President John F. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22 , 1963 . Whether you were alive at the time or not , you probably know that Lee Harvey Oswald killed the President , only to be fatally gunned down by Jack Ruby two days later . His assassin , Lee Harvey Oswald , was shot and killed while in FBI custody . Investigations over the decades uncovered countless facts -- and new information about the case .
President John F. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22 , 1963 . His assassin , Lee Harvey Oswald , was shot and killed while in FBI custody . Investigations over the decades uncovered countless facts -- and new information about the case .