THE ASSASSINATION OF JFK

Do you think there is a conspiracy in the JFK assassination? Explain.

DALLAS, TEXAS NOVEMBER 22, 1963

WHAT HAPPENED (MOST COMMONLY THOUGHT)

3

shots- 1st hit JFK and Governor Connally, 2nd missed,

and 3rd hit JFK in head

T

aken to hospital and pronounced dead

K

illed by Lee Harvey Oswald

THE WARREN COMMISSION

The strange circumstances surrounding President Kennedy’s death caused people to wonder whether Oswald had acted alone in killing the president.

President Johnson appointed the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination.

• They determined that there was no conspiracy and that Oswald and Ruby had each acted alone.

• Additional government investigations and many private ones have never found credible evidence of a conspiracy.

UNITED STATES HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON

ASSASSINATIONS

S

et up to investigate assassinations of JFK and MLK Jr. in 1976

C

oncluded that very likely was a conspiracy

B

elieved it did not include Soviet Union, Cuba, FBI, CIA, or Mafia

D

one in secret and many files were sealed up

M

ost likely 2 gunmen and four shots were fired

WHO WAS LEE HARVEY OSWALD?

2

4 years old at the time

F

ormer U.S. Marine

L

ived in Soviet Union for a couple years

where he met his wife

M

oved to Fort Worth, Texas with wife and

daughter

C

laimed to be a Marxist

K

illed by Jack Ruby

WHO WAS JACK RUBY?

N

ightclub Owner in Dallas

C

onspiracies linked to Mafia and

Cuban spies

D

ied in 1967 from lung cancer

O

ther claims state he was emotionally

upset over assassination & wanted

to help Kennedys

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xU7Lhd7Wwo

THEORIES OF ASSASSINATION

1) Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone, all 3 shots came from him

2) CIA- JFK was not a fan of CIA after Bay of Pigs, and

assassination attempts of other world leaders, CIA saw JFK as

weak, Cuban Exiles

3) Soviet Union/KGB- Cold War

4) Mafia- RFK was increasing pressure on Mafia, Mafia working

with CIA to assassinate Castro, but JFK was stopping that

5) Cuba- Castro wanted revenge

6) 2 gunmen- another shooter with Oswald was on the grassy

knoll

7) Many others- LBJ, Casket, FBI,

CURSE OF THE KENNEDYSJ

FK- Assassinated in 1963

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obert Kennedy (brother)- Assassinated in 1968

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osemary (sister)- given a lobotomy in 1941

J

oseph (brother)- plane exploded in WWII 1944

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athleen (sister)- died in plane crash in 1948

J

FK & Jackie had a daughter born stillborn and a son that died 2 days after birth

D

avid (nephew)- died of drug overdose in 1984

M

ichael (nephew)- died in 1997 from skiing accident

J

ohn Jr. (son)- died in 1999 from plane crash

M

any other accidents/incidents to various other family members

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSBXW1-VGmM

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hy do you think so many people think there is a

conspiracy?

W

hat do you think?

IMPACT OF JFK

M

any people were emotionally

heartbroken

M

any schools named after him

N

ASA launch site named

N

YC international airport

P

laces all over the world

U

SS John F. Kennedy

T

o this day many still mesmerized