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Established by Executive Order 11130 on November 29, 1963, the Commission heard testimony from 552 witnesses and published its 888-page report along with 26 volumes of hearings and exhibits. Its records, including staff memoranda and unpublished exhibits, form a core layer of the National Archives JFK Collection.
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The Dallas Times Herald publishes the presidential motorcade route; the Dallas Morning News publishes it the following day (November 19). Route is public 72 hours before the motorcade.
Shots are fired at the presidential motorcade as it passes the Texas School Book Depository. The Warren Commission concluded three shots were fired; the HSCA's 1979 acoustic analysis suggested a possible fourth, a finding later rejected by the NAS/Ramsey Panel. President Kennedy is fatally wounded; Governor Connally is seriously wounded; bystander James Tague sustains a minor injury from a bullet or fragment striking the curb of Main Street.
President Lyndon B. Johnson issues Executive Order 11130 establishing the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy, chaired by Chief Justice Earl Warren.
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The 888-page final report.
552 witness testimonies and documentary exhibits.
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The Warren Commission begins taking sworn testimony. Marina Oswald is the first witness, appearing February 3-6, 1964.
Sworn in as junior assistant counsel, assigned to Area I (Basic Facts of the Assassination) under senior counsel Francis W. H. Adams.
Conducts Warren Commission depositions of Drs. Humes, Boswell, and Finck regarding the November 22, 1963 autopsy at Bethesda Naval Hospital.
Chief Justice Warren delivers the Commission's 888-page final report to President Johnson. The report is released publicly September 27, 1964. Chapter III, authored by assistant counsel Arlen Specter, presents the single-bullet conclusion.
The 26 volumes of Warren Commission Hearings and Exhibits are published through the Government Printing Office.
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“CIA · From: CHIEF, KUDOVE · To: CHIEFS OF ALL STATIONS · JFK-RH12 : F216 : 1998.12.17.15:43:16:250104 : CORRECTED TO 52 PAGES VICE 51. · Release: Redact”
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“CIA · From: HOCH, PAUL L. · JFK64-31 : F16 : 1998.05.11.18:27:57:106115 : · Release: Release”
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