Assassination of John F. Kennedy | |
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![]() President John F. Kennedy with his wife, Jacqueline, and Texas Governor John Connally with his wife, Nellie, in the presidential limousine, minutes before the assassination | |
Location | Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
Coordinates | 32°46′45″N 96°48′31″W / 32.77903°N 96.80867°W |
Date | November 22, 1963 12:30 p.m. (Central Standard Time) |
Target | John F. Kennedy |
Attack type | Sniper assassination |
Weapons | 6.5×52mm Italian Carcano M91/38 bolt-action rifle |
Deaths | John F. Kennedy J. D. Tippit |
Injured | John Connally James Tague |
Perpetrator | Lee Harvey Oswald |
John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, was shot and killed in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963. This happened while he was riding in the presidential motorcade through Dealey Plaza with his wife Jackie, Texas Governor John Connally and Connally's wife Nellie.