On Friday, November 22, 1963, John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, was assassinated while riding in a presidential motorcade through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas. Kennedy was in
President John F. Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, Texas governor John Connally, and Connally's wife Nellie in the presidential limousine minutes before the assassination in Dallas
Kennedy delivering his "We choose to go to the Moon" speech at Rice University, 1962
Lee Harvey Oswald (center) and others distributing pro-Castro leaflets in New Orleans, August 16, 1963.
A photograph of Oswald posing with his rifle, a holstered pistol, and communist and socialist literature
Lee Harvey Oswald was a U.S. Marine veteran, who assassinated John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, on November 22, 1963.
Assassination of John F. Kennedy
…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. The motorcade rushed to Parkland Memorial Hospital, where Kennedy was pronounced dead about 30 minutes after the shooting…
Oswald on November 23, 1963, one day after the assassination of Kennedy
Ruby shooting Oswald, who is being escorted by Dallas police. Detective Jim Leavelle is wearing the tan suit. This photograph won the 1964 Pulitzer Prize for Photography.
Oswald as a U.S. Marine in 1956
Apartment building where Oswald lived in Minsk