Kent Barker Collection / The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
Senator Kennedy announces his candidacy for President of the United States.
Listen to an excerpt from the oral history interview with Jacques Lowe, the Kennedys' personal photographer for many years, by clicking "Find out more."
Image: Kennedy's presidential campaign button features his face on a background of red, white and blue stripes.
After stopping a suspect on the street, Dallas police officer J.D. Tippit is shot and killed near the corner of 10th and Patton in the Oak Cliff section of Dallas.
Image 1: Darryl Heikes, photographer. Dallas Times Herald Collection/the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
Image 2: Jack H. and Jane C. McNairy Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
