Chairman of HSCAJune 1977
Appointed 3rd Chairman of the HSCA
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Louis Stokes Biography
Historical biography and chronological timeline for Louis Stokes, based on 15 World History Database records associated with United States of America.
15 records1977–19796 events1 places
Chronological biography
1977
House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA)June 1977
Appointed third chairman of the HSCA
HSCA ChairmanJune 1977
Becomes chairman and stabilizes the committee investigation.
1979
Dictabelt Recording1979
Concludes 4 shots were fired, the fourth shot came from a second assassin located on the grassy knoll, but missed. The HSCA concluded the existence and location of this alleged fourth shot based on the later discredited Dallas Police Department Dictabelt recording analysis
House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA)1979
Concludes 4 shots were fired, the fourth shot came from a second assassin located on the grassy knoll, but missed.
House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA)1979
Concludes acoustical evidence establishes a high probability that at least two gunmen fired at the President. Other scientific evidence does not preclude the possibility of two gunmen firing at the President.
House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA)1979
Kennedy, the second and third shots he fired struck the President, the third shot he fired killed the President. Concludes Lee Harvey Oswald fired three shots at Kennedy. The second and third shots Oswald fired struck the President.
House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA)1979
Scientific acoustical evidence establishes a high probability that two gunmen fired at President John F. Kennedy. Concludes that Lee Harvey Oswald fired three shots at President John F.
House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA)1979
The HSCA concluded the existence and location of this alleged fourth shot based on the later discredited Dallas Police Department Dictabelt recording analysis. Second chairman of the House Select Committee on Assassinations
House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA)1979
The House Select Committee on Assassinations concludes that President John F. Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald, probably as a result of a conspiracy. Second chairman of the House Select Committee on Assassinations.
House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA)1979
The third shot he fired killed the President.
House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA)1979
The HSCA agreed with the single bullet theory, but concluded that it occurred at a time point during the assassination that differed from any of the several time points the Warren Commission theorized it occurred
House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA)1979
The HSCA agreed with the single bullet theory, but concluded that it occurred at a time point during the assassination that differed from any of the several time points the Warren Commission theorized it occurred.
Magic Bullet1979
The HSCA agreed with the single bullet theory, but concluded that it occurred at a time point during the assassination that differed from any of the several time points the Warren Commission theorized it occurred
HSCA Final ReportMarch 1979
Presents the committee's final findings to Congress.
Titles and roles
Chairman of HSCA · Congressman
Record provenance
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