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The assassination of John F. Kennedy occurred on November 22, 1963, while Kennedy was riding in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas and was shot from the Texas School Book Depository by Lee Harvey Oswald. Kennedy was pronounced dead at Parkland Memorial Hospital shortly after the shooting. Oswald was arrested and charged with murder. Two days later, he was fatally shot by Jack Ruby on live television. Vice President Johnson became president upon Kennedy's death. The Warren Commission concluded that Oswald killed Kennedy, acting alone; most subsequent federal investigations, have agreed with its general findings. The event is still the subject of debate and conspiracy theories, in which many Americans believe. Kennedy's killing had a profound impact and was the first of four major assassinations during the 1960s in the United States, including Kennedy's brother Robert in 1968. Kennedy was the fourth U.S. president to be assassinated and is the most recent to have died in office. (Full article...)