US marks 50th anniversary of President John F Kennedy's killing
Crowds have gathered in the US city of
Dallas to observe a moment of silence to mark the 50th anniversary of the
assassination of President John F Kennedy in the city's Dealey Plaza. The
moment of silence began on Friday at 12:30 pm (1830 GMT), the moment on
November 22, 1963 when the fatal shots were fired at Kennedy's motorcade from
the Texas School Book Depository by Lee Harvey Oswald. The young leader's
brutal televised death, a dark turning point even in an era gripped by the Cold
War nuclear stand-off and bloodshed in the jungles of Vietnam, shocked a global
audience of millions.
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