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What was Oswald? A Republican?
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Features Exhumation FAQ Harvey & Lee Jerry Organ Quiz Resources Articles Bibliography Book Reviews Documents Internet Links Photo Gallery Misc. By W. Tracy Parnell ©1998-2000 All times local Ancestry 1897 July 8th: The maternal grandparents of Lee Harvey Oswald, John Claverie and Dorothea Stucke, are married in New Orleans, Louisiana. 1907 July 19th: His mother, Marguerite Francis Claverie, is born in New Orleans. 1924 Marguerite finds work as a receptionist at the New Orleans law firm of Defour, Rosen, Wolff and Kammer. 1929 August 8th: Marguerite marries Edward John Pic, Jr. In Gulfport, Mississippi. 1932 January 17th: Marguerite gives birth to her first child, John Edward Pic. 1933 Marguerite divorces Pic, and on July 20th, marries Robert Edward Lee Oswald. 1934 April 7th: Marguerite gives birth to a second son, Robert, Jr. 1938 The Oswalds purchase a home on Alvar Street in New Orleans. 1939 August 19th: Robert Oswald, Sr. dies. October 18th: Lee Harvey Oswald is born. Early Life 1940 Marguerite rents the Alvar Street house to Dr. Bruno Mancuso and moves to Congress Street. 1941 March 5th: Marguerite and sons move to Bartholomew Street in New Orleans where Marguerite operates a store called "Oswald's Notion Shop". 1942 January 3rd: John and Robert are sent to the Bethlehem Children's Home. Lee is rejected admission because of his age. Marguerite moves to Pauline Street and returns to work. Lee spends much of his time with his aunt Lillian. Spring Lee is taken care of by Mrs. Thomas Roach who lives in the same house as the Oswalds. Summer Marguerite moves to Sherwood Forest Drive near the Murrets, and Lillian Murret once again takes care of Lee. December Marguerite applies again to admit Lee, and 26th: he joins his brothers in the Bethlehem Children's Home. 1943 July Marguerite is hired to work at a Hosiery Shop on Canal Street. Marguerite meets Edwin A. Ekdahl. 1944 January 29th: Marguerite withdraws Lee from Bethlehem and moves to Dallas, where she and Ekdahl plan to locate after marrying. Marguerite sells the Avlar Street house and buys a house on Victor Street. June John and Robert leave Bethlehem and join the family on Victor Street. 1945 February Marguerite tries unsuccessfully to return John and Robert to Bethlehem. May 5th: Marguerite marries Edwin A. Ekdahl. September John and Robert are placed in the Chamberlain-Hunt Military Academy in Mississippi. Fall The Ekdahls move to Granbury Road in Benbrook, a Fort Worth suburb. October 31st: Lee enters his first school, Benbrook Elementary. 1946 February 8th: Lee enters Harris Hospital in Fort Worth for a Mastoidectomy. Summer Marguerite and Ekdahl separate and, after removing John and Robert from Chamberlain-Hunt, she moves to Covington, Louisiana. September John and Robert return to Chamberlain-Hunt, and Lee enters Covington Elementary. 1947 January 23rd: The Ekdahls reunite and move to Eighth Street in Fort Worth. 27th: Lee enters Lily B. Clayton Elementary School. Summer Marguerite discovers Ekdahl is having an affair and confronts him in Fort Worth. 1948 10th: Marguerite orders Ekdahl out of the house. March 18th: Marguerite moves to Willing Street. 19th: Lee enters George C. Clark Elementary. 23rd: Ekdahl files for divorce. May John and Robert join the family on Willing Street. June 24th: The Ekdahls are divorced, and Marguerite retains the name Oswald. Lee completes the second grade. July Marguerite buys a small house on San Saba Street in Benbrook, where an incident occurs in which Lee threatens John with a knife. August At the end of the summer, Marguerite sells the house and buys a larger house in Fort Worth on Ewing Street. September Lee enters the third grade at Arlington Heights Elementary. John gets a job at Everybody's Department Store. Robert returns to school. 