JFK assassinated
1963MajorContested
President Kennedy is shot in Dallas.
Contested history
Consensus: President Kennedy was shot in Dallas on 22 November 1963. Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested and then killed two days later.
Oswald acted aloneEstablished
The Warren Commission's conclusion, supported by ballistic evidence.
A second gunman (House Committee, 1979)Debated by scholars
The House committee said a conspiracy was probable based on acoustic evidence later found to be flawed.
CIA, Mafia or Cuban involvementUnsupported
Widely believed by the public; no conclusive evidence. Millions of pages have been declassified, most recently in 2025.
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