JFK Assassination Timeline

  • Marcello Investigation

    In this year the US Senate started an investigation on organized crime, led partially by Robert and John F. Kennedy.
  • More Trouble With Marcello

    In this year, Robert Kennedy ordered the CIA to abduct Marcello and drop him in Central America, however Marcello was back home in New Orleans just two weeks after he dissappeared.
  • Rose Cheramie

    Rose Cheramie was thrown from her car by two of Jack Ruby's gangsters. She told police that the men were involved in a plot to kill JFK in Dallas in a few days, but she was under medication and ignored.
  • JFK Assassinated

    JFK was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas, Texas.
  • Oswald Is Killed

    Jack Ruby shot and killed Oswald in the basement of the Dallas Police Headquarters on live TV.
  • Ruby Is Convicted

    He was found guilty of murdering Oswald and sentenced to death. He claimed he couldn't get a fair trial in Dallas, so was supposed to receive a new trial.
  • Warren Commission Denies Conspiracy

    The Warren Commission said that neither were involved in a conspiracy and that Jack Ruby had no relation to organized crime.
  • Rose Cheramie Was Killed

    After the assassination, police talked to Rose. She told them about the men that attacked her and said that she had seen Lee Harvey Oswald in one of Ruby's nightclubs. She was later the victim of a hit and run incident that could have been mob-related.
  • Ruby Dies

    He died of cancer while waiting for a new trial.