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| Address of Oswald Oswald, Lee Harvey |  |
| Mar Dallas Oswald moves to 214 West Neely Street & receives a pistol & rifle |
| April New Orleans Oswald moves to New Orleans |
| 24th April New Orleans Oswald leaves for New Orleans & Marina moves to the Paine's home |
| 11th May New Orleans Marina joins Oswald at 4905 Magazine Street |
| Sep Dallas Oswald rents a room in Dallas & with the help of Ruth Paine finds a job at the Texas School Book Depository |
| Address of Oswald Oswald, Marina | |
| 11th May New Orleans Marina joins Oswald at 4905 Magazine Street |
| Sep Dallas Marina Oswald moves to Dallas to have her 2nd child |
| 31st Oct Dallas FBI agent James Hosty visits Paine's home to discover where Oswald is living, speaks to both Paine and Marina Oswald |
| Address of Oswald Paine, Ruth | |
| 24th April Dallas Lee Harvey Oswald rents a room in Dallas but stores some of his possessions in Ruth Paine's garage |
| 24th April Dallas Marina & her daughter live with Ruth Paine, Lee Harvey Oswald rents a room in Dallas |
| Sep Dallas Oswald rents a room in Dallas & with the help of Ruth Paine finds a job at the Texas School Book Depository |
| 31st Oct Dallas FBI agent James Hosty visits Paine's home to discover where Oswald is living, speaks to both Paine and Marina Oswald |
| Alliance Kennedy, John Fitzgerald | |
| Washington Sends 3,000 troops to Thai land on the Laos border to counter Vietcong insurgence |
| Arrest King, Martin Luther | |
| Birmingham King is arrested and jailed during anti-segregation protests in Birmingham; writes Letter From Birmingham City Jail, arguing that individuals have the moral duty to disobey unjust. laws |
| Arrest Oswald, Lee Harvey | |
| 9th Aug New Orleans Arrested for fighting while passing out fliers for the FPC Committee |
9th Aug New Orleans Hands out Fair Play for Cuba  Committee & becomes involved in a fight with Carlos Bringuier |
| 9th Aug New Orleans Oswald is arrested in altercation passing out Fair Play for Cuba leaflets |
| 12th Aug New Orleans Found guilty & fined $12 for fighting Carlos Bringuier |
| 23rd Nov Dallas Oswald is captured in the Texas Theater, where the movie War Is Hell (starring Audie Murphy) is playing |
| Arrest Ruby, Jack | |
| 24th Nov Dallas Arrested for the assassination of Lee Harvey Oswald |
| Assassination Alyea, Tom | |
| 22nd Nov Dallas WFAA-TV cameraman Tom Alyea is on the 6th floor of the Depository photographing the recovery Oswald's rifle |
| Assassination Baker, Marrion | |
| 23rd Nov Dallas Stops Oswald in the 2nd floor lunch room 1 min 30 secs after the shooting |
| Assassination Barret, Bob | |
| 23rd Nov Dallas Arrests Lee Harvey Oswald at Oak Cliff Theater |
| Assassination Bentley, Paul | |
| 23rd Nov Dallas 1 of the officers assisting in Oswald's arrest in the Texas Theatre on West Jefferson |
| Assassination Brennan, Howard | |
| 23rd Nov Dallas Claims the 1st shot was when Kennedy's car turned from Houston onto Elm |
| 23rd Nov Dallas Police radio a description of Oswald based on Brennan's description |
| Assassination Burkley, George Gregory | |
| 21st Nov Dallas Dr. Burkley observes both the head wound and a wound to the back of the President, and determines the head wound was the cause of death |
| 21st Nov Dallas Dr. Burkley signs President Kennedy's death certificate |
| 21st Nov Dallas Dr. George Gregory Burkley, the President's personal physician arrived at the Parkland emergency room where the President was located, five minutes after the President arrived |
| Assassination Carlin, Karen | |
| 24th Nov Dallas Carlin phones Ruby for him to wire her $25, had she not phoned, Ruby would not have been in downtown Dallas |
| Assassination Coleman, Walter | |
