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President John F. Kennedy and first lady Jacqueline Kennedy, in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963.

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In his undelivered final speech, Kennedy warned the world against ‘voices preaching doctrines wholly unrelated to reality.’
John F. Kennedy at his graduation from Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1940

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John F. Kennedy giving a speech.

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Jack Kennedy, we hardly know ye—and to know ye is not to love ye.

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“We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard.”

Before Trump vs. the NFL, There was Jackie Robinson vs. JFK

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Cover of the New York Review issue after JFK's assassination, featuring a seal with an eagle that has been felled by arrows.

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Reflections on the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
Screenshot of JFK's televised address.

President Kennedy's Cuban Missile Crisis Oval Office Address

In response to the build-up of Soviet nuclear missiles on Cuba, JFK ordered a quarantine of the island and military surveillance missions.
Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. in a flight suit with an airplane.

Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Was a Family Star Until Tragedy Struck in 1944

Eighty years ago this month, the Kennedy who might have been president was killed on a secret mission over England.
A French soldier bandaging a wounded Vietnamese comrade.

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Jimmy Breslin.

The Breslin Era

The end of the big-city columnist.
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Bad Shot, Mary

The mistress of JFK, there was a lot more than wealth, whiteness, and femininity to make Mary Pinchot Meyer a target of murder.
Secret Service agent Paul Landis, JFK, and Jackie Kennedy in crowd.

A New JFK Assassination Revelation Could Upend the Long-Held “Lone Gunman” Theory

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Decades Later, The JFK Assassination Still Keeps Some Secrets

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JFK and Jacqueline in the convertible limousine in Dallas.

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