New Delhi: John F Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States was assassinated on November 22, 1963.
Americans will pause to observe the 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy's death on 22nd November 2013.
The assassination took place in Dallas, Texas. Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings had put together a gathering at Dealey Plaza to commemorate the anniversary of Kennedy's assassination.
JFK was a young and charismatic president, with a stylishly Vogue wife. He was shot in the head by Lee Harvey Oswald.
The Warren Commission was set up a week later to officially examine the motives and circumstances surrounding the assassination.
The following year in September, it release an 888-page report with 26 volumes of supporting material.
Later in 1976 The United States House of Representatives Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) was established to investigate the assassinations, 13 years after the killing.
The mystery as to why Oswald shot Kennedy has been the subject of official inquiries and countless films, books, and newspaper and magazine articles over the past 50 years.
Here are some facts relating to the assassination:
