1963 – Warren Commission Established: One week after Pres. John F. Kennedy was fatally shot while riding in a motorcade in Dallas, Texas, Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson established a special commission, headed by Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren, to investigate the assassination. After ten months of gathering evidence and questioning witnesses in public hearings, the Warren Commission report was released, concluding that there was no conspiracy in the assassination, either domestic or international, and that Lee Harvey Oswald, the alleged assassin, acted alone … [The Warren Commission’s findings] continue to be widely disputed. [On This Date]
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