JFK Assassination 1963 | The Day America Changed Forever On November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated while riding in a motorcade through Dallas, Texas. The gunfire that struck him shocked the nation and ended a presidency defined by youthful optimism and global ambition. Within hours, Americans were in mourning, the world was watching, and a single moment of violence became one of the most defining and haunting events in modern U.S. history. JFK assassination 1963, John F. K

#OnThisDay 1963: Time on Our Hands looked back on the events that had shaped idyllic 1988, like the Russian moon landing, the rise of the mega cities of Milford Haven and Holyhead, the great tea shortage and the coming of the machines. | BBC Archive