Assassinations: Legacies of tragedies (13 images)

22 NOVEMBER 1963 - DALLAS, TEXAS: President John F. Kennedy slumps into the arms of his wife, Jackie, immediately after a sniper's bullet slammed into his head, November 22 1963, during a motorcade. Photo of the fatal assault was taken with a Polaroid camera by a woman watching the parade. (UPI Photo/Files)

Agents tend to Presidential Press Secretary James Brady and a wounded police office after subduing John Hinckley Jr. (right background), who got off six rounds at President Ronald Reagan on March 30, 1981. Photo by Don Rypka/UPI

WAP82102802-28 NOVEMBER 1982-WASHINGTON, D. C. USA: The FBI 10/28 released this self-portrait of John Hinkley who attempted to assassinate President Reagan in March, 1981. The picture was made with a polaroid camera and was part of the evidence used in Hinckley's trail. (UPI Photo/Files)

Clutching his rosary beads, Senator Robert F. Kennedy lies wounded on the floor of the Ambassador Hotel, after being shot by assailant Sirhan Bashira Sirhan on June 5, 1968, following his victory speech in the California primary election. Kennedy's wife Ethel is at lower left. (UPI Photo/Files)