Assassination of John F. Kennedy in popular culture the Kennedy assassination; although it dramatises the assassination of James A. Garfield, it reflects the events and conspiracy theories surrounding Kennedy's death. David Miller's 1973 film "Executive Action" is the first conspiracy theory-based Hollywood-made dramatization of the Kennedy assassination. In 1975, a San Francisco-based group of artists called Ant Farm reenacted the Kennedy assassination in Dealey Plaza, and documented it in a video called "The Eternal Frame". The 1978 made-for-television movie, "Ruby and Oswald", generally followed the official record as presented by the Warren Commission of the actions of Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby on the weekend of the
Timeline of the presidency of John F. Kennedy Timeline of the presidency of John F. Kennedy The presidency of John F. Kennedy began on January 20, 1961, when John F. Kennedy was inaugurated as the 35th President of the United States, and ended on November 22, 1963, upon his assassination and death, a span of . A Democrat, he took office following the 1960 presidential election, in which he narrowly defeated Richard Nixon. He was succeeded by Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, who served out the remaining of Kennedy's term, and was elected to the presidency in his own right in 1964. This timeline begins on January 2,