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Stories From People Who Became Witnesses to History

  • Jun 10, 2022
  • 1 min read

From the assassination of John F. Kennedy to the death of a princess, these ordinary people lived through extraordinary events


From AARP


President John    F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy in Dallas on the day of his assassination. Bettmann Archive/Getty Images.
President John    F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy in Dallas on the day of his assassination. Bettmann Archive/Getty Images.

Jenyce Gush was a teenager skipping school in Dallas. Dean Kahler was a college kid walking on campus to class. Clara Jean Ester was a young woman hoping to meet a hero in Memphis. Each was an ordinary person who lived through an extraordinary event. Read on to learn about people like us who saw a page or even a chapter added to the history of our time.


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