Oswald and the JFK assassination
Oswald, who denied any involvement in the shooting, was formally charged with murder.
Lee Harvey Oswald
Nightclub owner Jack Ruby shot and killed Oswald as the prisoner was being transferred through the underground garage of Dallas police headquarters.
Warren Commission report
The commission said the handbills in the image were samples of ones on which Lee Harvey Oswald had stamped his name and the name "A.J. Hidell".
The image below was identified as showing Oswald distributing the handbills in New Orleans on Aug. 16, 1963.
Jack Ruby
As Lee Harvey Oswald was being transferred from police headquarters to the county jail on Nov. 24, 1963, Ruby shot him in the chest from close range.
Ruby was convicted of murder and sentenced to death. He appealed and was granted a new trial, but died of lung cancer before a trial date was set.
Lee Harvey Oswald
In early phases of his service at U.S. bases he got good performance evaluations and qualified as a sharpshooter after marksmanship training.
But Oswald was court-martialed twice while stationed in Japan, first after wounding himself with an unauthorized pistol and later after a bar fight.
Dallas theater
The Warren Commission said Oswald left the book depository moments after shots were fired from the sixth floor, returned by bus and cab to his rooming house, then ventured out again - soon encountering a Dallas police officer who stopped him based on descriptions of the assassination suspect.
According to the commission, Oswald fatally shot Patrolman J.D. Tippit with a handgun, then fled into the nearby movie theater.
Lee Harvey Oswald
By the time he turned 17 and joined the Marines, Oswald had lived at more than 20 different addresses and attended a dozen schools. He was born in New Orleans on Oct. 18, 1939, two months after his father died of a heart attack.