On this day in 1963, Jack Ruby shot Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas Police Headquarters on live TV, adding to the many conspiracy theories around the assassination of President Kennedy.
On November 24, at 11:21 a.m. CST, Oswald was being escorted by Dallas police detectives Jim Leavelle and L. C. Graves through the police basement to an armored car that was to take Oswald to the nearby county jail when Ruby, who was standing in a crowd of reporters, emerged with his revolver aimed at Oswald’s abdomen. Ruby passed by William Harrison, who saw the gun and began to reach his hand out. Detective Billy Combest described Ruby’s facial expression as that of a “determined look or grimace”. Ruby shot Oswald at point-blank range, mortally wounding him. Combest exclaimed, “Jack, you son of a bitch!”
Oswald was placed in an ambulance and driven to Parkland Memorial Hospital, the same hospital where President Kennedy was declared dead two days earlier. Oswald died at 1:07 p.m. Several photographs were taken of the event, capturing the moments when Ruby pulled the trigger. In 1964, Robert H. Jackson of the Dallas Times Herald was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Photography for his image, titled Jack Ruby Shoots Lee Harvey Oswald.
Jack Ruby (52) shoots Lee Harvey Oswald (24). Winner of the 1964 Pulitzer Prize for Photography
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Today is the birthday, in 1950, of Clem Burke, American musician who is best known as the drummer from Blondie from 1975, shortly after the band formed, throughout the band’s entire career. Blondie scored five UK No.1 singles including the 1979 UK & US No.1 single ‘Heart Of Glass’ and 1978 worldwide No.1 album Parallel Lines. He was named one of the greatest drummers of all time by Rolling Stone magazine, and in a long and varied career, he also played with Bob Dylan, Eurythmics, Iggy Pop and the Ramones. Burke died of cancer on 7th April 2025 age 70. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TU3-lS_Gryk
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