1949 January John returns to school, but continues to work part-time. September Lee enters Ridgelea West Elementary, where he will remain for 3 years. December 25th: Mrs. Clyde I. Livingston receives a puppy from Lee, who would stop by thereafter to visit the dog. 1950 January John Pic joins the Coast Guard. Robert quits school to work full-time. 1951 September Robert returns to school. 1952 July Robert joins the Marine Corps. August Marguerite and Lee go to New York city and move in with John, now married, and his family on E. 92nd Street. Lee enrolls at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran School. Lee threatens Mrs. Pic with a pocket knife, and the Oswalds are asked to leave. September The Oswalds move to Sheridan Avenue in the Bronx, and Lee enters P.S. 117, where he is frequently absent from classes. Marguerite is employed by Learner's Dress Shop. 1953 January The Oswalds move to East 179th Street. Truancy hearings are held regarding Lee's absences. February The Pics visit the Oswalds. March 12th: A petition is filed by Lee's attendance officer. 23rd: Lee registers at school. April Marguerite is working at Martin's Department Store. 16th: Lee is declared a truant and remanded to Youth House where he receives a psychological evaluation. May Marguerite is working for a chain of hosiery shops. 7th: Lee returns to court and is placed on probation. September 14th: Lee enters the eighth grade at P.S. 44. Parole is extended until October 29th. October Parole is extended until November 19th. November 19th: The Oswalds appear in court, and parole is continued until January 28th. 1954 January 4th: A Big Brothers' caseworker visits the Oswalds. 9th (app.): The Oswalds move to New Orleans and stay with the Murrets on French Street. The Oswalds would later live on Saint Mary Street in two different apartments. 13th: Lee enrolls in the eighth grade at Beauregard Junior High. March 11th: The court case against Lee is dismissed. September Lee enters the ninth grade at Beauregard. October Lee takes a series of achievement tests in which he scores well in reading and vocabulary and poorly in math. 1955 Spring The Oswalds move to Exchange Place in the French Quarter. June 2nd: Lee fills out a personal history on which he indicates his future career choices as "Military" and "Undecided". July 27th: Lee joins the Civil Air Patrol where he probably meets Captain David Ferrie. September 8th: Lee enters 10th grade at Warren Easton High School. October 7th: Lee drops out of school. Lee tries to enlist in the Marines but is denied. November 10th: Lee starts work as a messenger boy at Gerald F. Tujague Inc. 1956 January Lee works as an office boy at J.R. Michels Inc. February Lee begins work for Pfisterer Dental Laboratory, where he would be employed for several months. July Marguerite, Lee, and Robert move to Collinswood Street in Fort Worth. September Lee enrolls at Arlington Heights High School. 28th: Lee drops out. October 3rd: Lee contacts the Socialist Party of America. 24th: Lee enlists in the United States Marine Corps at the age of 17. Marine Corps October 26th: Lee reports for duty in San Diego. 30th: He takes a series of aptitude tests in which he scored 2 points below average overall. December 21st: Lee scores a 212 (Sharpshooter) on a marksmanship test. 1957 January 18th: Lee reports to Camp Pendleton, California, where he is assigned to the "A" Company of the 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry Training Regiment. February 27th: Lee goes on leave for 2 weeks. March 18th: Lee reports to the Naval Air Technical Training Center in Jacksonville, Florida. May 1st: Lee is promoted to Private 1st Class. 3rd: He is given a "Confidential" security clearance. 3rd: Lee leaves for Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Mississippi. June 17th: Lee completes the Aircraft Control and Warning Operator Course in Biloxi. 20th: He goes on leave, possibly visiting Marguerite. 