 On May 22, 1949, former Secretary of the Navy and first Secretary of Defense James Forrestal fell to his death from the 16th floor of the hospital tower.In November 1963, the autopsy of U.S. President John F. Kennedy was performed at the Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland.On November 22, 1963, President Kennedy was shot and killed while riding in a motorcade in Dallas, Texas with his wife, Jacqueline, Texas Governor John Connally, and his wife, Nellie.