Saturday marks the 45th anniversary of the assassination of the US President John F. Kennedy, who was shot as he rode in an open limousine in a motorcade in downtown Dallas in 1963.

The gunshots rang out shortly before noon and crowds that lined the street watched in horror as the president slumped in the backseat of the vehicle, with wounds to his head and neck.

A third bullet tore through the chest and arm of Texas Gov. John B. Connally, Jr., who was riding with Kennedy.

The limousine driver sped to nearby Parkland Hospital. There doctors put all effort to save the life of the 46-year-old president but unfortunately it was not enough and Kennedy was pronounced dead 30 minutes later.

Connally survived and recovered from his wounds.

Police arrested Lee Harvey Oswald, 24, about two hours after the president was shot.

Club owner Jack Ruby shot Oswald to death two days later.
The Warren Commission later ruled Oswald acted alone, but debate continues to rage over whether he was the sole assassin or whether he was necessarily the assassin at all.

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