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The JFK Assassination

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On November 22, 194, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated as his motorcade passed through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas. He was hit with two bullets, one in the head and one through his neck. After Lee Harvey Oswald was caught and charged with the murder of the president, the case seemed closed. Yet, a poll by ABC News in 2003 showed that 70% of Americans felt that Kennedy’s assassination wasn’t as clear as it may have seemed.

There were issues regarding the trajectory of the bullets as well as the motives for his murder. Some believe that it could have been executed by the CIA for Kennedy’s decisions during the Cold War or by the Russians themselves. Either way, the exact answer has remained unclear and has made Kennedy’s assassination the most questionable and discussed assassination to date.