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DEFINING MOMENTS
DEATH OF A PRESIDENT
The assassinated President John F Kennedy lies in state
in the United States Capitol in Washington, DC on 24
November 1963, two days after he was killed by Lee
Harvey Oswald. Kennedy was the first US president
to lie in state in the rotunda – also known as the
“hall of the people” – for more than 30 years.
250,000 mourners arrived to pay their
respects with many waiting into the
night to say a final farewell.
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