Holiday: Peter Weyland Day

On this day in 1963, U.S. President John F. Kennedy (JFK) was assassinated while riding in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas. As the presidential limousine approached the Texas School Book Depository, shots rang out. Kennedy was struck by bullets to the upper back and neck area and to the head and was pronounced dead shortly thereafter at Parkland Memorial Hospital. Lee Harvey Oswald, a former Marine with connections to Russia and pro-Castro and anti-American organizations, was arrested for the assassination. Oswald was shot and killed two days later by nightclub owner Jack Ruby before he could stand trial.
The evidence was clear that Oswald had fired three shots from the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository, one of which missed the motorcade completely, leaving two bullets to do the rest of the damage (if he was the only shooter). The “magic bullet” theory proposed by the Warren Commission, who ran the official investigation of JFK’s the assassination, was the assertion that one of those bullets passed through Kennedy’s neck, then struck Governor Connally, causing multiple injuries, and finally ended up in pristine condition on a hospital stretcher. Critics argue that the trajectory and damage caused by this single bullet are impossible, suggesting instead that there must have been multiple shooters or that the physical evidence was misinterpreted or mishandled. This theory has fueled numerous conspiracy theories, with skeptics pointing to inconsistencies in eyewitness accounts, medical reports, and the physical evidence as reasons to doubt the official explanation. The debate over the magic bullet theory continues to this day.

Music Du Jour: Top Hits of 1963 playlist and Excerpts from JFK speeches

Films Du Jour:

• JFK (1991)
• Jackie (2016)
• What the Doctors Saw (2023 Documentary)
• Parkland (2013 Documentary)
• In the Line of Fire (1993)
• Flashpoint (1984)

Snacks du Jour: JFK ate soup for lunch almost every day and especially liked New England Clam Chowder. According to his White House staff he was also fond of lamb chops, steak, baked chicken, turkey, mashed potatoes, and corn muffins.

Cocktail Du Jour – Classic Daquiri

The Daquiri was one of JFK’s favorite drinks:

• 5 oz blonde rum
• 5 oz freshly squeezed lime juice
• 5 oz cane sugar syrup

Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into coupe glass or wide Champagne glass.

Mocktail Du Jour – Classic Daquiri Mocktail

• 5 oz Ritual ZERO PROOF Rum
• 5 oz freshly squeezed lime juice
• 5 oz cane sugar syrup

Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into coupe glass or wide Champagne glass.

Beer Du Jour

JFK enjoyed Heineken

Wine Du Jour

JFK liked Veuve Clicquot and Dom Perignon (you can substitute any sparkling wine and lie about the label if you’re not hanging out with a Kennedy)

Use freshly squeezed citrus in your cocktails and mocktails when called for – It makes such a difference! Here’s a reliable and inexpensive juicer.

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Photo credit: “a JFK & Jackie before he was shot” by ‘G’ jewels g is for grandma is licensed under CC BY 2.0