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Jack Ruby shoots Lee Harvey Oswald dead in the Dallas police station basement, a
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November 24

Ruby Shoots Oswald: Kennedy Mystery Deepens

Jack Ruby shoots Lee Harvey Oswald dead in the Dallas police station basement, a moment captured and beamed live to millions of viewers worldwide. This televised killing instantly transforms a murder into a global spectacle, shattering any hope for a clear judicial narrative and fueling decades of conspiracy theories that still haunt American politics today.

November 24, 1963

63 years ago

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