November 22, 1963

Man, I just saw on the news this morning, that it's the 45th anniversary of the assassination of President Kennedy. It occurred at 1:30 Eastern standard time, in Dallas, Texas. I remember it was a Friday. I was home watching the Gale Storm Show on Channel 8 from New Haven. Remember - No Cable. The reason I was not in school was because 5th and 6th grades at Pierson were on split sessions due to the high student population and I only had to go to school from 8:30 to 12:30pm whereas another 5th grade took over the room from 12:30 to 4:30pm. I remember that channel 8 was broadcasting the ABC newscast from New York. I also remember that WABC was getting a continuous feed from it's ABC station WFAA in Dallas. I saw two people who were eyewitnesses of the shooting in Dealy Plaza. They were Bill and Gayle Newman giving their story on WFAA. They were young, 23 at time with 2 little children. I happened to see them again this week. I was surprised what 45 years does to you. Back on that weekend in November of 1963, we had off Monday for Kennedy's funeral. Does not seem like 45 years ago, and many of the eyewitness, 1/2 to 3/4 are now dead.
Gayle and Bill Newman, then & now