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The facility opened in 1948 as New York International Airport [12] [13] [14] and was commonly known as Idlewild Airport. [15] Following the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963, the airport was renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport as a tribute to the 35th President of the United States. [16] [17] [18]
TWA Flight 800, was a Boeing 747-100 that exploded and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near East Moriches, New York, at about 8:31 p.m. EDT, 12 minutes after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport on a scheduled international passenger flight to Rome, with a stopover in Paris.
November 8, 1960: John F. Kennedy wins the 1960 United States presidential election. June 13, 1962: Oswald returns to the United States with the wife Marina and their child to live in Texas. [2] October 9, 1962: Oswald rents P.O. Box 2915 under his real name at the Dallas post office. He will maintain the rental until May 14, 1963. [3]
John F. Kennedy, a Democrat from Massachusetts, was elected President of the United States on November 8, 1960, was inaugurated as the nation's 35th president on January 20, 1961, and his presidency ended on November 22, 1963, upon his assassination and death. The following articles cover the timeline of Kennedy's presidency:
A terminal at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport was briefly evacuated Wednesday because of an escalator fire, officials said. The fire at JFK's Terminal 8 was reported at around 7 a ...
New York's John. F. Kennedy Airport is getting a new international terminal to handle the growing demand for air travel. The 2.4 million-square-foot facility is designed to be "world-class ...
Countries visited by John F. Kennedy during his presidency, 1961–63. John F. Kennedy made eight international trips during his presidency. [27] Two of these were to Europe, and the other six were to various nations in the Western Hemisphere.
November 24 – Kennedy lies in state in the Capitol rotunda for a period of 18 hours. NBC broadcasts live uninterrupted coverage of people paying their respects at the president's casket during the overnight hours. November 25 – A funeral mass is held at St. Matthew's Cathedral commemorating the life of John F. Kennedy.