Assassination of John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, was shot while riding in an open motorcade through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas, and died shortly afterward at Parkland Hospital. Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as president aboard Air Force One. Police arrested Lee Harvey Oswald, a former Marine who worked at the Texas School Book Depository, but he was himself shot dead two days later by the nightclub owner Jack Ruby. The Warren Commission concluded that Oswald acted alone, although later inquiries and many researchers have disputed aspects of that finding, and a number of conspiracy theories persist. The assassination shocked the world and left a lasting mark on American politics.

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