25th: Lee is given the occupational specialty of Aviation Electronics Operator. July 9th: Lee reports to the Marine Corps Air Station at El Toro, California, and is attached to the 4th Replacement Battalion. August 22nd: Lee departs for Japan. September 12th: He arrives in Japan at Yokosuka, where he is assigned to the Marine Air Control Squadron #1, Marine Air Group 11, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, based in Atsugi. October 27th: Lee accidentally shoots himself in the arm with a derringer. November 15th: Lee is discharged from the hospital at Yokosuka. 20th: His unit sails for the Philippine Islands. 1958 March 7th: Lee's unit sails for Atsugi. 18th: The unit reaches Atsugi. April 11th: Lee is court-martialed for the first time for illegal possession of a firearm. June 27th: Lee is court-martialed for the second time for assaulting a superior and sentenced to the brig. August 13th: Lee is released from confinement. September 14th: Lee and his unit sail for the South China Sea. Lee's unit arrives in Taiwan, where he suffers a nervous breakdown and is sent back to Japan. October 5th: Lee arrives in Atsugi. 6th: He is put on general duty. 31st: Lee receives his last overseas rating, a 4.0. November 2nd: Lee departs Japan. 15th: He arrives in San Francisco. 19th: Lee takes 30 days leave. December 22nd: Lee is assigned once again to El Toro, this time with MACS-9. 1959 January Lee is given his semi-annual ratings, which are average. February 25th: Lee requests a foreign language test in Russian and scores "poor". March 9th: Lee is promoted to Private 1st Class again. 19th: Lee applies to the Albert Schweitzer College in Switzerland. Spring Lee meets Kerry Thornley, who often engaged him in political debate and years later would write a book based on him. June 19th: Lee forwards a $25 registration fee to the Albert Schweitzer College. July Lee is given his semi-annual ratings, which are average. August 17th: Lee requests a dependency discharge because of an injury sustained by his mother. 28th: His request is recommended for approval. September 4th: Lee is transferred to H. & H. Squadron. 4th: Lee applies for a passport. 10th: The passport is issued. 11th: Lee is released from active duty in the Marine Corps. 14th: He arrives in Fort Worth. 17th: Lee travels to New Orleans to make travel arrangements for his trip to Russia. That night, he stays at the Liberty Hotel. 20th: Lee departs the United States with the Soviet Union as his final destination. Soviet Union October 8th: Lee disembarks at Le Havre. He leaves for England the same day. 9th: Lee arrives in England and the same day boards a plane to Helsinki, Finland. 10th: He arrives in Helsinki and registers at the Torni Hotel. 11th: Lee moves to the Klaus Kurki Hotel. 12th: He applies for a visa at the Russian consulate. 14th: The visa is issued. 15th: Lee leaves Helsinki by train. 16th: He arrives in Moscow, registers at the Hotel Berlin, and meets his Intourist guide Rima Shirokova. 17th: Rima meets Lee for some sightseeing. 18th: On Lee's 20th birthday, Rima gives him a copy of Dostoevski's The Idiot. 19th: Lee is interviewed by Lev Setyayev, who was probably acting for the KGB. 20th: Rima tells Lee that the Passport and Visa Dept. will see him. 21st: Lee is notified that his visa is about to expire, and he tries to commit suicide in his hotel room. He is rushed to the hospital. 22nd: Rima visits Lee at the hospital, where he has been placed in the psychiatric ward. He complains about the food. 23rd: Lee is transferred to a regular area of the hospital. 24th: Rima visits Lee. 25th: Rima visits again. 26th: Lee meets an "elderly American", who is "suspicious" of him. 27th: Lee's stitches are removed from his arm. 28th: Lee is released from the hospital and changes hotels from the Berlin to the Metropole. Later, he is summoned to a meeting at the Passport and Registration Office, where he requested Soviet citizenship. He is told to wait while they decide what to do with him. 29th-30th: Lee waits at his hotel for word. 31st: Lee meets Second Secretary Richard E. Snyder and attempts to renounce his U.S. citizenship. Snyder puts him off for the time being. November 3rd: A letter from Lee arrives at the American Embassy requesting his citizenship be revoked. 