| 12th April Dallas Claims to have seen 2 cars & 2 men involved in the shooting of Major-General Walker |
| Assassination Connally, John | |
| 21st Nov Dallas Texas Governor John Connally says "My God, they are going to kill us all" |
| 21st Nov Dallas Texas Governor John Connally, sitting with his wife in front of the Kennedys in the limousine, also reacted to being shot by a bullet that penetrated his back, chest and right wrist, yelling, "Oh, no, no, no" |
| Assassination Craig, Roger | |
| 22nd Nov Dallas Sees Oswald run from the School Book Depository & get in a Rambler on Elm Street, supposedly belonging to Mrs Paine |
| Assassination DeBruey, Warren | |
| Sep New Orleans Concludes for the FBI that Oswald is sole member of the FPC Committee in New Orleans |
| Sep New Orleans Discovers Oswald has been using an alias, AJ Hidell |
| Assassination Frazier, Buell | |
| 23rd Nov Dallas Claims the 1st shot was when Kennedy's car turned from Houston onto Elm |
| Assassination Fritz, Will | |
| 23rd Nov Dallas Interrogates Oswald, 2pm |
| Assassination Greer, William | |
| 23rd Nov Dallas Driver of Kennedy's limousine |
| Assassination Hill, Clint | |
| 21st Nov Dallas Pushes Mrs. Kennedy back into her seat, and clings to the car as it exits Dealey Plaza and sped to Parkland Memorial Hospital |
| 21st Nov Dallas Secret Service agent Clint Hill rides on the left front running board of the car behind the Presidential limousine, after the shot that hit the President in the back, Hill jumped off and to overtake the limousine |
| Assassination Hill, Jean | |
| 22nd Nov Dallas The "Lady in Red" in Zapruder's film, claims smoke was lingering near the grassy knoll picket fence corner |
| Assassination Hine, Geneva | |
| 23rd Nov Dallas Claims the 1st shot was when Kennedy's car turned from Houston onto Elm |
| Assassination Hosty, James | |
18th Oct Mexico City Has a CIA report saying Oswald visited Kostikov, the Soviet  Embassy Vice Consul |
| 1st Nov Dallas Visits Ruth Paine & learns Oswald's address & job at the Texas School Book Depository |
| 3rd Nov Dallas Requests the FBI Oswald file from New Orleans , established Oswald is living in Dallas |
| 22nd Nov Dallas Receives the New Orleans FBI files & papers on Oswald |
| Assassination Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
| 21st Nov Dallas Johnson takes the oath of office on board Air Force One just before it departed Love Field |
| 21st Nov Dallas Vice-President Johnson (who had been riding two cars behind Kennedy in the motorcade through Dallas , and was not injured) become President of the USA upon Kennedy's death. At 2:38 P.M |
| 29th Nov The first official investigation of the Kennedy assassination is established by President Johnson, a week after the assassination |
| Assassination Kennedy, John Fitzgerald | |
| Arlington Representatives from over 90 countries, including the Soviet Union, attend the funeral, after the service, the casket is taken by caisson to Arlington National Cemetery for burial |
| 1st Nov Washington Kennedy approves aCoup by Sth Vietnam ese Army officers & Diem is assassinated |
| 19th Nov Dallas The motorcade route is described in both Dallas newspapers |
| 19th Nov Dallas The motorcade route is published is published in both Dallas newspapers |
| 21st Nov Dallas At 1:00 p.m., CST (19:00 UTC), after all heart activity had ceased and after a priest administered the last rites, the President is pronounced dead |
| 21st Nov Parkland Hospital A few minutes after 2:00 p.m. CST (20:00 UTC), and after a confrontation between Dallas police and Secret Service agents, Kennedy's body is placed in a casket and taken from Parkland Hospital and driven to Air Force One |
