The tragic events are capped on Nov. 24, when the accused assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, is assassinated by Dallas nightclub owner Jack Ruby. Howard County wins third straight men's national junior college track and field title. Odessa College wins its fourth national junior college men's golf title in five years. Two trials of accused killer Byron de la Beckwith ended in hung juries, but he was convicted at a third trial more than 30 years later. A Freedom March in Washington, D.C., is attended by more than 200,000 people.
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