Ruby Convicted of Oswald's Murder

Date: March 14, 1964 • Location: Washington, United States

Jack Ruby is convicted of killing Lee Harvey Oswald, the assassin who had shot and killed John F. Kennedy the previous year.

Jack Leon Ruby was an American nightclub owner. He murdered Lee Harvey Oswald two days after the assassination of John F. Kennedy. He was born in Chicago, and operated nightclubs in Texas. According to the House Select Committee on Assassinations and journalists, Ruby had links to Organized crime.