american president who was shot in a car
About This Site | Text Only. 1963: Kennedy shot dead in Dallas The President of the United States has been assassinated by a gunman in Dallas, Texas. John F Kennedy was hit in the head and throat when three shots were fired at his open-topped car.he mood of shock in the US was echoed by Senator Mike Mansfield in an emergency forum of the senate. This is terrible-I cannot find words, he said. E-mail this story to a friend. 1963: Kennedy shot dead in Dallas The President of the United States has been assassinated by a gunman in Dallas, Texas.