| 21st Nov Parkland Hospital The body is removed before a forensic examination can be conducted by the Dallas County coroner, which violated Texas state law (the murder was a state crime, and occurred under Texas legal jurisdiction) |
| 22nd Nov Bethesda Naval Hospital After Air Force One lands at Andrews Air Force Base, just outside Washington, D.C., Kennedy's body is taken to Bethesda Naval Hospital for an immediate autopsy |
| 22nd Nov Dallas Assassinated while on a Presidential campaign |
| 22nd Nov Dallas The Warren Commission later concludes that Lee Harvey Oswald is the lone assassin |
| Assassination Kilduff, Malcolm | |
| 21st Nov Kennedy's death is officially announced by White House Acting Press Secretary Malcolm Kilduff at 1:33 p.m. CST (19:33 UTC) |
| Assassination Knack, Milton | |
| O3 New Orleans Conducts FBI investigation into Oswald's Fair Play for Cuba activities |
| Assassination Landis, Paul | |
| 23rd Nov Dallas From the 5th floor hears Oswald operate his bolt action twice |
| Assassination Lodge, Henry Cabot | |
| Urges Kennedy to support theCoup against Diem which results in Diem's assassination |
| Assassination MacNeil, Robert | |
| 23rd Nov Dallas Directs Oswald to a phone, 3 mins after the shooting |
| Assassination Markham, Helen | |
| 23rd Nov Dallas Witness to the assassination of Officer Tippit |
| Assassination Mohrenschildt, George de | |
| April Inscribed with "Hunter of fascists", discoverred at the end of the Warren Commission |
| Assassination Moorman, Mary Ann | |
| 22nd Nov Dallas Photograph's the Grass y Knoll with a polaroid which is used to identify the "badge man" |
| 22nd Nov Dallas Stands just behind & to the left of President Kennedy with her friend, Jean Hill, seen in Zapruder's film |
| Assassination Norman, Harold | |
| 23rd Nov Dallas From the 5th floor hears Oswald operate his bolt action twice |
| Assassination Oswald, Lee Harvey | |
| Mar Oswald used his alias "A. Hidell" (which he would later use for the Fair Play for Cuba Committee, and for which he was carrying an I.D. card when arrested after the Kennedy murder) to purchase the Kennedy assassination rifle |
| 31st Mar The "backyard photos," taken by Marina Oswald, show Oswald dressed all in black and holding two Marxist newsletters - The Militant and The Worker - in one hand, a rifle in the other |
| 12th April Dallas 11:30 PM returns home admiting to Marina that he had just shot Major-General Walker |
| 12th April Dallas An attempt is made on the life of Major-General Edwin Walker by Oswald |
| 12th April Dallas Marina Oswald later testifies her husband stayed out late this night |
| 23rd Nov Dallas Escapes through the Elm St entrance, 3 minutes after the shooting |
| 24th Nov Dallas At 11:21 am CST Sunday, November 24, while handcuffed to Detective Leavelle and about to be taken to the Dallas County Jail, Oswald is shot and fatally wounded before live TV cameras in the basement of Dallas police station |
| 24th Nov Dallas Oswald is put into an ambulance and rushed to Parkland Memorial Hospital, the same hospital where JFK had died two days earlier |
| Assassination Oswald, Marina | |
| 10th April Dallas Marina Oswald later claims that Oswald attempted to assassinate General Edwin Walker |
| Assassination Paine, Michael | |
| Dallas Separated husband of Ruth Paine who rents a room Marina Oswald |
| Assassination Paine, Ruth | |
| Dallas Rents out a room to Marina Oswald |
| Assassination Reid, Robert | |
| 23rd Nov Dallas Sees Oswald on 2nd floor 2 mins after the shooting |
| Assassination Rose, Gus | |
| 23rd Nov Dallas Helps interrogates Oswald, 2pm |
| Assassination Rowland, Barbara | |
| 23rd Nov Dallas Claims the 1st shot was when Kennedy's car turned from Houston onto Elm |
| Assassination Ruby, Jack | |
| 24th Nov Dallas Assassinates Lee Harvey Oswald |
