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"As The World Turns" was airing on CBS the afternoon of November 22, 1963, when Walter Cronkite broke in to tell the nation that President Kennedy had been shot. Coverage then went back to the soap opera, but not for long. Charles Osgood reports on how America learned of the shooting of a president. The people who lived through November 22, 1963 remember the moment - where they were, what they were doing - when the news of President Kennedy's death came. The nation and world stopped and came together to mourn the president. pic.twitter.com/UQrZslGVNe — JFK Library (@JFKLibrary) November 22, 2021 It was a couple years before I was born, but I was named after JFK so I’m a strident of that day and his life. I just wanted to say Happy Thanksgiving. Be well. 🙏🏼 — JF 🇵🇭🇺🇸🌊 (@JFPerseveranda) November 22, 2021

It was the 35th anniversary of the assassination of #NinoyAquino. #PhilippineHistory. Photo credit to Kris Aquino . Follow @Pinoybuilt

Ninoy Aquino: “The Filipino is Worth Dying For” Benigno Simeon "Ninoy" Aquino Jr. (November 27, 1932 – August 21, 1983 Benigno Aquino Jr. , or Ninoy , was assassinated on August 21, 1983 , when he was shot in the head after returning to the country. At the time, bodyguards were assigned to him by the Marcos government. A subsequent investigation produced controversy but with no definitive results. After Marcos' government was overthrown, another investigation found sixteen defendants guilty. They were all sentenced to life in prison. Some were released over the years, the last ones in March 2009. Another man present at the airport tarmac, Rolando Galman , was shot dead shortly after Aquino was killed. The Marcos government claimed Galman was the trigger man in Aquino's assassination. Pablo Martinez , who was found guilty of Ninoy Aquino Jr.'s assassination but previously pinned the blame on Rolando Galman, accused Danding Cojuangco , cousin of his wife ...