John F. Kennedy assassinated John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, is assassinated in Dallas, Texas. On the afternoon of 22nd November, President Kennedy and his wife Jacqueline sat with Texas Governor John Connally and his wife in a motorcade in downtown Dallas. Riding in an open-top convertible, they waved at the enthusiastic crowd gathered along the parade route. As their vehicle passed the Texas School Book Depository Building, 24-year-old Lee Harvey Oswald allegedly fired three shots from the sixth floor, fatally wounding President Kennedy and seriously injuring Governor Connally. The 46-year-old Kennedy was pronounced dead 30 minutes later. __
