It was a moment that shook America to its core. Those who experienced it remember exactly where they were and what they were doing when the shocking news came through.

US President John F. Kennedy was murdered in cold blood at 12:30 a.m. on November 22, 1963, when his open-top limousine drove down Elm Street on Dealey Plaza in Dallas.

Since then, there have been endless speculations, conspiracy theories, and hypotheses about who killed JFK and why. Some simply don’t believe the “magic bullet” story pushed by the Warren Commission in 1964.

That concluded it Kennedy was initially struck by a bullet fired from the sixth-floor window in the southeast corner of the Texas School Book Depository. Governor Connally was also wounded by the bullet as he left.

The bullet entered the back of his neck and exited through the lower front part of his neck, causing a wound that would not necessarily have been fatal. The president was then hit by a second bulletwhich one landed in the right rear part of his headcausing a huge and fatal wound.

The president was rushed to Parkland Memorial Hospital, where surgeons fought to save his life. But the wounds he suffered were too serious. He was officially declared dead at 1 p.m.

JFK’s last words

According to Vincent Bugliosi’s account of the murder: Four days in November: the assassination of President John F. Kennedy published in 2008, Kennedy’s last words was spoken in response to a comment from Nellie Connallythe first lady of Texas and wife of John Connally who was also a passenger in the Lincoln Continental SS-100-X presidential state car.

As JFK waved to the cheering crowds that lined both sides of the street, she asked, “Mr. President, they can’t make you believe that there aren’t some in Dallas who love and appreciate you, can they?To which he replied: “No, they certainly can’t”.

Moments later, JFK was hit by two bullets, one of which blew out part of his skull. Connally remembered hearing Jackie Kennedy shout: “They killed my husband. I have his brain in my hand.’

John F Kennedythe 35th American president was 46 years old at the time of his death. He was the fourth American president to die in an assassination attempt.