World Mourns John F. Kennedy’s Death

Three years into his term, US President John F. Kennedy was assassinated during a motorcade at Dallas, Texas. One fateful day in November 1963, the Chief Executive, his wife Jacqueline, and Gov. John B. Connally Jr.’s vehicles moved past the Texas School Book Depository when a gunman shot the men.

JFK sustained shots in the head and neck and was brought to the hospital but died. The gunman was Lee Harvey Oswald, who also shot a policeman. The culprit was arrested but was also killed two days later by Jack Ruby, a nightclub operator.