Mystery AtlasWarren Commission
The presidential commission chaired by Chief Justice Earl Warren that investigated the Kennedy assassination in 1963–1964 and concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone.
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Events
Warren Commission investigated Assassination of John F. Kennedy.
Documents & Sources
Warren Commission published Warren Commission Report (1964).
The Kennedy Assassination: Investigation and Dispute
From the shooting in Dealey Plaza to the modern document releases — reusable across the JFK, Warren Commission, Oswald, and assassination-theory pages.
22 November 1963
Assassination of John F. Kennedy
President Kennedy is shot at 12:30 pm as his motorcade passes through Dealey Plaza; Oswald is arrested that afternoon.
24 November 1963
Jack Ruby shoots Oswald
Oswald is killed in the basement of Dallas police headquarters before he can stand trial, on live television.
29 November 1963
Warren Commission
President Johnson establishes the commission under Chief Justice Earl Warren.
24 September 1964
Warren Commission Report (1964)
The commission reports that Oswald acted alone and finds no evidence of conspiracy.
1 March 1967
Jim Garrison charges Clay Shaw
The New Orleans district attorney brings the only prosecution ever mounted over the assassination; Shaw is acquitted in under an hour in 1969.
29 March 1979
House Select Committee on Assassinations
The House Select Committee endorses the forensic case against Oswald but concludes, on acoustic evidence, that a second gunman probably fired.
1982
National Academy of Sciences rejects the acoustic evidence
A NAS panel finds the dictabelt recording underpinning the HSCA's conspiracy finding was made after the shooting.
26 October 1992
JFK Records Act
Congress, responding to Oliver Stone's film 'JFK', orders all assassination records collected and released.
2017
Bulk declassification begins
Successive releases from 2017 onwards put most of the remaining files in the public domain without producing evidence of a second gunman.