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John F. Kennedy: The Cuban missile crisis, the Bay of Pigs, and his assassination
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Watch Democrats campaigning in the 1960 U.S. presidential primaries
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See how Kennedy emerged from a crowded field to become the Democratic Party's 1960 presidential nominee
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Watch President John F. Kennedy delivering his inaugural address in Washington, D.C., January 20, 1961
U.S. Pres. John F. Kennedy delivering his inaugural address, Washington, D.C., January...
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Track the rapid escalation of the Vietnam War under Pres. John F. Kennedy's administration
Under U.S. Pres. John F. Kennedy, the number of U.S. advisers to the South Vietnamese...
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Cuban missile crisis: The world on the brink of war
Overview of the Cuban missile crisis and its effect on Germany, 1962.
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JFK's historic “Ich bin ein Berliner” speech revisited
John F. Kennedy visiting West Berlin in June 1963 and delivering his “Ich bin ein...
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Why did Kennedy want to go to the Moon?
Pres. John F. Kennedy rallying the people of the United States to support NASA's...
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Each section of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, explained
Decades later, the Civil Rights Act is still a critical piece of American legislation.
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NASA's journey to landing a man on the Moon
History of the American human spaceflight program in the 1960s.
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Listen to former vice president Hubert Humphrey examine the personalities of memorable U.S. presidents
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Konrad Adenauer and West Germany's Western alliance
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John F. Kennedy
U.S. Pres. John F. Kennedy.
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Kennedy family
Kennedy family photo c. 1931: (from left) Rosemary; Joseph, Jr.; Kathleen; Patricia;...
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Brookline, Massachusetts, birthplace of John F. Kennedy
The birthplace of U.S. Pres. John F. Kennedy, Brookline, Massachusetts.
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John F. Kennedy: boyhood football
John F. Kennedy (seated, front row, far right) photographed with the Dexter School...
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John F. Kennedy
A young John F. Kennedy dressed in a police officer costume.
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John F. Kennedy: college graduation
John F. Kennedy wearing college graduation attire.
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John F. Kennedy and PT-109
John F. Kennedy commanding the U.S. Navy torpedo boat PT-109, 1943.
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Jacqueline Kennedy
Jacqueline Kennedy, 1961.
White House photo/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy
U.S. Pres. John F. Kennedy and his wife, Jacqueline Kennedy, in the Blue Room of...
Robert Knudsen—Official White House Photo/John F. Kennedy Presidential Library
John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy seated at a typewriter.
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John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy, 1961.
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John F. Kennedy
U.S. Pres. John F. Kennedy.
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Robert Kennedy, Ted Kennedy, and John F. Kennedy
(From left) Robert F. Kennedy, Ted Kennedy, and John F. Kennedy posing together at...
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston
John F. Kennedy campaign button
Button from John F. Kennedy's 1960 U.S. presidential campaign.
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John F. Kennedy: inaugural address
U.S. Pres. John F. Kennedy delivering his inaugural address, Washington, D.C., January...
CWO Donald Mingfield—U.S. Army Signal Corps/John F. Kennedy Presidential Library
John F. Kennedy: presidential oath
John F. Kennedy being sworn in as U.S. president, January 20, 1961.
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Kennedy announces U.S. naval blockade of Cuba
U.S. Pres. John F. Kennedy announcing on television the U.S. naval blockade of Cuba,...
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Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty
U.S. Pres. John F. Kennedy signing the Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty, October 7, 1963.
National Archives and Records Administration
John F. Kennedy: “Ich bin ein Berliner” speech
U.S. Pres. John F. Kennedy delivering his “Ich bin ein [I am a] Berliner” speech...
Photograph by Robert L. Knudsen—White House Photographs/John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston
John F. Kennedy
U.S. Pres. John F. Kennedy speaking about the U.S. space program at Rice University,...
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John F. Kennedy
U.S. Pres. John F. Kennedy, 1961–63.
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston
Kennedy family
John and Jackie Kennedy with their children, Caroline and John, Jr., at the White...
Abbie Rowe—National Park Service/John F. Kennedy Presidential Library
John F. Kennedy in Dallas motorcade
Pres. John F. Kennedy and first lady Jacqueline Kennedy riding in a motorcade, sitting...
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John F. Kennedy assassinated
The front page of the Chicago Tribune on November 23, 1963, the day after...
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Lyndon B. Johnson, Jacqueline Kennedy, and Lady Bird Johnson
Jacqueline Kennedy and Lady Bird Johnson standing by U.S. Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson...
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John F. Kennedy: pallbearers at U.S. Capitol
Pres. John F. Kennedy's body being carried by pallbearers into the U.S. Capitol Rotunda,...
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John F. Kennedy lying in state
In a flag-draped coffin, the body of Pres. John F. Kennedy lying in state in the...
