1963 President John F. Kennedy is shot to death while riding in a motorcade in Dallas. Texas Gov. John B. Connally is seriously wounded. Suspect Lee Harvey Oswald is arrested.

1990 British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, having failed to win re-election of the Conservative Party leadership on the first ballot, announces her resignation.

Today's birthdays: Actor Robert Vaughn, 77. Animator and movie director Terry Gilliam, 69. Actor Tom Conti, 68. Singer Jesse Colin Young, 68. Tennis player Billie Jean King, 66. Rock musician-actor Steve Van Zandt (aka Little Steven), 59. Actress Jamie Lee Curtis, 51. Actress Mariel Hemingway, 48. Actor Mark Ruffalo, 42. Tennis player Boris Becker, 42. Actress Scarlett Johansson, 25.

Thought for today: "If we are strong, our strength will speak for itself. If we are weak, words will be no help."

-- From the address President Kennedy never got to deliver in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963.

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