9th: The Embassy tries unsuccessfully to deliver a letter from John Pic to Lee. 13th: Lee grants an interview to Aline Mosby, a reporter for UPI. 16th: He grants another interview to Priscilla Johnson, who in 1977 would write a book called Marina and Lee. December 17th: Robert receives a letter from Lee asking for no further correspondence. 1960 January 4th: Lee is told he is being sent to Minsk. 7th: He arrives in Minsk, where he checks in at the Hotel Minsk. He meets Roza Kuznetsova, who befriends him. 11th: Lee meets Alexander Zigler, a Polish Jew who befriends him. 13th: Lee begins work at the Belorussian Radio and Television Factory. March-April Lee meets Pavel Goloachev, who befriends him. June 18th: Lee obtains a hunting license and shortly afterward buys a shotgun. He meets Ella German, who would become his first love. September 13th: Lee is given an "undesirable discharge" from the Marine Corps. October 18th: Lee's 21st birthday finds him entertaining several friends at his apartment. 1961 January 1st: Lee spends New Year's Day with Ella and her family and decides to propose to her. 2nd: He proposes to Ella and is turned down. 4th: Lee rejects Soviet citizenship, but asks that his residence permit be extended. In his diary, he confides thoughts of leaving Russia for the first time. February 13th: The American Embassy in Moscow is notified by Lee that he wants to return to the United States. 28th: The Embassy notifies Lee that he will have to come to Moscow to discuss his case. March 5th: Lee replies to the Embassy that he cannot leave Minsk and asks that "preliminary inquiries" be made regarding his requests. Katherine Mallory, an American, believes she sees Lee in Minsk. 17th: Lee attends a trade dance where he meets Marina Prusakova. 24th: The Embassy reiterates that Lee must come to Moscow. 30th: Lee is hospitalized for an ear infection, and Marina is a frequent visitor. During a subsequent visit, Lee proposes. April 11th: Lee leaves the hospital. 20th: Marina accepts Lee's marriage proposal. 30th: Lee and Marina are married. May 5th: Lee reopens his correspondence with his family by writing his brother Robert. 25th: Lee notifies the Embassy that he has married, and his wife would like to accompany him to the U.S. July 8th: Lee travels to Moscow to talk to Snyder concerning his efforts to return to the U.S. 9th: After a call from Lee, Marina joins him in Moscow. 10th: Lee returns to the Embassy to see Snyder, who agrees to return his passport. 11th: Lee and Marina return to the Embassy to fill out papers for Marina. 14th: Lee and Marina return to Minsk. In a letter to Robert, Lee reports on his efforts to leave Russia. August 20th: The Oswalds send the necessary papers to leave the country to Russian officials. October 4th: Lee writes the Embassy requesting the U.S. Government intervene in his case. Marina spends 3 weeks with her aunt in Kharkov. 12th: The Embassy replies to Lee offering little hope for a speedy exit from the country. 18th: Lee spends his 22nd birthday at the opera. November 1st: Lee writes the Embassy saying that if his residence permit were renewed, it would be over his protest. 12th: Marina returns from Kharkov. 13th: The Embassy replies telling Lee that retention of his passport would not jeopardize his request to leave. December Lee writes Texas Senator John Tower, asking for his help with the exit visas. 25th: Marina is called to the passport office and told that she an Lee will be granted exit visas. 27th: Lee tells the Embassy that they will be given visas and asks to extend his passport. 1962 January 1st: Lee and Marina spend New Year's Day with their friends, the Zigers. 2nd: Lee writes his mother that he and Marina expect to arrive in the U.S. in March. 5th: He writes to the Embassy asking for a loan from the U.S. Government. 13th: Lee writes to the International Rescue Committee asking for $800. 15th: The Embassy tells Lee it needs proof that Marina will not become a ward of the state. 