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John F. Kennedy: funeral procession
Pres. John F. Kennedy's funeral procession on its way to Arlington National Cemetery,...
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Official presidential portrait of John F. Kennedy
U.S. Pres. John F. Kennedy, oil on canvas by Aaron Shikler, 1970; in the collection...
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Father and daughter
Caroline Kennedy, five years old, resting on the shoulder of her father, U.S. Pres....
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White House meeting of civil rights leaders in 1963
American civil rights leaders meeting with government officials at the White House...
Cecil Stoughton—Official White House Photo/John F. Kennedy Presidential Library
McGeorge Bundy (centre right) conferring with John F. Kennedy, 1962.
Abbie Rowe—National Park Service/John F. Kennedy Presidential Library
John F. Kennedy's burial ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery
Honor Guard preparing to fold the American flag at the burial of U.S. Pres. John...
Abbie Rowe—National Park Service/John F. Kennedy Presidential Library
John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy at Dallas Love Field airport
U.S. Pres. John F. Kennedy and first lady Jacqueline Kennedy at Dallas Love Field...
Cecil Stoughton—Official White House Photo/John F. Kennedy Presidential Library
John F. Kennedy's presidential motorcade in Dallas
U.S. Pres. John F. Kennedy and his wife, Jacqueline Kennedy, riding in the back seat...
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funeral procession of John F. Kennedy
Funeral procession of U.S. Pres. John F. Kennedy leaving the White House, Washington,...
Abbie Rowe—National Park Service/John F. Kennedy Presidential Library
John F. Kennedy's funeral
John F. Kennedy, Jr. (foreground), saluting the casket of his father, President Kennedy,...
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Lyndon Johnson and Hubert Humphrey inaugural pin, featuring an image of John F. Kennedy...
Collection of David J. and Janice L. Frent
Lyndon B. Johnson: speech card
U.S. Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson's notes for his brief address at Andrews Air Force Base,...
Lyndon B. Johnson Library and Museum
Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy in presidential debate
Richard Nixon (left) and John F. Kennedy during a live television broadcast of their...
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John F. Kennedy; Sargent Shriver; Peace Corps
U.S. Pres. John F. Kennedy (left) and Sargent Shriver addressing journalists and...
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Kennedy family
The Kennedy family (1948; left to right): John F. Kennedy, Jean Kennedy, Rose Kennedy,...
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston
Robert F. Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy, and Ted Kennedy leading the funeral procession of John F. Kennedy
Members of the Kennedy family—(from left) Robert F. Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy,...
Robert Knudsen—White House/John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston
John F. Kennedy: Peace Corps
Pres. John F. Kennedy (left) greeting Peace Corps volunteers at the White House,...
Courtesy of the Peace Corps
Norodom Sihanouk; Kennedy, John F., 1961
Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia meeting with U.S. Pres. John F. Kennedy in New...
Robert Knudsen—White House Photographs/John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston
John F. Kennedy's presidential motorcade in Dallas
Motorcade of U.S. Pres. John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas, November 22, 1963.
Cecil Stoughton—Official White House Photo/John F. Kennedy Presidential Library
Moments before the fatal shots
U.S. Pres. John F. Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy, and Texas Gov. John B. Connally,...
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John F. Kennedy: campaign button
Button from John F. Kennedy's 1960 U.S. presidential campaign.
Courtesy of Michael Levy
John F. Kennedy shaking hands in Fort Worth
U.S. Pres. John F. Kennedy shaking hands outside a hotel in Fort Worth, Texas, November...
Cecil Stoughton—Official White House Photo/John F. Kennedy Presidential Library
R. Sargent Shriver (left) with Pres. John F. Kennedy at the White House, 1961.
Abbie Rowe—National Park Service/John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston
History on film
In a frame from Abraham Zapruder's film recorded in Dallas on November 22, 1963,...
Zapruder Film © 1967 (Renewed 1995) The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
The arms of U.S. President John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy's coat of arms is an altered version of the ancient Kennedy coat,...
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American presidential election, 1960
Results of the American presidential election, 1960. Sources: Electoral and popular...
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John F. Kennedy: key events
Key events in the life of John F. Kennedy.
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John F. Kennedy: inaugural address
U.S. Pres. John F. Kennedy delivering his inaugural address, January 20, 1961.
John F. Kennedy: Cuban missile crisis address
U.S. Pres. John F. Kennedy delivering a televised address to the nation on Soviet...
Lyndon B. Johnson: accession to the presidency
Lyndon B. Johnson at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, after his swearing-in as president...

Interactives

The Kennedy Family Tree
Learn about the Kennedys in this interactive family tree.
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Presidency of John F. Kennedy
At a glance: the Kennedy presidency
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