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On July 13, 1960, John F. Kennedy won the Democratic presidential nomination on the first ballot at his party’s convention.
President John F. Kennedy, the nation's 35th president, was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, on this day in history, Nov. 22, 1963, while riding in a motorcade during a campaign trip.
John F. Kennedy, who became the youngest person elected as the President of the United States and then tragically the youngest one assassinated, won his presidency on Nov. 8, 1960. He was killed ...
John F. Kennedy's secretive past has been unveiled in a bombshell new biography. An excerpt from J. Randy Taraborrelli's upcoming book JFK: Public, Private, Secret — which hits shelves on Tuesday, ...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20, 1961 (UPI) -- John F. Kennedy took office as the nation's 35th president today with a plea for both sides in the Cold War to "begin anew the quest for peace." He issued the ...
He was by far my favorite Democrat president. While serving in Congress, I had contact with his brother, Senator Ted Kennedy, and I was a friend of his nephew, Congressman Joseph Kennedy.
Never-before-seen footage of President John F. Kennedy’s motorcade racing to the hospital after he was fatally shot in Dallas will go up for auction later this month.
The 8 mm footage provides a fresh look at the events following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
Former Vice President Mike Pence is this year's recipient of the 2025 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for certifying the 2020 election.
A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Nov. 22, 1963, John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, was shot to death in a motorcade in ...
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to Deborah Rutter, former head of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, in her first interview since the board installed President Trump as its new chair.
On Feb. 12, 1964, a little more than 10 weeks following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, a film called Seven Days in May detonated on American movie screens.