23rd: Lee replies to the Embassy, saying that his affidavit should be enough but contacts Marguerite the same day requesting that she file an affidavit. 24th: The Embassy receives an affidavit from Lee for Marina, but tells Lee to obtain another one. 26th: Lee writes to the International Rescue Committee again asking for $1,000. 30th: Lee learns of his "Undesirable" discharge, which is incorrectly reported by his mother to be "Dishonorable". 30th: He writes John Connally, former Secretary of the Navy, asking for help reversing the discharge. February 1st: Lee writes his mother rejecting her suggestion regarding raising money through a newspaper appeal. 6th: The Embassy contacts Lee asking him to make a formal application for a loan. 15th: June Lee Oswald is born. 23rd: Marina comes home from the hospital. March 3rd: the Embassy receives Lee's request for a loan. 15th: Marina's visa is approved. 28th: Lee receives an affidavit of support from Marguerite's employer. April 12th: In a letter to Robert, Lee indicates they are not in a hurry to leave since good weather has arrived. May 10th: The Embassy asks Lee to come and sign the final papers for the departure to America. 18th: Lee leaves his job. 22nd: He picks up his exit visa. 24th: The Oswalds arrive in Moscow to visit the Embassy. June 1st: Lee signs a promissory note for $435.71, and the Oswalds leave for America. 13th: The Oswalds arrive in Hoboken, NJ. 14th: They leave by plane for Fort Worth. Return to America June 14th: The Oswalds arrive in Fort Worth, where they move in with Robert. 18th: Lee asks stenographer Pauline Bates to type a manuscript that he had written in Russia. 19th: Lee contact Peter Gregory, who gives him a letter testifying to Lee's Russian language ability. 26th: Lee is interviewed by the FBI for the first time. July 14th: The Oswalds move in with Marguerite at 1501 W. 7th Street in Fort Worth. 17th: Lee obtains a job at Louv-R-Pak Division of the Leslie Welding Company. August 10th: The Oswalds move to 2703 Mercedes St. in Fort Worth. 16th: The FBI interviews Lee a second time. 25th: The Oswalds attend a dinner party at the home of Paul Gregory, where they meet several members of the local Russian émigré community. September The Oswalds meet George De Mohrenschildt and his wife. October Marina and June move in with Elena Hall while Lee looks for work in Dallas. 9th: Lee visits the Texas Employment Commission in Dallas where he scores well on aptitude tests. 9th: Lee rents a PO box under his own name at the main Post Office. 10th: Lee fills out a change of address form forwarding his mail to the new PO box. 11th: Lee is referred to Jaggars-Chiles-Stovall Co. by the Employment Commission, and he is hired. 12th: He begins work at Jaggars-Chiles-Stovall. 15th: Lee moves into the YMCA. 16th: June is baptized without Lee's knowledge. November 4th: The Oswalds are reunited at 604 Elsbeth St. in Dallas, where Lee had found an apartment. 5th: The Oswalds have a violent argument, and Marina and June move in with their friends, the Mellers. 10th: Marina and June move to the home of the Fords. 17th: Marina and June spend the day at the home of Mrs. Frank Ray. Lee calls and asks to visit Marina, who agrees to return to him. The return to the Elsbeth St. address that night. 22nd: On Thanksgiving Day, the Oswalds visit Robert's home, where Lee and John Pic are reunited after 10 years. December 28th: The Oswalds attend a New Year's party at the Fords' home. 1963 January 14th: Lee enrolls in a typing course at Crozier Technical School. 25th: Lee makes the final two payments on the State Department loan. 28th: Lee orders a .38 caliber Smith and Wesson revolver by mail. February 13th: The Oswalds attend a dinner party at the home of the De Mohrenschildts. 22nd: The Oswalds attend a dinner party at the home of Everett Glover, where they meet Ruth Paine. March 2nd: The Oswalds move to 214 West Neely Street. 9th-10th: Lee takes photographs of the home of General Edwin Walker, a right-wing activist. 