**John F. Kennedy**

* Born May 29, 1917, in Brookline, Massachusetts
* Served as the 35th President of the United States from January 1961 until his assassination

**Assassination**

* Shot on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas, while riding in an open-top car in a motorcade
* Killed by a single bullet wound to the head
* Lee Harvey Oswald fired the fatal shot from the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository building

**Investigations**

* Warren Commission (also known as the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy)
	+ Established on November 23, 1963, by Executive Order 11130
	+ Led by Chief Justice Earl Warren
	+ Released its report on September 24, 1964
* House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA)
	+ Established in 1976 to investigate the assassinations of JFK and Martin Luther King Jr.
	+ Released its report on June 26, 1979

**Related Individuals**

* Lee Harvey Oswald
	+ Fired by the Texas School Book Depository building on November 22, 1963
	+ Shot and killed by night club owner Jack Ruby on November 24, 1963
* Jack Ruby
	+ Shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald on November 24, 1963
* Clay Shaw
	+ A businessman with alleged ties to the CIA and organized crime
	+ Questioned by the HSCA in 1977

**Evidence and Testimony**

* The Zapruder film, which captured the assassination on camera
* The "magic bullet" theory, which suggested that one bullet caused multiple non-fatal injuries to Kennedy and Texas Governor John Connally
* Testimony from eyewitnesses, including those who claimed to have seen a second gunman or other suspicious activity

RFK Declassified Files

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