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To provide a guide on ethical standards to Government officials May 5, 1961 27 10940: Establishing the President's Committee on Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Crime May 11, 1961 May 13, 1961 26 FR 4136 28 10941: Designation of certain officers to act as Secretary of the Treasury May 15, 1961 May 17, 1961 26 FR 4277 29 10942
November 23–25 – State funeral of John F. Kennedy November 23 – Kennedy lies in repose in the White House East Room for a period of 24 hours. At 4:45 pm, President Johnson issues Proclamation 3561 , declaring November 25, the day of the funeral service, to be a national day of mourning .
February 20: John Glenn, aboard the Friendship 7 space capsule, becomes the first American to orbit the Earth. February 12 – As Commander-in-chief, Kennedy commutes the military death sentence of seaman Jimmie Henderson to life imprisonment, marking the last time in the 20th century that an American president was faced with such a decision (As of 28 July 2008, the most recent such decision ...
John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), also known as JFK, was the 35th president of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. He was the youngest person elected president.
President John F. Kennedy (seated) with members of his White House staff. Kennedy scrapped the decision-making structure of Eisenhower, [23] preferring an organizational structure of a wheel with all the spokes leading to the president; he was ready and willing to make the increased number of quick decisions required in such an environment. [24]
Authorities in the United States have reviewed airport security footage as they continue to investigate how a woman sneaked on board a Delta Air Lines flight from New York to Paris without a ...
The 1960 presidential campaign of John F. Kennedy, then junior United States senator from Massachusetts, was formally launched on January 2, 1960, as Senator Kennedy announced his intention to seek the Democratic Party nomination for the presidency of the United States in the 1960 presidential election.
As historical events go, the assassination of President John F. Kennedy has been sliced, diced, examined and revisited more times than can be tallied. And for good reason: On a human level, it was ...