The Assassination Of John F. Kennedy
Public DomainJohn F. Kennedy and his wife Jackie moments before he was assassinated.
The assassination of President John F. Kennedy is one of the most infamous moments in American history.
On Nov. 22, 1963, the U.S. president and his wife rode together in the backseat of an open-top limousine through the streets of Dallas, Texas. As their car crossed Dealey Plaza, however, a shot rang out — and the president slumped over in the backseat.
It was Lee Harvey Oswald who would ultimately go down in the history books as John F. Kennedy’s assassin, but the incident also sparked countless conspiracy theories suggesting that Oswald did not act alone, or that the U.S. government had conspired to kill the president.
Some of these theories also make reference to one of Nostradamus’ predictions:
“The ancient task will be completed
From on high, evil will fall on the great man
A dead innocent will be accused of the deed
The guilty one will remain in the mist.”
Citing Nostradamus’ prophecy, some have said that the “dead innocent” may refer to Oswald, who was murdered by a Dallas nightclub owner before his trial — and that the real “guilty one” got away with it. In fact, before he died, Oswald himself claimed to be a patsy.
But because Lee Harvey Oswald never went to trial, it is near-impossible to say if he truly was John F. Kennedy’s assassin, or if he acted alone. There is still much controversy surrounding JFK’s assassination, and many questions left unanswered 60 years later. Perhaps Nostradamus really did predict the event and the mystery that would surround it.
