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November 24

Oswald Shot Dead on Live TV: Justice Never Delivered

Lee Harvey Oswald was shot dead in the basement of Dallas police headquarters by Jack Ruby, a nightclub owner with Mafia connections, during a live television broadcast on November 24, 1963. Millions watched it happen. Ruby said he acted spontaneously to spare Jacqueline Kennedy a public trial. Oswald had denied shooting the president. He died without a trial. Everything that happened after — every conspiracy theory, every investigation, every doubt — flows from two days in Dallas.

November 24, 1963

63 years ago

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