when did jfk get assassinated

John F. Kennedy was assassinated on Friday, November 22, 1963 , in Dallas, Texas.

Basic facts

• Date: November 22, 1963.

• Time: Around 12:30 p.m. Central Standard Time.

• Location: Dealey Plaza, Dallas, as his motorcade passed the Texas School Book Depository.

• Outcome: Kennedy was rushed to Parkland Memorial Hospital and pronounced dead at about 1:00 p.m.

Quick context

• The accused assassin was Lee Harvey Oswald , a former U.S. Marine who was arrested later that day and then killed two days later by Jack Ruby.

• The event shocked the nation and the world and has remained a major focus of historical study and conspiracy theories ever since.

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