| − | '''Lee Harvey Oswald''' was born on October 18, 1939, in [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]]. The [[Warren Commission]], anxious to close the case, declared that Oswald acted alone and was the sole assassin of [[President]] [[John F. Kennedy]] in [[Dallas]], [[Texas]] on November 22, 1963. Oswald was a lifelong communist and leftist who at one point defected to the Soviet Union, and yet was inexplicably allowed back into the United States to reside in New Orleans in the summer of 1963. | + | '''Lee Harvey Oswald''' (October 18, 1939 - November 24, 1963) born in [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]], is best know for his assasination of [[John F. Kennedy]]. The [[Warren Commission]], anxious to close the case, declared that Oswald acted alone and was the sole assassin of [[President]] John F. Kennedy in [[Dallas]], [[Texas]] on November 22, 1963. Oswald was a lifelong communist and leftist who at one point defected to the Soviet Union, and yet was inexplicably allowed back into the United States to reside in New Orleans in the summer of 1963. |
| | Oswald was murdered in front of live [[television]] cameras on November 24, 1963, by [[Dallas]] nightclub owner Jack Ruby. | | Oswald was murdered in front of live [[television]] cameras on November 24, 1963, by [[Dallas]] nightclub owner Jack Ruby. |