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President John F. Kennedy with the Boston Celtics, January 1963 Kennedy was a fan of Major League Baseball 's Boston Red Sox and the National Basketball Association 's Boston Celtics . [ 452 ] [ 453 ] Growing up on Cape Cod, Kennedy and his siblings developed a lifelong passion for sailing . [ 454 ]
Kennedy verbally condensed human history to fifty years, in which "only last week did we develop penicillin and television and nuclear power, and now if America's new spacecraft succeeds in reaching Venus , we will have literally reached the stars before midnight tonight. "[18] [12] With this extended metaphor, Kennedy sought to imbue a sense ...
John F. Kennedy's tenure as the 35th president of the United States began with his inauguration on January 20, 1961, and ended with his assassination on November 22, 1963. Kennedy, a Democrat from Massachusetts, took office following his narrow victory over Republican incumbent vice president Richard Nixon in the 1960 presidential election.
On November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was seated beside his smartly dressed wife, who was wearing a pink Chanel-like suit and matching pillbox hat and holding an armful of red roses that ...
President John F. Kennedy and first lady Jackie Kennedy greet well-wishers along the reception line after Air Force One landed at Carswell Air Force Base, Fort Worth, on Nov. 21, 1963.
Over the years, the compound expanded to include the “Big House,” a 21-room mansion meticulously decorated by Rose Kennedy, and two additional properties acquired by John F. Kennedy and Robert ...
White House Curator William G. Allman discusses the inspiration behind Aaron Shikler's portrait of John F. Kennedy. Presidential portrait, painted by Aaron Shikler (1970) John F. Kennedy Memorial, 1965, London, bust by Jacques Lipchitz; John Fitzgerald Kennedy Memorial, 1965 bas-relief sculpture in Portland, Oregon, artist unknown
The phrase is commonly attributed to John F. Kennedy, [1] who used it in an October 1963 speech to combat criticisms that a dam project in Arkansas that he was inaugurating was a pork barrel project. [2] [3] These projects produce wealth, they bring industry, they bring jobs, and the wealth they bring brings wealth to other sections of the ...