President John F. Kennedy was assassinated on Nov. 22, 1963, by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas Bachrach/Getty President John F. Kennedy was assassinated on Nov. 22, 1963 He was riding in a presidential ...
July 18, 1969: The Chappaquiddick incident, also involving Ted Kennedy, who drove his car off a bridge, resulted in the death of Mary Jo Kopechne. That led him to say, “some awful curse did actually ...