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Lee Harvey Oswald

Although there is a good deal of controversy surrounding the decision, the Warren Commission and the FBI concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald was guilty of the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Oswald was murdered by Jack Ruby two days after Kennedy's death.

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What schools did Lee Harvey Oswald go to?

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Oswald went to Defense Language Institute and Arlington Heights High School.

What did the government appointed group that investigated John f. Kennedys death conclude about Lee Harvey Oswald?

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Its 888-page final report was presented to President Johnson on September 24, 1964, and made public three days later. It concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in the killing of Kennedy and the wounding of Texas Governor John Connally, and that Jack Ruby acted alone in the murder of Oswald. The Commission's findings have since proven controversial and been both challenged and supported by later studies.

How long did Jack Ruby spend in prison after killing Lee Harvey Oswald?

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The rest of his life. He was still in custody when he died of lung cancer in 1967 at the age of 55.

What was lee Harvey oswalds motive?

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It's a big question so I will start from the beginning. Growing up, Oswald had been abused my his mother many times (and his father was dead), so he got out of his house as soon as possible. That's when he joined the marines, and came to be a crack shot at a sniper rifle. When his platoon went to the U.S.S.R., he found found that he liked Communism and Marxism, so he ditched the marines and hung out in Russia for a while. He then became so attracted to Marxism he tried to do everything he could to stand out and help Castro. He was sadly turned down and unnoticed by everyone, so he packed up and went back to the US with his newly wedded wife, Marina (whom he later abused. In the States, he tried to hand out fliers and spread the word about Marxism, yet he was obviously turned down and even arrested for doing so. Mad now, his next move was to assassinate Edwin Walker, a retired military general. Yet after he took the shot and drove away, he didn't even realize that he missed Walker by about an inch. After he ended up finding out he did miss, Oswald was just upset. His wife not liking him, no one interested in what he had to say, he was actually on the verge of suicide, until he heard about the president coming to Dallas. As a final way to stand out, Oswald went to his work building, walked to the 6th floor, aimed, and shot.

Was Lee Harvey Oswald on death row?

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He never made it to trial. As he was being moved from the Dallas police station he was shot by a man named Jack Ruby in the parking garage. Ruby came out from the crowd as he was escorted by the police and shot him point blank. This was seen on alive TV (no tape then) by millions of people. Ruby was arrested and tried for the killing and died in prison of cancer.

Were and when did Lee Harvey Oswald get arrested?

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He was arrested for shooting Police Officer J. D. Tippit on the day of President Kennedy's assassination. It did not take long for police to suspect he had also killed the President, especially as he worked at the warehouse where the shots had been fired from and had left the building minutes after the assassination.

What was Lee Harvey Oswald's connection to the Mafia?

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Not that anyone knows and can prove. I suspect that kinda like Kevin Bacon, there aren't too many people between any of us and the Mafia. But the Mafia would be fools to let anyone like Oswald in. He wasn't "quiet", politically, and people who draw attention to themselves are not what the Mafia is looking for.

Where did Lee Harvey Oswald buy his rifle?

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the rifle, a mannlicher-carcano rifle, is in the US national archives.

Did Lee Harvey Oswald kill Officer Tippit?

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Yes, within hours of the Kennedy assassination he killed a police officer called J. D. Tippit. He was soon arrested for the shooting and quickly suspected of being involved in the murder of President Kennedy.

Where are Lee Harvey Oswald children?

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He had two daughters, June Lee Oswald (born Feb. 15, 1961) and Audrey Marina Rachel Oswald (born Oct. 20, 1963)

What time was lee Harvey oswald arrested?

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This is a difficult question to nail down exactly, but a good educated guess can be made. Page 178 of the Warren Commission report states that "At 1:45 p.m., the police radio stated, 'Have information a suspect just went in the Texas Theatre on West Jefferson.'" There is then a detail of the actions of the police officers, and on page 179 the report says "At 1:51 p.m., police car 2 reported by radio that it was on the way to headquarters with the suspect." Assuming that it might take a minute, or at most 2 minutes, to get the subdued suspect in the police car, that would put the actual time of arrest at about 1:49pm on November 22, 1963.

By the way, I acknowledge that many people dispute the findings of the Warren Commission's report. However most people do not object to this part of the findings, so I will assume that this part of the report, at least, is factual.

Does Lee Harvey Oswald have kids?

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He had two daughters, June Lee Oswald (born Feb. 15, 1961) and Audrey Marina Rachel Oswald (born Oct. 20, 1963)
Yes, he had two children.

What was the name of the movie theater where Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested following the assassination of JFK?

