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| 1963 | In the extreme cold, Bill Veeck, the former owner of the Phillies, Indians, Browns, and White Sox, along with his son Mike and a nephew, are among the 250,000 people who pay their respect to John F. Kennedy, lying in state in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol. Encouraged by the slain president's family to move to the front, the World War II vet declines the offer, insisting he is just an ordinary citizen and keeps his place in line for 15 hours with blood from his amputated leg soaking his trousers. |
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