1964 was the year of the U.S. election. In order to better raise campaign funds and gain popular support, mrs. Kennedy took a special plane to Dallas on November 22, 1963. At 12:30 CST on November 22, 1963, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, accompanied by his wife Jacqueline Kennedy and Texas Governor John Connery, was shot dead while driving in an open-top sedan through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas. The kennedys arrive in Dallas in the photo.
Kennedy was good at speaking, and many of his speeches are still classics even today. He had a great influence among the populace, and when his car drove through the most prosperous neighborhoods in the area, the people on both sides welcomed him warmly, and the car slowed down so that Kennedy could greet them cordially. The picture shows the scene on the street at that time.
At 12:30 p.m. on November 22, 1963, the Kennedy motorcade's parade route through Dallas' busiest area was intended to give the public maximum contact with the president. When the convoy was driving on Elm Street, in front of the Simmons Highway, the speed of the convoy was only 15 to 20 km/h. When he reached a bend (mainstreet), the ambush gunman opened fire on him, hitting him in the head and neck. The photo shows the Kennedys in a convertible.
The photo shows kennedy being shot.
The killer's second shot hit Kennedy in the head, and the skulls flew to the trunk of the car. At that time, Kennedy's wife, Jacqueline, wanted to reach for her husband's skull. This dangerous move was stopped by the bodyguards who arrived quickly. Just a few minutes after the shooting, Kennedy was taken to Parkland Hospital for rescue, but due to excessive blood loss, Kennedy died on the way to the hospital. The picture shows Kennedy being shot and collapsing on his seat, and his wife rushes to pick up Kennedy's knocked-out skull.
After the assassination, Clint Hill, who was a bodyguard, was immersed in great regret. He could never forget what he saw, covered in blood, and the president collapsed in his wife's arms. It is said that he was the first to rush to Kennedy at the time of the shooting, without even considering whether he would also be shot. However, in the end, it was a slow step, and the killer preemptively shot through Kennedy's head. As can be seen from the photographs, the assassination of the president shocked everyone present at the time.
President Kennedy's skull had been shattered by bullets and blood was splattered on Mrs. Kennedy's clothes, face and hair. Mrs. Kennedy was so frightened that she tried to climb onto the back cover of the car in a panic. At 13:00 on the same day, after the assassination of President Kennedy was officially announced, the flag in front of the Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas was lowered to half-mast. Dr. Kenneth, who takes charge of the external heart massage, said Jacqueline fell sadly on the president's chest. The Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas in the photo lowers the flag to half-mast for Kennedy.
More than an hour after The Kennedy assassination, CBS news anchor Walter Kronequet interrupted the information about the assassination suspects that were being broadcast in the CBS news broadcast room in New York, and inserted the news of Kennedy's death to the American audience. In the photo, people simulated the location of the gunman afterwards.
In the photo is the suspect Lee Harvey Oswald. Police arrested him just hours after the assassination, but he kept shouting that he hadn't assassinated anyone. Two days later, he also died by shooting. The shootings were surrounded by heavily deployed police, but Harvey was shot and killed. Jack Ruby, the gunman who killed him, ran a nightclub in Dallas, and on January 3, 1967, Ruby died of lung cancer, claiming before he died that he had been poisoned in prison. Harvey's death adds to the mystery of the whole case.
Even more surprising is the death of 18 key witnesses in the three years since the Kennedy assassination. Of these, 6 were shot, 3 died in car accidents, 2 committed suicide, 1 had their throats cut, 1 had their necks broken, and 5 died "naturally". From 1963 to 1993, 115 witnesses "committed suicide" or were killed in various bizarre incidents, including one of Kennedy's mistresses. In the photo is a forensic doctor examining Kennedy's injuries.