March 1963 News Today

>> and he went against everything that he taught me, you know. be courageous and hang in there. and so, it really shook me. a couple days later, he killed himself. >> ed turner shot himself in his bathtub in march 1963. the loss left a void ted has felt ever since. >> are you the man you are today, at least in part, because of your father? >> sure, sure. one of the things he told me, he said, set your goals so high that you cant achieve them in your lifetime. >> so he really worked hard to try t...

40 years thereafter, that was the baath party. we think of saddam hussein as the personification of the baath party. he, in fact, took over iraq in 1979. he ruled iraq in the name of the baath party for more than two decades but the baath party itself, they took over iraq all the way back in 1963. which was basically the exact same time that the baath party also took over next door in syria. the baath party mounted their coup in baghdad on the 8th of february 1963. by the eighth of march 1963, o...

An italian rifle called a carcano. this rifle was the most popular foreign gun, originally manufactured for a foreign military sold here in the u.s. at the time senator kennedy introduced legislation to ban the sale of this gun. heres another look at that gun. the man in this photo is lee harvey oswald. he would later use that kind of gun, the one hes holding in that picture, to kill president john f. kennedy. mr. oswald was able to buy that gun legally by ordering it through the mail. he used a...

Fit that description at the time was this one. an italian rifle called a carcano. this rifle was the most popular foreign gun, originally manufactured for a foreign mi military sold here in the u.s. at the time senator kennedy introduced legislation to ban the sale of this gun. heres another look at that gun. the man in this photo is lee harvey oswald. he would later use that kind of gun, the one hes holding in that picture, to kill president john f. kennedy. mr. oswald was able to buy that gun ...

This rifle was the most popular foreign gun, originally manufactured for a foreign military sold here in the u.s. at the time senator kennedy introduced legislation to ban the sale of this gun. heres another look at that gun. the man in this photo is lee harvey oswald. he would later use that kind of gun, the one hes holding in that picture, to kill president john f. kennedy. mr. oswald was able to buy that gun legally by ordering it through the mail. he used a coupon that he clipped out of "ame...

Make it the biggest. he borrowed $4 million, bought out his largest competitor and then, lost his nerve. >> he had kind of a nervous breakdown. >> fear of defaulting on the loan consumed him. >> and he went against everything that he taught me, you know. be courageous and hang in there. and so, it really shook me. a couple days later, he killed himself. >> ed turner shot himself in his bathtub in march 1963. the loss left a void ted has felt ever since. >> are you the man you are today, at least...

According to the official report, in march 1963, lee harvey oswald clipped a coupon from an advertisement he saw in the "american rifleman" magazine published by the nra. he posted the coupon, as well as a money order for $21.45. the rifle he ordered, an italian car containo rifle, with telescopic sight, was shipped to him later that month. and tragically, we know what that gun would be used for eight months later. after the assassination, there was outrage about how easily guns could be attaine...

>> and he went against everything that he taught me, to be courageous and hang in there. and so it was -- it really shook me. then a couple of days later, he killed himself. >> ed turner shot himself in his bathtub in march 1963. the loss left a void ted has felt ever since. >> are you the man you are today, at least in part because of your father? >> oh, sure. one of the things he told me, he said, set your goals so high that you cant achieve them in your lifetime. >> so he really worked hard t...

South, ed turner took a risk to make it the biggest. he borrowed $4 million, bought out his largest competitor, and then lost his nerve. >> he had kind of a nervous breakdown. >> fear of defaulting on the loan consumed him. >> and he went against everything that he taught me, to be courageous and hang in there. and so it was -- it really shook me. then a couple of days later, he killed himself. >> ed turner shot himself in his bathtub in march 1963. the loss left a void ted has felt ever since. ...

Billboard companies in the south, ted turner took a risk to make it the biggest. he borrowed $4 million, bought out his largest competitor and then lost his nerve. >> he had kind of a nervous breakdown. >> fear of defaulting on the loan consumed him. >> he went against everything he taught me, be courageous and hang in there. and so it was -- it really concerned him and a couple days later he killed himself. >> ed turner shot himself in his bathtub in march 1963. the loss left a void ted has fel...