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Death of John Fitzgerald Kennedy

United States · Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1963

John Fitzgerald Kennedy22 November 1963

Dallas · Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

At 1:00 p.m., CST (19:00 UTC), after all heart activity had ceased and after a priest administered the last rites, the President is pronounced dead. A few minutes after 2:00 p.m. CST (20:00 UTC), and after a confrontation between Dallas police and Secret Service agents, Kennedys body is placed in a casket and taken from Parkland Hospital and driven to Air Force One

Names involved

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

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