on Nov. 25, 1963, three days after the president was assassinated in Dallas. Widow Jacqueline Kennedy, center, and daughter Caroline Kennedy are accompanied by the late president's brothers Sen. Edward Kennedy, left, and Attorney General Robert Kennedy. (Associated Press) #

Marie Tippit, widow of police officer J.D. Tippit who was slain during the search for President John F. Kennedy's assassin, is led weeping from Beckley Hills Baptist Church in Dallas after funeral services for her husband on Nov. 25, 1963. The services began about the time those for Kennedy were ending in Washington. (Associated Press) #

A big question in Dallas is why Jack Ruby shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald as the man accused of assassinating President Kennedy was being transferred from one jail to another, on Nov. 25, 1963. Ruby, whose real name is Rubenstein, is pictured as he was taken before a justice of the peace to be arraigned on murder charges. (Associated Press) #

A flag flies at half-staff above the White House in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 22. President Barack Obama ordered that flags be lowered at government buildings to mark the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's assassination. Obama says the anniversary is a day to honor Kennedy's memory and 'celebrate his enduring imprint on American history.' Obama says Kennedy's vision for the U.S. and the world lives 'in the generations he inspired." (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Associated Press) #

People visit the gravesite of former U.S. President John F. Kennedy at Arlington National Cemetery on Nov. 22, in Arlington, Virginia. Remembrance ceremonies will be held across the United States on Nov. 22, the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President Kennedy. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) #

Japanese visitors fold paper cranes to pay their respects to the late U.S. President John F. Kennedy at a memorial venue specially set for his Japanese fans in Tokyo, Japan on Nov. 22, to mark the 50th anniversary of his assassination. Japanese JFK fans took photos with his portrait, folded paper cranes and watched his inaugural ceremony on a monitor to express admiration on the anniversary. (Shuji Kajiyama/Associated Press) #