Revisiting the Historic Moment of Jack Ruby’s Live TV Shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald: An In-Depth Look

On November 24, 1963, two days after President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, the man accused of killing Kennedy, Lee Harvey Oswald, was being transferred from the city jail to the county jail. As Oswald was being led through the basement of the Dallas police headquarters, Jack Ruby, a Dallas nightclub owner, stepped out from a crowd of reporters and fired a single shot from a concealed .38 caliber revolver, hitting Oswald in the abdomen. Oswald was rushed to the hospital, but he died a short time later.

Ruby’s shooting of Oswald was witnessed by a number of people, including reporters, police officers, and photographers, and was captured on film by a number of news cameras that were present at the police headquarters. The shooting was broadcast on live television and was seen by millions of people around the world.

Ruby was quickly arrested and charged with murder. He was found guilty and sentenced to death, but the conviction was later overturned on appeal. He was retried and again found guilty, but he died of lung cancer in 1967 while his appeal was still pending.


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Louis Jolyon West

American psychiatrist involved in the public sphere

born on March 25, 1911 (d. 1967)

Jack Ruby

American nightclub owner Who shot Lee Harvey Oswald

Ruby’s psychiatrist was Louis Jolyon West who fought to have Ruby declared insane (and therefore prevent people from listening to him) even though everybody thought Ruby to be perfectly fine.


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born on March 25, 1911 (d. 1967)

Jack Ruby

American nightclub owner Who shot Lee Harvey Oswald
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Louis Jolyon West

American psychiatrist involved in the public sphere


Jack Ruby

American nightclub owner Who shot Lee Harvey Oswald

Dior, a marketer of luxury fashion outfits for women and founded by French designer Christian Dior and textile magnate Marcel Boussac, began operations with the opening of a store at 30 Avenue Montaigne in Paris.

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December 16, 1946

Christian Dior was a French fashion designer who founded his eponymous fashion house in Paris in 1946. The first few years of Dior’s fashion house were marked by tremendous success and innovation. Dior’s first collection, which he presented in 1947, was called the “New Look” and featured full, voluminous skirts and a cinched waistline. The collection was a departure from the more utilitarian styles that had been popular during World War II, and it received widespread acclaim from fashion critics and consumers alike.

Dior’s fashion house quickly gained a reputation for producing high-quality, luxurious clothing and accessories, and it became one of the most influential fashion houses in the world. Dior’s designs were known for their attention to detail and use of fine fabrics, and they were popular with celebrities and socialites. In the early 1950s, Dior expanded his fashion empire to include a range of fragrances, makeup, and home decor items. Despite his untimely death in 1957 at the age of 52, Dior’s fashion house continued to thrive and remains a major player in the global fashion industry to this day.

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Christian Dior

French fashion designer, best known as the founder of one of the world's top fashion houses Christian Dior SE, which is now owned by parent company LVMH

born on September 21, 1947

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Marcel Boussac

French entrepreneur best known for his ownership of the Maison Dior and one of the most successful thoroughbred race horse breeding farms in European history


Christian Dior

French fashion designer, best known as the founder of one of the world's top fashion houses Christian Dior SE, which is now owned by parent company LVMH