11th: The Militant, a prominent left-wing publication, publishes a letter signed L.H., probably written by Lee. 12th: Ruth Paine visits Marina at the new apartment. Also that day, Lee orders a rifle from Klein's Sporting Goods in Chicago. 20th: The rifle and the revolver are shipped. 25th: Lee picks up the weapons. 31st: Marina takes the infamous "Backyard Photos" of Lee. April 1st: Lee is fired by Jaggars-Chiles-Stovall. 2nd: The Oswalds attend a dinner party at the home of Ruth and Michael Paine, where General Walker is mentioned. 6th: Lee's last day at Jaggars-Chiles-Stovall. 10th: Lee allegedly fires a single shot at General Walker, which misses him. 12th: He files for unemployment benefits. 14th: Lee retrieves the rifle which he had hidden near the shooting site. 17th: Lee decides to move to New Orleans. 24th: Ruth drives Lee to the bus station, where he leaves for New Orleans. 25th: Lee moves in with his aunt Lillian Murret. 26th: He visits the employment office in New Orleans. 28th: Lee makes an effort to contact relatives on his father's side. 29th: Lee files an appeal concerning his unemployment benefits. May 9th: With the help of Myrtle Evans, Lee finds work at the Reily Coffee Co. He also finds an apartment. 10th: Lee starts work and moves into his new apartment at 4905 Magazine St. 11th: Ruth, Marina and June arrive at the apartment. Ruth stays on to visit. 14th: Ruth returns to Dallas. 26th: Lee writes to the Fair Play for Cuba Committee requesting a charter. 29th: He orders 1,000 handbills for FPCC. June 3rd: Lee rents a new PO box, using A.J. Hidell as one of the people that will receive mail there. 8th: Marina is rejected for treatment at the New Orleans Charity Hospital, infuriating Lee. 16th: Lee distributes FPCC literature at the Dumaine Street wharf where the U.S.S. Wasp is docked. 24th: He applies for a new passport. July 6th: Lee is invited by his cousin Eugene to speak to a group of students at the Jesuit House of Studies in Mobile, Alabama, where Eugene is studying to be a priest. 11th: Ruth invites Marina to live with her separately from Lee. 19th: Lee is fired from the Reily Coffee Co. 22nd: He files a claim for unemployment benefits. 25th: Lee's request for a review of his undesirable discharge is denied. 27th: Lee speaks to the Jesuit group for 30 minutes on the subject of "Contemporary Russia and the Practice of Communism". August 5th: Lee offers to help anti-Castro Cuban Carlos Bringuier in his struggle against Castro. 6th: He leaves his Marine Corps manual at Bringuier's store. 9th: Bringuier confronts Oswald when he sees him distributing FPCC literature on Canal Street. A scuffle ensues, and the two are arrested. Lee spends the night in jail. 10th: Lee is interviewed by John Quigley of the FBI at Lee's request. A friend of the Murrets bails him out late in the afternoon. 12th: Lee pleads guilty to the charge of disturbing the peace and is fined $10. 17th: Bill Stuckey from radio station WDSU visits Lee and asks him to appear on the program Latin Listening Post. He arrived at the station at 5:00 PM and taped a 37-minute segment, which was cut to 4 and a half minutes and broadcast at 7:30 that evening. 19th: Lee accepts Stuckey's offer to debate Bringuier on a live radio program. 21st: Lee debates Bringuier and Ed Butler, director of a right-wing group, on the program Conversation Carte Blanche, which ran from 6:05 to 6:30 PM. September 17th: Lee obtains a tourist card good for one visit to Mexico City from the Mexican consulate in New Orleans. 20th: Ruth visits the Oswalds, and it is decided that Marina will return to Irving with Ruth for the birth of the baby. 23rd: Ruth and Marina leave for Irving. 24th: Eric Rogers, a neighbor, sees Lee running to catch a bus. 25th: Lee collects his unemployment check of $33. Later, he catches a bus bound for Houston. Late that night, he places a phone call to Horace Twiford, an official of the Texas Socialist Labor Party. 