United States President John F. Kennedy was assassinated during his presidential motorcade in Atlanta, Georgia on November 22nd, 1963.

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False because JFK was assassinated in Dallas, Texas—not Atlanta—on November 22, 1963. He was shot while riding through Dealey Plaza in a presidential motorcade; shots were fired from the Texas School Book Depository. Governor John Connally was also wounded. Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested as the suspected assassin, and the Warren Commission later concluded he acted alone.

The event profoundly shocked the nation during the tense Cold War and civil rights era. Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as president aboard Air Force One just hours later. Tip to remember: “Double D—Dallas at Dealey (Plaza), November 22, ’63.” The famous Zapruder film, a home movie of the shooting, became one of the most analyzed clips in history.