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The assassination of John F. Kennedy took place on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas. Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested on the same day on charges of assassinating the president. Oswald was never tried for the murder, as Jack Ruby shot Oswald on November 24 when police took him to a county jail.
Although the American public was initially satisfied with the work of the Warren Commission, set up by Congress to investigate the murder, polls conducted between 1966 and 2003 have shown that many Americans believe Kennedy was the victim of a conspiracy and/or his death was covered up. Of those surveyed in November 2013, 61 percent believed that Kennedy had been the victim of a conspiracy, and 31 percent thought Oswald was not acting alone. There are still several conspiracy theories about the Kennedy murder, in which the KGB, the CIA and the mafia are suspected of killing Kennedy.
As the 1964 presidential election approached, Kennedy decided to visit the state of Texas to campaign for his re-election for a second term. The secret service was concerned about the president's safety due to large crowds, and on the morning of the murder day, the president was warned that the secret service considered the threat of assassination high.
Kennedy arrived in Dallas on the morning of November 22, planning to meet the people and give a speech at the Dallas Trade Mart. Around one o'clock local time, the convoy made a scheduled turn to Elm Street and passed the Texas Textbook Repository. Immediately after 12:30, the president was hit by two bullets fired by a sniper.
Although the convoy took only minutes to reach the Parkland Memorial Hospital closest to the shooting site, it was immediately clear to doctors that John Kennedy was too badly wounded to survive. At 1 p.m., the president was pronounced dead.
Two hours and 8 minutes after Kennedy's assassination, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson took the oath of office on board the presidential plane and became the 36th President of the United States.