26th: Early in the morning, Lee boards a bus for Laredo, Texas. He crosses the boarder into Mexico in the early afternoon. Mexico City September 26th 2:15 PM: At Nuevo Laredo, Lee boards a bus for Mexico City. 27th 10:00 AM: He arrives in Mexico City. 11:00 AM: Lee registers at the Hotel del Comercio, where he will stay for the duration of his visit. 11:30 AM: Lee makes his first visit to the Cuban Embassy, where he fills out the application for a visa to Cuba. In the afternoon, Lee returns with passport photographs he had obtained. When Lee is told that the visa could take up to four months and was not possible without a Russian visa as well, he becomes angry. He walks a short distance to the Russian Embassy to inquire about a visa to Russia and is put off until the next day. 28th: Lee returns to both the Cuban and the Russian Embassies with no success. 29th: He probably attends a bullfight on this, a Sunday. 30th: Lee phones the Russian Embassy one last time with no success. Later, he buys a bus ticket from Mexico City to Laredo, Texas. October 1st: Lee pays the Hotel bill through that day. 2nd 8:30 AM: He departs on bus #332 for Texas. 3rd 1:35 AM: Lee crosses into the U.S. 2:20 PM: He arrives in Dallas. Dallas October 3rd: Lee checks in at the YMCA. Later in the day, he files a claim at the employment office. 4th: Lee applies for work at Padgett Printing Co. He makes a favorable impression, but is not hired because of poor references. Later, he telephones Marina and asks for a ride to Ruth Paine's home and is denied. He hitchhikes the 12 miles to Ruth's house. 7th: Ruth drives Lee to the bus station, and he returns to Dallas to look for work. Later, Lee obtains a room at 621 Marsalis St. 12th: Lee advised his landlady that he was leaving for the weekend, and she stated that she didn't want him to return. Lee went to Ruth's for the weekend. 14th: Ruth drives Lee to Dallas, where he later registers as O. H. Lee at a new rooming house on North Beckley. Later, Ruth mentions to a group of neighbors that Lee is having trouble finding work. One of the ladies, Linnie Mae Randle, mentioned a possible opening at the Texas School Book Depository; and when Lee calls the Paine home that evening, Ruth informs him of the opening. 15th: Lee applies at the TSBD and is hired. 16th: He begins work at the TSBD. 18th: Lee receives a ride from Buell Frazier to the Paine home, where a surprise birthday party is waiting for him. 20th: Marina gives birth to Audrey Marina Rachel Oswald. 23rd: Lee attends a right-wing rally where General Walker is a speaker. 25th: Michael Paine and Lee attend a meeting of the ACLU. 29th: FBI agent James Hosty makes inquiries in the Paine's neighborhood regarding Lee. November 1st: Hosty interviews Ruth and Marina at the Paine home. Also that day, Lee rents a new PO box and sends letters to the ACLU and the American Communist Party. 2nd: Lee instructs Marina that if Hosty returns she should get his plate number. 3rd: Ruth gives Lee a driving lesson. 5th: Hosty returns for another interview, and Marina obtains his plate number. 8th: Frazier drops Lee off at the Paine's home, as usual. 9th: Ruth takes Lee to the Driver Examination Station accompanied by Marina and the children. When they discovered it was closed, they spent time at a local five and dime store. 11th: Lee spends Veteran's Day at the Paine home. 12th: Lee delivers a note to the FBI building addressed to Hosty warning him to leave his family alone. 15th: Marina advises Lee not to come the following weekend as Michael Paine will be there to celebrate his daughter's birthday. 17th: Ruth calls Lee's rooming house at Marina's request to find they don't know him by the name Lee Harvey Oswald. 19th: The Dallas Times Herald details the exact route of the presidential motorcade. 21st: Lee breaks routine by having breakfast at the Dobb's House restaurant. Later, he arrives at the Paine home without calling first. He retires early that evening. The Assassination Weekend Friday, November 22nd 6:30 AM: Lee rises. 7:15 AM: Linnie Mae Randle sees Lee carrying a long paper bag. 7:23 AM: Lee and Frazier leave for the TSBD with the package. 