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**John F. Kennedy**

* Born May 29, 1917
* Died November 22, 1963, Dallas, Texas

**Assassination**

* Shot on November 22, 1963, at Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas
* 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 (1963-1964)
	+ Established by President Lyndon B. Johnson on November 29, 1963
	+ Chaired by Chief Justice Earl Warren
	+ Concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in the assassination
* House Select Committee on Assassinations (1976-1979)
	+ Investigated the assassinations of JFK and Martin Luther King Jr.
	+ Found that there was a "probable conspiracy" involving organized crime

**Related Individuals**

* Lee Harvey Oswald
	+ Fired by the Texas School Book Depository in March 1963, two months before the assassination
	+ Had ties to the Fair Play for Cuba Committee and the Soviet Union
* Jack Ruby
	+ Shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald on November 24, 1963
	+ Had connections to organized crime

**Evidence**

* The "magic bullet" theory (CE399)
	+ A single bullet that caused multiple non-fatal injuries to Kennedy and Texas Governor John Connally
	+ Debated as evidence of a conspiracy or a lone gunman
* Autopsy report
	+ Conducted by Dr. Earl Rose on November 22, 1963
	+ Found that the fatal wound was caused by a single bullet entering through the back of Kennedy's head

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