Timeline Part One (1963: No Dallas)

April 10, 1963 (POD) Unlike our timeline, the bullet fired by Oswald at General Walker does NOT hit the framing and instead goes through the window pane striking Walker in the upper chest. Also unlike our timeline, Oswald is spotted by nearby neighbors and church-goers who apprehend him and hold him until police arrive.

Walker dies in Trauma Room #1 at Parkland Memorial Hospital some seventy minutes later. Oswald, being held, is charged two days later with murder in the first degree and remprimanded to be held over. Jack Ruby, a local nightclub owner, watchs the news of Oswald's transfer on local television.

July 19, 1963 Lee H. Oswald is convicted of murder following a plea bargain deal by ACLU lawyer John Abt, in which no jury is empaneled and Judge Reynolds agrees to life imprisonment instead of the death penalty. Oswald will remain in prison for some 33 years. He will be diagnosed with inoperable pancreatic cancer in 1997 and dies in the prison hospital on May 4th, 1999. He writes four books, none of which sell more than a few copies to rare book collectors.

November 22-23, 1963  President John F. Kennedy visits Dallas as part of a general tour of Texas. After luncheon at the Trade Mart, he and Mrs. Kennedy accompany Governor Connally and Mrs. Connally on a trip through downtown Dallas, past the Dealey Plaza. Well-wishers line the streets. The motorcade passes through and the President waves at people on each side. Gov. Connally notes "You can't say Dallas doesn't love you, Mr. President"...to which Kennedy agrees. They then proceed on to the next event.

November 27, 1963  Gallup conducts a poll on the President's approval ratings in Texas. They note a 4% +/- margin of error bump.