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
Timeline of the John F. Kennedy assassination 11, 1963: Kenneth O'Donnell sends a letter of reply to Jack Valenti formally accepting his invitation for the President to speak at the dinner honoring Rep. Albert Thomas. October 15, 1963: Ruth Paine calls the Texas School Book Depository and speaks to building superintendent Roy Truly, and convinces him to give Oswald a job interview. Truly interviews him that same day and hires Oswald as a temporary employee and he starts training the following day. October 20, 1963: Kenneth O'Donnell, special assistant and Appointments Secretary to President Kennedy, calls Jerry Bruno the advance man for the Kennedy trips, and asks