On this day, Sept. 27, in 1964, the Warren Commission released its report concluding that Lee Harvey Oswald was the sole gunman in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
The commission presented President Lyndon Johnson its 888-page report 47 years ago, more than 10 months after Kennedy’s death. The commission was named after Chief Justice Earl Warren, who headed the group established by Johnson.
The commission faced much criticism for the methods it used to investigate Kennedy’s death: It barred the public from attending almost all of its hearings, and the full commission was present during the testimony of only one of 94 witnesses.
The report’s findings remain in dispute to this day.
— Scott McCabe
