Bob Schieffer

22, 1963 - the day President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. A reporter for the Fort Worth Star-Telegraph, Schieffer was answering phones in the paper's city room when a call came in from the mother of alleged shooter Lee Harvey Oswald, requesting a ride from Fort Worth to Dallas police headquarters. By offering that ride himself, Schieffer scooped other reporters, including future colleague Dan Rather. Following the 1964 Gulf of …