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the Texas theater

The Texas Theater is still around and still plays movies. It often shows foreign or other obscure movies (including the great horror Christmas movie Rare Exports), and anyone working there can point out where Oswald sat (however, the original seat has been removed and replaced when the theater went under some renovations).

What was Lee Harvey Oswalds mothers name?

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Marguerite Claverie. His father was Robert Edward Lee Oswald.

Page 669 of the Warren Commission report.

What happend to Lee Harvey Oswald 7 days after the arrest for killing John F Kennedy?

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Lee Harvey Oswald was killed 2 days after his arrest. Jack Ruby shot him in the abdomen. Jack Ruby was then arrested and stayed in jail for the rest of his life. Ruby died of lung cancer at age 55.

How far away was Lee Harvey Oswald when he shot kennedy?

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Oswald was 85 feet away from Kennedy when he fired the fatal shot. The other shots' range are unknown.

How was Lee Harvey Oswald killed?

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Dallas Texas nightclub owner Jack Ruby shot Lee Harvey Oswald, in the Dallas Police Department parking garage while he was being transported, killing him. He fired a .38 caliber special into his abdomen at close range but it was not a contact wound.

When was Lee Harvey Oswald killed?

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November 24, 1963 was the date that Jack Ruby, a local night-club operator, shot and killed Oswald, who was in police custody.

Did Lee Harvey Oswald actually kill John F. Kennedy?

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In the short time that Oswald lived after Kennedy's assassination, he consistantly denied shooting Kennedy, so it would not be possible that he would give a reason for doing it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_harvey_oswald#Assassination_of_JFK says:

Oswald was interrogated several times during his two days of detention at Dallas Police Headquarters. He denied killing President Kennedy or Officer Tippit, denied owning a rifle, said two photographs of him holding a rifle and a pistol were fakes, denied knowing anything about the forged Selective Service card with the name "Alek J. Hidell" in his wallet, denied telling his co-worker he wanted a ride to Irving to get curtain rods for his apartment, and denied he had been seen carrying a long heavy package to work the morning of the assassination.

Oswald wanted to be important and historical. He didn't just keep a diary, he called it a Historic diary! He defected to the USSR, found out he was a nobody there too, made arrangements to come back and planned what to tell the media on arrival... but nobody bothered to cover the story of his return. He screwed up an assassination attempt on a general earlier the same year, and had made plans what to say if captured.

Then, he did manage to become historic, the bad way. He tried to contact a leftist lawyer he'd heard of... clearly he was hoping for a big showy trial. Then the Dallas police dragged him in front of one unsearched crowd after another, until they found what they obviously wanted, a crowd with someone in it who was just as nutty.

His last act on this Earth was to raise his (handcuffed) fist to his head in the well known Communist "Knuckle-Head" sign.

What motive did Lee Harvey Oswald have to kill President Kennedy?

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He worked at the Texas School Book Depository warehouse where the shots were fired from. He was seen carrying a long thin package into the TSBD which he claimed were curtain rods. He was seen on the sixth floor of the TSBD 30 minutes before the assassination. He was left alone there. He did none of his assigned work for the day. A witness on the street saw the gun being fired from the sixth floor and gave a description of the gunman which matched Oswald. He left the building minutes after the assassination. He was the only person to leave the TSBD between the assassination and when the police surrounded the building. He killed a cop on the same day, in front of witnesses. And he left his gun and fingerprints at the crime scene. He tried to shoot the arresting officers; an odd thing for an "innocent patsy" to do!

Oswald had no need for curtain rods. His rented room already had them, as did the house where his wife lived. And of course, no curtain rods were found in the TSBD, although the empty package was. Obviously, the rifle was in the package.

Did he do it? Lee Harvey Oswald did do it. He was a man who never fit in; no matter what he tried, he always ended up alienating himself from the "group". The likelihood that he could cooperate or coordinate this activity with another person or persons is very remote. He had the training, the skill, and the means to carry it out all by himself. Most of all, after all of his failures, he had the motivation to make this grand gesture that ensures that his name would always be a part of American history.

What happened to Jack Ruby after shooting Lee Harvey Oswald?

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On March 14, 1964, a jury convicted Jack Ruby of killing Oswald and sentenced him to death. Jack Ruby's conviction was later overturned, but he died from cancer on January 3rd, 1967, while waiting for a new trial.

Was Lee Harvey Oswald a Russian spy?

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Actually if you look at the movie salt it will show lee Harvey oswald his spy name was mason reference to the game call of duty black ops alex mason also it will say viktor reznov it wont say viktor just reznov referring to the game again reznov was too thanks for letting me comment take this to mind

Where did Oswald kill JFK from?

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In the abdomen, in the basement of the Dallas City courthouse and jail.