TODAY IN HISTORY

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT

Nov. 22, 1963

John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, was shot to death during a motorcade in Dallas; Texas Gov. John B. Connally, riding in the same car as Kennedy, was seriously wounded; suspected gunman Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as president.

ON THIS DATE 1977

Regular passenger service between New York and Europe on the supersonic Concorde began on a trial basis.

2014

A 12- year- old Black boy, Tamir Rice, was shot and mortally wounded by police outside a Cleveland recreation center after brandishing what turned out to be a pellet gun.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS

Actor Michael Callan is 85. Animator and movie director Terry Gilliam is 80. Actor Tom Conti is 79. Singer Jesse Colin Young is

79. Astronaut Guion Bluford is 78. International Tennis Hall of Famer Billie Jean King is 77. Rock musician- actor Steve Van Zandt ( a. k. a. Little Steven) is 70. Rock musician Tina Weymouth is 70. Retired MLB All- Star Greg Luzinski is 70. Rock musician Lawrence Gowan is 64. Actor Richard Kind is

64. Actor Jamie Lee Curtis is 62. Alt- country singer Jason Ringenberg is 62. Actor Mariel Hemingway is 59. Actor Winsor Harmon is 57. Actor- turned- producer Brian Robbins is 57. Actor Stephen Geoffreys is

56. Rock musician Charlie Colin is 54. Actor Nicholas Rowe is 54. Actor Michael Kenneth Williams is 54. Actor Mark Ruffalo is

53. International Tennis Hall of Famer Boris Becker is 53. Actor Sidse Babett Knudsen is

52. Country musician Chris Fryar is 50. Actor Josh Cooke is 41. Actor- singer Tyler Hilton is 37. Actor Scarlett Johansson is 36. Actor Jamie Campbell Bower is 32. Singer Actor Mackenzie Lintz is 24.