President Kennedy is laid to rest in Arlington - This Day in History – Nov 25th

Back in 1963, this day marked the funeral procession of the 35^th President of the U.S, John F. Kennedy.  The 46-year-old President was laid to rest with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia three days after his assassination on Nov 22nd in Dallas, TX.

Nightclub owner Jack Ruby shot and killed alleged Assassin, Communist Sympathizer and Ex-Marine Lee Harvey Oswald, on Nov 24th. 

According to history.com, “The next day, November 23, President Johnson issued his first proclamation, declaring November 25 to be a day of national mourning for the slain president. On that day, hundreds of thousands of people lined the streets of Washington to watch a horse-drawn caisson bear Kennedy's body from the Capitol Rotunda to St. Matthew's Catholic Cathedral for a requiem Mass. The solemn procession then continued on to Arlington National Cemetery, where leaders of 99 nations gathered for the state funeral. Kennedy was buried with full military honors on a slope below Arlington House, where an eternal flame was lit by his widow to forever mark the grave.”

International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women debuts

Back in 1999, the United Nations General Assembly designated this day as, “International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.”  According to history.com, “The resolution, which was introduced by the Dominican Republic, marked the anniversary of the death of three sisters, Maria, Teresa, and Minerva Mirabel, who were brutally murdered there in 1960. While women in Latin America and the Caribbean had honored the day since 1981, all UN countries did not formally recognize it until 1999. Many organizations, including the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), had been pushing for international recognition of the date for some time.”

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