| 24th Nov Dallas Carlin phones Ruby for him to wire her $25, had she not phoned, Ruby would not have been in downtown Dallas |
| Assassination Scoggins, Willie | |
| 23rd Nov Dallas Identifies Oswald at the lineup for killing Officer Tippit |
| 23rd Nov Dallas Witness to the assassination of Officer Tippit |
| Assassination Sitzman, Marilyn | |
| 22nd Nov Dallas Stands on the same pedestal as Abraham Zapruder (steadying him), only yards from the alleged Grass y Knoll assassin |
| Assassination Skelton, Royce | |
| 23rd Nov Dallas Claims the 1st shot was when Kennedy's car turned from Houston onto Elm |
| Assassination Tague, James | |
| 22nd Nov Dallas A bullet fragment hits Tague |
| Assassination Walker, Edwin | |
| Mar Mississippi Investigated by the FBI for inciting a race riot |
| April Dallas An attempt is made on the life of Major-General Edwin Walker by Oswald |
| 10th April Dallas Victim of an assassination attempt in his Dallas home, later claimed that Lee Harvey Oswald was the assassin |
| Assassination Weitzman, Seymour | |
| 22nd Nov Dallas Officer who first sees Oswald's rifle behind some boxes on the 6th floor of the Texas School Book Depository |
| Assassination Witt, Louis | |
| 22nd Nov Dallas Attempts to heckle Kennedy with a reminder of the appeasement policies Prime Minister Chamberlain, with an umbrella |
| 22nd Nov Dallas The so called "Umbrella Man", standing in Dealey Plaza with an open umbrella and no rain in sight |
| Assassination Zapruder, Abraham | |
| 22nd Nov Dallas Films the assassination of Kennedy, sells the original film and the publishing rights to Life Magazine for $150,000, he donates $25,000 of the proceeds to the widow of slain Dallas police officer J.D. Tippit |
| Assistant Secretary State Hilsman, Jnr, Roger | |
| Appointed Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs |
| Autopsy of Kennedy Kennedy, John Fitzgerald | |
| 22nd Nov Bethesda Naval Hospital After Air Force One lands at Andrews Air Force Base, just outside Washington, D.C., Kennedy's body is taken to Bethesda Naval Hospital for an immediate autopsy |
| Backyard Photos Oswald, Lee Harvey | |
| 31st Mar The "backyard photos," taken by Marina Oswald, show Oswald dressed all in black and holding two Marxist newsletters - The Militant and The Worker - in one hand, a rifle in the other |
| 31st Mar When shown the pictures at Dallas Police headquarters after his arrest, Oswald insists they are fakes, however, Marina Oswald testifies in 1964 and 1978 that she took the photographs at Oswald's request |
| Backyard Photos Oswald, Marina | |
| 31st Mar The "backyard photos," taken by Marina Oswald, show Oswald dressed all in black and holding two Marxist newsletters - The Militant and The Worker - in one hand, a rifle in the other |
| 31st Mar When shown the pictures at Dallas Police headquarters after his arrest, Oswald insists they are fakes, however, Marina Oswald testifies in 1964 and 1978 that she took the photographs at Oswald's request |
| Birth Newsted, Jason Curtis | |
| 4th Mar Battle Creek Birth of Jason Curtis Newsted |
| Broadcast Oswald, Lee Harvey | |
| 17th Aug New Orleans Oswald debates the issue of Fidel Castro and Cuba with Bringuier on the Bill Stuckey Radio Show |
| Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters Randolph, Philip | |
| The Leaders and organizations comprising the Big Six were are ML King, Roy Wilkins , NAACP; Whitney Young, Jr., Urban League; A. Philip Randolph, Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters; John Lewis , SNCC & James Farmer of the Congress of Racial Equality |
| Burial Kennedy, John Fitzgerald | |
| 25th Nov Arlington Representatives from over 90 countries, including the Soviet Union, attend the funeral, after the service, the casket is taken by caisson to Arlington National Cemetery for burial |
