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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 .
Rev. Theodore Hesburgh presents the 1961 Laetare Medal to President John F. Kennedy. Fr Edmund P. Joyce to the side. November 22 – Kennedy is awarded the Laetare Medal, the highest honor for American Catholics by the University of Notre Dame, with Rev. Theodore Hesburgh in attendance.
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 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:
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]
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 ...
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 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.