John F. Kennedy' s granddaughter Tatiana Schlossberg revealed the devastating news on November 22 that she had been diagnosed with terminal cancer . But the choice of date didn't go unnoticed, as it is also the same date her grandfather was assassinated in 1963.

JFK was the 35th president of the United States, and he was assassinated while riding in a presidential motorcade through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas, with his wife, Jackie Kennedy. His death in 1963 changed the course of American history forever, with his Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson then leading the country through a decade of cultural and political change.

© Bettmann Archive John F Kennedy pictured minutes before he was assassinated in 1963

Lee Harvey Oswald, a former U.S. Marine, was arrested for the murder. T

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