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1910Suffragette Sophia Duleep Singh
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1914Suffragettes protest
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1922Saklatvala, Communist MP
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1929Indian independence campaign
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1931Gandhi in Britain
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1934Krishna Menon, Asian Labour Politician
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1938Kristallnacht
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1938Cartoon about the Nazi threat
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1939India in World War II
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1945General Election after WWII
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1947Independence and Partition
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1962Cuban Missile Crisis
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1964Assassination of Lee Harvey Oswald
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1967Robert Kennedy Assassinated
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1970Punk fanzine
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1972Gay News
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1972The Black Panther
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1973CND newspaper
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1974President Nixon resigns
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1990Release of Nelson Mandela
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1998The Belfast Agreement
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Intro
John F. Kennedy was assassinated on 22 November 1963 whilst driving through Dallas in a convertible limousine with his wife, Jackie. Kennedy was a hugely popular president - charismatic, forward-looking and strong-minded - and his image became a benchmark for every subsequent presidential candidate.
Just two days after the shooting, Lee Harvey Oswald, the man believed to be JFK's murderer, was himself killed. A Dallas nightclub owner had shot Oswald, claiming he 'did it for Jackie'. The writer of this article in the Daily Sketch happened to be in exactly the right place at the right time, enabling him to send an 'exclusive' story back to the newspaper in London. There are many conspiracy theories questioning whether Oswald was really was the killer, including rumours of gangsters, the Russians, even the CIA being involved.
Image Copyright: John Frost Newspaper Archive
Shelfmark: British Library Newspaper Archive
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