This timeline shows exactly how the day of JFK's assassination unfolded

Beth Frutkin,Michal Kranz,Isabella ZavariseNov 23, 2022, 04:08 IST

An image of the moment President John F. Kennedy was shot.James W. (Ike) Altgens/APPresident John F. Kennedy was <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/jfk-assassination-documents-released-to-public-2021-12">killed</a> on this day 59 years ago while riding in a motorcade through Dallas.<ul class="summary-list"><li>Tuesday marks the 59th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's assassination.</li><li>Kennedy was killed on November 22, 1963 while riding in a motorcade through Dallas.</li></ul>Kennedy was shot and killed on November 22, 1963 by Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused gunman.In 2017, former President Donald Trump's administration released <a href="https://www.archives.gov/research/jfk/release" rel>several thousand documents</a> about the assassination.In conjunction with Kennedy's anniversary, here's a rundown of the most important moments from that day:

Friday, November 22, 1963, 12:30 a.m.

Lee Harvey Oswald and his wife Marina in Minsk. The pair was living separately by the time Oswald shot and killed Kennedy.The Warren Commission via AP

6:30 a.m.

The Texas School Book Depository where Lee Harvey Oswald worked. It was also the building from which he carried out the assassination.Anonymous/AP

7 a.m.

President John F. Kennedy exits the Hotel Texas on his way to make a speech.Uncredited/AP

10 a.m.

John F. Kennedy greets people in front of the Hotel Texas. He made his desire to be as accessible to the people as possible clear to Secret Service agents with him.Uncredited/AP

10:30 a.m.

John F. Kennedy with First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy earlier that day at the Dallas Airport.Uncredited/AP

11:50 a.m.

John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy, along with Texas Gov. John Connally and his wife, tour Dallas in an open motorcade.Uncredited/AP

12:05 p.m.

Crowds of people swarm around John F. Kennedy's motorcade in DallasUncredited/AP

12:29 p.m.

John F. Kennedy's motorcade approximately one minute before he is fatally shot along Elm St. on Dealey Plaza.Uncredited/AP

12:30 p.m.

A still from the Zapruder film shows Kennedy in Thornburn's position seconds after he is shot in the back of the head. The umbrella of the infamous "umbrella man" is seen in the lower left.Screenshot via Kelly Wurx/YouTube

12:35 p.m.

The president's limousine races to the hospital after Kennedy is shot.Justin Newman/AP

12:45 p.m.

The perch from which Lee Harvey Oswald shot Kennedy above Dealey Plaza.Hulton Archia via Getty Images

12:57 p.m.:

Father Oscar Huber seen here in 1964 at the hospital bed where he performed last rites for President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963.Uncredited/AP

1:15 p.m.

A map of Lee Harvey Oswald's actions and movements before and after he killed Officer Tippit.National Archives

1:26 p.m.

The American flag flies at half mast at the Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas on November 22, 1963.RAJ/AP

1:40 p.m.

The movie theater into which Oswald ran before Dallas police arrested him.Uncredited/AP

2 p.m.

A still from a film taken of Lyndon B. Johnson shortly after he left the Parkland Memorial Hospital.The Dallas Morning News via AP

2:07 p.m.

Lee Harvey Oswald shortly after being arrested.National Archives

2:38 p.m.

Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in as the 36th president of the United States aboard Air Force One.Keystone via Getty Images

3 p.m.

Oswald waits in police custody.Uncredited/AP

4 p.m.

A cartridge from Oswald's rifle.NARA via Wikimedia Commons

4:30 p.m.

Tiny fragments from John F. Kennedy's head.Wikimedia Commons

6 p.m. ET

Robert and Jacqueline Kennedy and others unload JFK's casket in Maryland after the flight from Dallas.Uncredited/AP

6:20 p.m. CT

Oswald with the press after his arrest.Uncredited/AP

7 p.m. ET:

The White House portico draped in black following Kennedy's assassination.Uncredite/AP

7:10 p.m. CT:

The rifle Oswald allegedly used in Kennedy's assassination.Uncredited/AP

7:50 p.m. CT:

An investigator holds up Lee Harvey Oswald's fingerprints.J.C. Day/AP

9 p.m. CT:

Buell Frazier, Oswald's co-worker, shown here in 1969.Uncredited/AP

11 p.m. ET:

The hasty autopsy sketch done on Kennedy shortly after his death. The doctor who conducted the sketch later admitted he had made a mistake, causing people to believe there may have been a second assassin.Uncredited/AP

Saturday, November 23, 1963, 1:35 a.m. CT:

Oswald moments after being charged with the murder of John F. Kennedy.Uncredited/AP

3:56 a.m. ET

Kennedy's casket lies in the White House awaiting his funeral.Uncredited/AP

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