JFK Assassination 1963 | The Day America Changed Forever On November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated while riding in a motorcade through Dallas, Texas. The gunfire that struck him shocked the nation and ended a presidency defined by youthful optimism and global ambition. Within hours, Americans were in mourning, the world was watching, and a single moment of violence became one of the most defining and haunting events in modern U.S. history. JFK assassination 1963, John F. K

Oliver Stone, the filmmaker behind the 1991 film "JFK," testified on newly released documents in President John F. Kennedy's assassination while urging lawmakers to investigate the assassination. | USA TODAY