Most importantly, on November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. He was shot twice, and an hour after his death Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested for the crime. This event left the nation in mourning. read more
On November 29, 1963 President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy. It came to be known as the Warren Commission after its chairman, Earl Warren, Chief Justice of the United States. read more
The President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection – National Archives and Records Administration; JFK Assassination:A look back at the death of President John F. Kennedy 50 years ago – CBS News "November 22, 1963: Death of the President". John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. read more