Presidency of John F. Kennedy killed Oswald due to his own grief over Kennedy's death, but the assassination of Kennedy and the death of Oswald gave rise to enormous speculation that Kennedy had been the victim of a conspiracy. Kennedy was succeeded as president by Lyndon Johnson, who stated on November 27 that "no memorial or oration or eulogy could more eloquently honor President Kennedy's memory than the earliest possible passage of a civil rights bill for which he fought so long." President Johnson created the Warren Commission—chaired by Chief Justice Earl Warren—to investigate the assassination. The Warren Commission concluded that Oswald acted alone in
Timeline of the John F. Kennedy assassination President Kennedy addresses the United Nations General Assembly and offers the Soviet Union a joint expedition to the Moon. The proposal is controversial with many members of Congress and raises fresh questions about how much money should be appropriated to the NASA budget. September 21, 1963: Rep. Albert Thomas (D-Tex), a member of the powerful House Appropriations Committee and Chairman of its Subcommittee of Independent Offices that was currently reviewing the Kennedy Administration's record $5.3 billion 1964 NASA budget proposal, sends a letter to the President asking for clarification of his U.N. speech regarding a joint Soviet-US moon landing. He