**John F. Kennedy**

* Born: May 29, 1917
* Died: November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas, as a result of gunshot wounds sustained during an assassination attempt

**Assassination Investigation**

* Warren Commission (led by Chief Justice Earl Warren) established to investigate the assassination
* Commission concluded Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in shooting Kennedy from the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository building
* Commission's findings disputed by various individuals and groups, including the House Select Committee on Assassinations (1976-1979)

**Related Individuals**

* **Lee Harvey Oswald**: 24-year-old former Marine and employee of the Texas School Book Depository; shot and killed by night club owner Jack Ruby two days after Kennedy's assassination
* **Jack Ruby**: 52-year-old nightclub owner who fatally shot Lee Harvey Oswald on November 24, 1963
* **CIA Director Allen Dulles**: served as a member of the Warren Commission; later fired from CIA due to his role in the Bay of Pigs debacle
* **FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover**: closely monitored and investigated various individuals suspected of involvement in the assassination

**Investigations and Findings**

* **Warren Commission Report** (1964): concluded Oswald acted alone, but acknowledged "unanswered questions" about the assassination
* **House Select Committee on Assassinations** (1976-1979): re-examined evidence and found a "probable conspiracy" in both the Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. assassinations
* **Autopsy Report**: revealed multiple gunshot wounds to Kennedy's body, contradicting initial reports of a single shot from behind

**Other Events and Activities**

* **Grassy Knoll**: a grassy area near the assassination site where some witnesses reported hearing shots coming from; remains a topic of debate among conspiracy theorists
* **Zapruder Film**: a 26-second film capturing Kennedy's motorcade, which shows the president's reaction to the shooting and subsequent events

RFK Declassified Files

56-la-156-1a_sec_013-1a189-neg.pdf

Document Summary

Try AI Search