Walter Cronkite removes his glasses and prepares to announce the death of President John F. Kennedy on Nov. 11, 1963. His dramatic and plainspoken address to the American public was the way many Americans first learned of the assassination, and the broadcast is seared in America's collective memory. "From Dallas, Texas, the flash, apparently official: President Kennedy died at 1 p.m., Central Standard Time. Two o'clock Eastern Standard Time, some 38 minutes ago," an obviously emotional Cronkite said.