Timeline of the John F. Kennedy assassination Houston Street and slowly approached the Texas School Book Depository head-on. According to witnesses, the shooting occurred shortly after the limousine made the sharp left-hand turn from Houston onto Elm Street. Most of the witnesses recalled that the first shot was fired after the president had started waving with his right hand. Several onlookers recalled hearing three shots, with the second and third shots bunched distinctly much closer together than the first and second shots. Witnesses estimate that from three to eight shots were fired. The Zapruder film shows the President re-emerging in the footage after being temporarily hidden from
Reactions to the assassination of John F. Kennedy the popular American band, The Byrds, on their second album, "Turn! Turn! Turn!". In 1964, songwriter William Spivery penned "Mr. John," which became popular in the midwestern United States. Topical folksinger Phil Ochs paid tribute to Kennedy in his song, "That Was the President", written shortly after the assassination, and again two years later in his masterpiece "Crucifixion", connecting Kennedy and Christ. Inline citations Bibliography Reactions to the assassination of John F. Kennedy Around the world, there were stunned reactions to the assassination of John F. Kennedy, the President of the United States, on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas.