60 years after assassination, a look back at JFK
Sixty years have passed since President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas on November 22, 1963, one of the darkest days in American history. UPI won a Pulitzer Prize for its coverage that day, with White House reporter Merriman Smith the first to report the news. Said Lyndon B. Johnson, who was sworn in as president, "We have suffered a loss that cannot be weighed."