| Burial Oswald, Lee Harvey | |
| 25th Nov Originally his headstone read Lee Harvey Oswald, but this marker was stolen and replaced with one which only reads Oswald |
| 25th Nov Oswald's grave is in Rose Hill Memorial Burial Park in Fort Worth, the inexpensive coffin is provided at the expense of the state, the burial and funeral are paid for by Oswald's brother Robert |
| Charter of Democracy Kennedy, John Fitzgerald | |
| Punt del Este The USA & 22 Latin American countries sign a charter defending democracy |
| Chief of Naval Operations MacDonald, David | |
| Appointed Chief of Naval Operations |
| Civil Disobedience King, Martin Luther | |
| Birmingham King is arrested and jailed during anti-segregation protests in Birmingham; writes Letter From Birmingham City Jail, arguing that individuals have the moral duty to disobey unjust. laws |
| King, representing the SCLC, is among the leaders of the so-called "Big Six"civil rights organizations who are instrumental in the organization of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom |
| Washington Delivers "I Have a Dream" speech during the March on Washington attended by 200,000 protesters, creates powerful image, builds momentum forcivil rights legislation |
| Commission Warren Boggs | |
| 29th Nov Dallas Member of the Warren Commission, opening day |
| Commission Warren Oswald, Lee Harvey | |
| 12th April Dallas A commission headed by Chief Justice Earl Warren decides Oswald acting alone had shot & killed Kennedy |
| Commission Warren Paine, Ruth | |
| Ruth Paine is a key witnesses for the Warren Commission with detailed information on the activities of the Oswalds |
| Committee House Select Assassinations Oswald, Lee Harvey | |
| The House Select Committee on Assassinations concludes Oswald was the assassin & part of a conspiracy |
| Composition Dylan, Bob | |
| Folk singer Bob Dylan popularizes protest songs; Peter, Paul and Mary sing Dylan's "Blowin' in the Wind" at the 1963 March on Washington |
| Composition Pitney, Gene | |
| Records, " 24 Hours From Tulsa" |
| Composition Wonder, Stevie | |
| Releases 1st Album, "Tribute to Uncle Ray" |
| 10th Aug Little Stevie Wonder tops the charts with "Fingertips (Pt. II)", the first live single in history to reach No 1 |
| 10th Aug Stevie Wonder hits no 1 on the R&B and pop chart with "Fingertips - Pt. 2" |
| Composition Zimmerman, Robert Allen | |
| Dylan's second album is released, "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" |
| Releases, "The Times They Are a-Changin", reflects a more sophisticated, politicized and cynical Dylan |
| Congress of Racial Equality Farmer, James | |
| The Leaders and organizations comprising the Big Six were are ML King, Roy Wilkins , NAACP; Whitney Young, Jr., Urban League; A. Philip Randolph, Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters; John Lewis , SNCC & James Farmer of the Congress of Racial Equality |
| Coup d'Etat Kennedy, John Fitzgerald | |
| 1st Nov Washington Kennedy approves aCoup by Vietnam ese Army officers during which Diem is assassinated |
| Coup d'Etat Lodge, Henry Cabot | |
| Helps organise aCoup which overthrows President Diem of South Vietnam |
| Death Kennedy, John Fitzgerald | |
| 22nd Nov Dallas Death of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, assassinated |
| Death Oswald, Lee Harvey | |
| 24th Nov Dallas Death of Lee Harvey Oswald, assassinated |
| Debt Oswald Oswald, Lee Harvey | |
| 9th Mar Dallas Oswald's debt of $396 to the State Dept is cleared in a single payment |
| Demonstrations Farmer, James | |
| The Leaders and organizations comprising the Big Six were are ML King, Roy Wilkins , NAACP; Whitney< |
