Assassination of John F. Kennedy or completely stop, the Warren Commission — based on the Zapruder film — found that the limousine had traveled an average speed of 11.2 miles per hour over the 186 ft of Elm Street immediately preceding the fatal head shot. Within one second of each other, President Kennedy, Governor Connally, and Mrs. Kennedy all turned abruptly from looking to their left to looking to their right, between Zapruder film frames 155 and 169. Connally, like the President, was a World War II military veteran but unlike him, a longtime hunter. Connally testified that he immediately recognized the sound as that
Timeline of the John F. Kennedy assassination to fly to Europe for a one week visit of the Benelux countries. November 6, 1963: White House Press Secretary Pierre Salinger announces that First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy has decided to accompany the President on his trip to Texas. November 7, 1963: The Albert Thomas Appreciation Dinner being held on November 21, 1963 sells out a second time. Organizers of the dinner had already moved the venue from the Rice Hotel to the larger Sam Houston Coliseum because they could not accommodate the increased demand for tickets once it became known that President Kennedy would attend. After it was announced