 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Johnson akakurumidza kupika semutungamiri wenyika ari muAir Force One muDallas musi waNovember 22, 1963, maawa maviri nemaminitsi masere bedzi pashure pokunge John F. Kennedy aurayiwa, pakati pefungidziro yehurongwa hwehurumende. Akapikirwa naMutongi weDunhu weU.S. Sarah T. Hughes, shamwari yemhuri. Achimhanya-mhanya, Johnson akapika mhiko yebasa achishandisa bhuku reMisa reRoma Katurike rakanga riri padhesiki raPurezidhendi Kennedy, pasinei zvapo nokuti akanga asiri muKaturike, nemhaka yokuti bhuku reMisa racho rakanga rachinjaniswa neBhaibheri. Mufananidzo unozivikanwa waCecil Stoughton waJohnson achipika mhiko yapurezidhendi apo Mai Kennedy vanotarisa ndiwo mufananidzo wakakurumbira zvikurusa wakambotorwa mungarava yapurezidhendi. 