We were walking along the street and my Dad looked very sad, he told me of John's passing then Dad was an Irish American in his heart and I felt sad for him Later in years, I felt sad about the whole thing, he was a good president as was Bobby
I was in Frederick, Oklahoma and the boss and I walked across the street to a drug store to have a cup of coffee and chew the fat. It was on the tube and everyone in there were on their feet around the tele listening. Back then it was quite a shock. Might not be in today's world.
I was at the time in my barracks in the British Army 21 years old 10 of us to a room and watching the TV when the program stopped and the announced was stated NEWS. I said the either Churchill was dead or Kennedy was. Can still picture that room at the time
I was in my high school English class. I remember so well. Surprisingly both my parents had the same English teacher when they were in high school. I remember feeling so sad for our teacher, being on in age at the time, after she read the announcement of Kennedy's death and that school was dismissed for the day, she put her head down on her desk and was crying as we all left the room. I still feel the sadness of that day.
@Angela Teed Your post is heartwarming. Your presence is a surprise, as I thought I keep up on developments! I was a few years older when I heard, 21 to be exact, and found such shocking news to be incomprehensible. Not having had the chance till now, we all welcome you here, to become a part of the discussion! Do tell us more about yourself! Frank
I was 13, it was after school and my friend and I were helping her mam deliver Littlewoods Pool coupons on our bikes, one of her customers had just heard it on the tv ... I didn't realise the import then, but I've never forgotten that particular time or the friend i was with ... so sad
I was 27 at the time, at work in the Avionics Lab on the roof of the Engineering Building of Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, California. I voted for JFK in the 1960 presidential election, in which he defeated Nixon by Electoral Vote, but Nixon beat him in the Popular Vote. Hal
Yes 55 years ago to-day JFK was killed and the world was saddened. There was a film called the Zapruder film which was a film hid from the people for twenty years. Did not come out until 1975. Why if there is nothing to hide? They released some of the papers this year but withheld some after 55 years. What do they have to hide? If a policeman stopped you and wants to check your car and you say no they would say if your innocent you have nothing to hide.
You're all going to hate me for this... but despite it being a very tragic case as any murder is, ... I am heartily sick of hearing of this .. I was 8 years old when this took place... and I've never heard the end of it ever since. ..and I'm now in my 60's. No offence to you Martin or to any of my American friends, but between Kennedy, Elvis and Marilyn Munroe...... it gets very tiring indeed.... It may be interesting to Americans' but I can assure you that most of the world, are no longer interested.. There's many notable people who have died before and since, in many other countries.. Sorry don't want to sound horrible... but ...
I think that this is something that only means this much importance to Americans, @Holly Saunders . It is true that when you just look it as someone notable being assassinated, there are many others over the years, and most would be equally forgotten over this long a time. I was 18 when President Kennedy was assassinated, during my last year in high school; but had stayed home that day for some reason. When it was announced over the radios and televisions, I think that just about everyone in the United States watched and listened for the rest of the day, and then the following days, as first Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested and then shot and killed, and Jack Ruby was arrested for Oswald’s murder . More than just an assassination to us, it literally changed our whole world here in the US, similarly to what happened with the attacks on 9/11/2001 did. Up until President Kennedy was assassinated, we mostly lived in a happy little world, where the wars around us were pretty much over, and Vietnam Nam had not yet started, we weren’t building bomb shelters in case the Russians attacked us, and every thing was going along smoothly here. No one even considered that someone might shoot and kill our President, and when it happened, it made everyone aware of how suddenly a disaster like this could happen. Nowdays, we live in a totally different world, where killings and other horrible things seem to happen on a regular basis, and we are not shocked like we were back in 1963.
@Yvonne Smith ..correct you are- however this assignation has and is still picked to pieces - that is what makes me weary of it all. Natalie Wood - possible murder is another one that I have grown worn out from.
Still, the assassination of a head of state is more significant than the death of M. Monroe, Elvis, of other celeb. It is more on the level of the assassination of Sadat. As @Yvonne stated, it changed the world for us. Kennedy was in the process of down-sizing the CIA, changing the FBI, and removing us from Vietnam. His death gave us Lyndon Johnson, one of the most despicable politicians in modern times.