US President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, at 12:30 p.m. Central Standard Time on November 22, 1963, while on a political trip to Texas.

He was shot twice, in the neck and head, and was pronounced dead at 1:00 p.m.

Only 46 when assassinated, less than half the age of Gerald Ford (the longest living president) at his passing, President Kennedy died younger than any U.S. president to date.

Lee Harvey Oswald, the principal suspect, was arrested at a movie theater at about 1:50 p.m. He denied shooting anyone, claiming he was a patsy, but was killed by Jack Ruby on November 24, before he could be indicted or tried. Ruby was then arrested and convicted of murder. He successfully appealed his conviction and death sentence but grew ill and himself passed away while the date for his new trial was being set.

President Johnson created the Warren Commission — chaired by Chief Justice Earl Warren — to investigate the assassination, which concluded that Oswald was the lone assassin.

Burial

On March 14, 1967, Kennedy's body was moved to a permanent burial plot and memorial at Arlington National Cemetery. The funeral was said by Father John J Cavanaugh.

The Honour Guard at JFK`s graveside were the 37th Cadet Class of the Irish Army. JFK was greatly impressed by the Irish Cadets on his last official visit to the Republic of Ireland, so much so that Jackie Kennedy requested the Irish Army to be the Honour Guard at the funeral.

Kennedy's wife, Jacqueline and their two deceased minor children were buried with him later. His brother, the late Senator Robert Kennedy, was buried nearby in 1968. His grave is lit with an "Eternal Flame." Kennedy and William Howard Taft are the only two U.S. Presidents buried at Arlington.