**John F. Kennedy**

* Born: May 29, 1917, Brookline, Massachusetts
* Died: November 22, 1963, Dallas, Texas (assassination)

**Assassination**

* Date: November 22, 1963
* Location: Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas
* Time: 12:30 PM Central Standard Time
* Shooter: Lee Harvey Oswald (identified as the lone gunman)
* Vehicle: Presidential motorcade in an open-top Lincoln Continental

**Investigations**

* Warren Commission (established by President Lyndon B. Johnson):
	+ Chaired by Chief Justice Earl Warren
	+ Concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in the assassination
	+ Released its report on September 24, 1964
* House Select Committee on Assassinations (1976-1979):
	+ Investigated both JFK and Martin Luther King Jr. assassinations
	+ Found a "probable conspiracy" in the JFK assassination

**Related Individuals**

* Lee Harvey Oswald:
	+ Shot and killed by night club owner Jack Ruby on November 24, 1963
	+ Had ties to the Fair Play for Cuba Committee and the Soviet Union
* Jack Ruby:
	+ Killed Lee Harvey Oswald on November 24, 1963
	+ Claimed he acted alone in shooting Oswald
* Lyndon B. Johnson:
	+ Established the Warren Commission to investigate JFK's assassination
	+ Became President after Kennedy's death

**Evidence and Testimony**

* Ballistic evidence: The Warren Commission found that the bullets fired from the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository building matched the rifle used by Lee Harvey Oswald.
* Autopsy report: The autopsy revealed that two bullets caused JFK's fatal injuries, one to the head and one to the neck.
* Testimony of witnesses: Many witnesses reported hearing shots coming from the front or side, contradicting the official narrative of a lone gunman.

RFK Declassified Files

fbi_experience_rfk-2017_0108-box_002-folder_051-neg.pdf

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