Lee Harvey Oswald, the American assassin of JFK, was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1939.
Lee Harvey Oswald, a native of New Orleans, joined the United States Marine Corps before defecting to the Soviet Union for a while. He moved back to the United States with his family and ultimately obtained guns. On November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas, Oswald reportedly murdered President John F. Kennedy. On November 24, 1963, while being transported to county prison, Oswald was assassinated by Jack Ruby. Oswald was born on October 18, 1939, in New Orleans, Louisiana, to Marguerite and Robert Oswald Sr., who died two months earlier of a heart attack.
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