This article considers the detailed timeline of events before, during, and after the assassination of John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States. Timeline 10:40 a.m. CST: In Fort Worth, Texas, Kennedy's motorcade departs Hotel Texas for Carswell Air Force Base. 11:20 a.m. CST: Air Force One departs Carswell Air Force Base for Dallas, Texas. 11:35 a.m. CST: Air Force Two arrives at Love Field in Dallas. 11:38 a.m. CST: Air Force One arrives at Love Field in Dallas. 11:44 a.m. CST: The Kennedys and Connallys disembark Air Force One and are greeted by the Johnsons. 11:55 a.m. CST: The motorcade leaves Love Field for its 10-mile trip through downtown Dallas. 12:30 p.m. CST: Shots are fired as the motorcade passes the Texas School Book Depository. 12:34 p.m. CST: The first United Press International bulletin clears the wire stating: "Three shots were fired today at the president's motorcade in downtown Dallas." 12:36 p.m. CST: President Kennedy's limousine arrives at Parkland Memorial Hospital. 12:40 p.m. CST: Viewers of the live soap opera As The World Turns receive the first national television report of the shooting from CBS News anchorman, Walter Cronkite. 12:45 p.m. CST: Dan Rather of CBS calls Parkland Memorial Hospital; a doctor there tells him he believes Kennedy is dead. 12:50 p.m. CST: Kennedy's top military aide General Godfrey McHugh calls Air Force One from Parkland to state that they will soon be leaving for Andrews Air Force Base. 1:00 p.m. CST: President Kennedy is officially pronounced dead. 1:16 p.m. CST: The first report that Dallas Police Officer J.D. Tippit has been shot. 1:26 p.m. CST: Lyndon Johnson departs Parkland Memorial Hospital for Love Field. 1:30 p.m. CST: Johnson, protected by Rufus Youngblood in a car driven by Jesse Curry, along with passengers Congressmen Albert Thomas and Homer Thornberry, arrives at Air Force One. Lady Bird Johnson, Congressman Jack Brooks, and three members of the Secret Service also arrive in a second car, and Jack Valenti, Lem Johns, Cliff Carter, and Cecil Stoughton arrive in a third. They are followed by additional cars containing officials and aides for both Kennedy and Johnson. 1:33 p.m. CST: White House Assistant Press Secretary Malcolm Kilduff announces at Parkland Memorial Hospital that Kennedy is dead. 1:38 p.m. CST: Anchorman Cronkite reports the official word that President Kennedy is dead and Johnson will be sworn in as the United States' 36th President.