John Fitzgerald Kennedy

John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, was assassinated on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas. He was 46 years old at the time of his death. Kennedy was fatally shot while riding in a presidential motorcade through Dealey Plaza. The shots were fired from the nearby Texas School Book Depository by Lee Harvey Oswald, a former U.S. Marine. Kennedy was pronounced dead about 30 minutes after the shooting at Parkland Memorial Hospital.

Following the assassination, Oswald fled the scene but was later arrested by the Dallas Police Department. He was charged with the murders of Kennedy and a Dallas policeman, J. D. Tippit, whom Oswald shot and killed shortly after the assassination. Two days later, on November 24, 1963, Oswald was fatally shot by nightclub operator Jack Ruby while being transferred to a more secure location. Ruby was convicted of Oswald's murder, but the decision was overturned on appeal, and Ruby died in prison in 1967 while awaiting a new trial.

The Warren Commission, established to investigate the assassination, concluded in 1964 that Oswald acted alone. However, in 1979, the United States House Select Committee on Assassinations concluded that Kennedy was likely assassinated as a result of a conspiracy, though it did not identify any possible conspirators. The HSCA suggested that there was a high probability that two gunmen fired at the President.

In 1967, New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison brought the only trial for Kennedy's murder, against businessman Clay Shaw. Shaw was acquitted of the charges. Subsequent federal investigations, such as the Rockefeller Commission and Church Committee, generally agreed with the Warren Commission's findings.

The assassination of John F. Kennedy remains one of the most significant and debated events in American history, with numerous theories and investigations continuing to this day.