In pictures: John F. Kennedy's life and tragic death
Nov. 22, 2013, marks the 50th anniversary of the president's assassination
On June 27, 1953, John F. Kennedy, then a senator, and Jacqueline Bouvier, then his fiancée, prepare a sailfish boat at Hyannis, Mass.The Associated Press
Mr. Kennedy with his wife, Jackie, and his daughter, Caroline, at Hyannis Port in 1960: Camelot was a myth conjured up by his shattered widow after his death, but it captured the moment, the sense of Mr. Kennedy as a paladin.The Associated Press
Days before his 1961 presidential inauguration, police and secret service struggle to free Mr. Kennedy from a surging crowd at Harvard.The Associated Press
Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy wait at Washington’s Union Station on March 27, 1963, for the arrival of King Hassan II of Morocco.The Associated Press
On Nov. 22, 1963, Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy ride in the backseat of an open limousine on Main Street at Ervay Street in Dallas as the presidential motorcade approaches Dealey Plaza. Texas governor John Connally and his wife, Nellie, are seated in the limousine’s jump seats.The Associated Press
Mr. Kennedy, sitting beside his wife, in the minutes before he was killed.The Associated Press
A still image released on Feb. 19, 2007, shows Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy riding in the motorcade in Dallas moments before he was gunned down on Nov. 22, 1963. The image comes from a film donated to the Sixth Floor Museum in Dallas by amateur photographer George Jefferies and his son-in-law, Wayne Graham.Reuters
Mr. Kennedy slumps into the arms of his wife immediately after a bullet slammed into his head. The photo of the fatal assault was taken with a Polaroid camera by a woman watching the parade.
The President's car, carrying the mortally wounded President John F. Kennedy, speeds toward Dallas' Parkland Hospital, November 22, 1963. President Kennedy died at the hospital, a victim of a sniper's bullet.
Lieutenant J.C. Day of the Dallas Police Department holds the foreign-made mail-order rifle that fired shots that killed Mr. Kennedy as he rode through Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963. The photo shows the officer leaving the Texas School Book Depository with the weapon shortly after the slaying.The Associated Press
Officers and newsmen look at the spot where the gunman sat at the open window and fired shots that killed Mr. Kennedy as he rode along the highway. The building in downtown Dallas is used by the Dallas Public Schools as a book depository.The Associated Press
Twenty-four-year-old ex-Marine Lee Harvey Oswald, alleged assassin of President John F. Kennedy, is shown close-up at the Dallas Police Department, November 22, 1963.
Lee Harvey Oswald, center, is shot and killed by Jack Ruby, right, at a Dallas police station Nov. 24, 1963. Oswald was accused of ass assinating President John F. Kennedy in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963.The Associated Press
Vice-president Lyndon Baines Johnson, centre, takes the presidential oath of office from Judge Sarah T. Hughes, second from left, as Mrs. Kennedy, second from right, stands at his side aboard Air Force One at Love Field in Dallas just two hours after Mr. Kennedy was shot.Reuters
A Harvard student sobs on the steps of Memorial Church in the Harvard Yard on Nov. 23, 1963, during a service for Mr. Kennedy, a member of the class of 1940. Students unable to enter the crowded church stand in background.The Associated Press
Mr. Kennedy’s body lies in repose on Nov. 23, 1963, in the historic East Room of the White House. The honour guard comprises four enlisted men of the Army, Navy, Marines and Air Force.The Associated Press
A military honour guard escorts the cortege bearing Mr. Kennedy’s casket from the White House to the U.S. Capitol for viewing on Nov. 24, 1963. This photo by White House photographer Robert Knudsen was obtained from the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston.Reuters
Mr. Kennedy’s casket reaches the Capitol today on a horse-drawn caisson. A symbolic riderless horse is alongside.The Associated Press
Mrs. Kennedy walks down Capitol steps with her daughter Caroline and son John Jr., after the slain president’s casket was placed in the rotunda on Nov. 24, 1963. At left, from top: president Lyndon Johnson, Peter Lawford, Mrs. Stephen Smith and Sydney Lawford, and Robert Kennedy. Right: from top: Mrs. Lyndon Johnson, Stephen Smith and Mrs. Lawford.The Associated Press
The funeral cortege bearing the Mr. Kennedy’s body crosses Memorial Bridge in Washington en route to Arlington National Cemetery. At top rear is the Lincoln Memorial. Mr. Kennedy was bured at Arlington on Nov. 25, 1963.The Associated Press
Three-year-old John F. Kennedy Jr. salutes his father’s casket in Washington three days after the president was assassinated in Dallas. Mrs. Kennedy, centrer, and daughter Caroline are accompanied by the late president’s brothers, Edward Kennedy, left, and Robert Kennedy.The Associated Press
Mrs. Kennedy receives the American flag that draped the casket of her husband during funeral ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery on Nov. 25, 1963.The Associated Press
Robert Kennedy, then U.S. attorney-general, casts a sidelong glance at former White House rocking chair of his brother. He was inspecting an exhibit of photographs and personal effects of John F. Kennedy, placed on display here in Chicago on Wednesday to raise funds for the Kennedy Memorial Library.The Associated Press