Contemporary era · 1963
Assassination of John F. Kennedy
On Friday, November 22, 1963, John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, was assassinated while riding in a presidential motorcade through Dallas, Texas. Kennedy was in the vehicle with First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, Texas governor John Connally, and Connally's wife Nellie, when he was fatally shot from the nearby Texas School Book Depository by Lee Harvey Oswald, a former U.S. Marine.
- When
- 22 Nov 1963
- Where
- Dealey Plaza
- Era
- Contemporary
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