7:50 AM (app.): At the TSBD, Lee enters with the package. 9:45 AM (app.): Lee is seen looking out toward the motorcade route by Junior Jarman. 11:40 AM: Lee is seen on the sixth floor near the windows. 11:45 AM: Lee remains on the sixth floor while the others descend by elevator to the second floor for lunch. 11:55 AM (app.): Lee assembles the rifle and creates the "Sniper's nest"(presumed). 12:18 PM: Howard Brennan arrives near the TSBD to watch the motorcade and shortly after sees a man in the sixth floor window. 12:30 PM: Lee Harvey Oswald(allegedly)assassinates President John F. Kennedy. 12:31:30 PM: Lee is confronted in the lunchroom by Patrolman Marrion Baker. The superintendent of the building, Roy Truly, vouches for Lee, and he is released. 12:33 PM: Lee leaves the TSBD by the front door(presumed). 12:40 PM: Lee boards a bus to make his escape. 12:44 PM: Lee leaves the bus when it becomes bogged down in traffic. 12:48 PM: Lee hails a cab and asks to be taken to 500 North Beckley. 12:54 PM: Lee exits the cab in the 700 block of Beckley. 1:00 PM: Lee arrives on foot at his rooming house, where he retrieves his pistol. 1:03 PM: Lee leaves the rooming house. 1:16 PM: Lee(allegedly)shoots Officer J.D. Tippit and continues fleeing. 1:22 PM: Police broadcast a description of the suspect in the Tippit murder. 1:40 PM: Lee enters the Texas Theater. 1:50 PM: After a struggle with police, Lee is captured. 2:00 PM: Lee arrives at Dallas Police headquarters. 2:30 PM: He is first questioned by Dallas police. 4:05 PM: Lee is taken to the basement for the first lineup. 4:20 PM: He is returned upstairs for further questioning in Captain Fritz' office. 6:20 PM: Lee is taken for the second lineup. 6:35 PM: He is returned upstairs for questioning. 7:10 PM: Lee is formally arraigned for the murder of Tippit. 7:40 PM: He is taken for the third lineup. 11:26 PM: Lee is charged with the murder of JFK. Saturday, November 23rd 12:05 AM (app.): He appears before the media in the basement. 12:20 AM: Lee is returned to his cell. 1:30 AM: Lee is formally arraigned for the murder of JFK. 10:25 AM: Another day of questioning begins. 11:35 AM: Lee is returned to his cell. 12:35 PM: He is taken to Fritz' office for questioning. 1:10 PM: Marina and Marguerite visit Lee. 1:40 PM: Lee tries unsuccessfully to contact Attorney John Abt. 2:15 PM: He appears in another lineup. 2:45 PM: Fingernail scrapings and hair samples are obtained from Lee with his permission. 3:30 PM: Robert visits Lee. 4:00-4:30 PM: Lee phones Ruth and asks her to try to obtain John Abt as his attorney. 5:30 PM: Lee is visited by the president of the Dallas Bar Association. 6:00 PM: He is taken again for questioning. 7:15 PM: Lee is returned to his cell. 8:00 PM: Lee phones Ruth Paine and asks to speak to Marina. Ruth tells him she is no longer there. Sunday, November 24th 9:30 AM: Lee is signed out of jail in anticipation of a transfer to the county facility. 11:15 AM: The transfer party leaves Fritz' office after a final round of questions. 11:21 AM: Lee Harvey Oswald is shot by Jack Ruby in the basement of the Dallas city jail. 1:07 PM: He is prounounced dead at Parkland Hospital. Sources Epstein, Edward Jay. Legend: The Secret World of Lee Harvey Oswald. New York: Reader's Digest Press/McGraw-Hill, 1978. Manchester, William. Death of a President. New York City: Harper and Row, 1967. McMillan, Priscilla Johnson. Marina and Lee. New York City: Harper and Row, 1977. Posner, Gerald. Case Closed: Lee Harvey Oswald and the Assassination of JFK. New York: Random House, 1993; Anchor Books, 1994. Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy with 26 volumes of testimony and exhibits. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1964. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://www.madbbs.com/~tracy/lho/chrono.htm -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Web site design & content © 2000 by W. Tracy Parnell-all rights reserved. Web Site Editor-Carol Lindell
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