Kennedy assassination

Motorcade's fatal moment

The Kennedy assassination refers to the murder of U.S.

President John F.

Kennedy on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas.

The event remains one of the most scrutinized moments in American history, spawning countless conspiracy theories despite official conclusions that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone.

The phrase often appears without Kennedy's name: Where were you when you heard about the assassination?

Related
  • DallasNorth Texas metropolitan area
  • OswaldMale name, Germanic origin
  • lone gunmanIndividual armed attacker acting independently
  • Jack RubyOswald's televised murderer
  • JFK35th president's monogram

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