US Prez John F Kennedy was assassinated 54 years ago
The 35th President of the US John F Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963, while his motorcade was travelling through Dallas, Texas. The then Vice President Lyndon Johnson was sworn in as the country's 36th President on the same day. The assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, was shot and killed 2 days later before he could go to trial.