SimsOsFritz Possibly known to the baby boomers as the prince of all assassins, Lee Harvey Oswald's unconfessed murder of JFK was an event of such universal impact, that it might have been our first real brush with death. I don't remember many teachers, but I will never forget my first grade instructor (a tall, dignified, brunette) informing us (with tears running down her face) the the The President was shot.
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 08:44PM on July 21, 2011