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unusual facts about John F Kennedy



America's Choir

They also performed at the American Bicentennial, US Constitution bicentennial celebration, 2002 Winter Olympics (national anthem), and national broadcasts honoring the passing of US Presidents Franklin D Roosevelt and John F Kennedy.

Clayton K. Slack

In 1963 president John F Kennedy hosted a reunion of Medal of Honor recipients at the White House for the 100th anniversary of the first presentation of the Medal.

Cleo A. O'Donnell

His son Kenneth O'Donnell was an aide to President John F Kennedy, and his grandson Kevin M. O'Donnell is the co-founder of Earthlink.


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Alek Hidell

Alek Hidell, alias used by Lee Harvey Oswald, the presumed assassin of U.S. President John F. Kennedy

Arthur Schlesinger

Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. (1917–2007), his son, American historian, social critic and former John F. Kennedy associate

Century Institute

Its faculty has included many late 20th Century progressivism, including Prof. William Julius Wilson, activist Todd Gitlin, academic Arthur Schlesinger Jr. and UN official Gillian Martin Sorensen and her husband, John F. Kennedy advisor and speechwriter Theodore C. Sorensen.

Dealey

Dealey Plaza, a square in downtown Dallas, Texas, known as the scene of the John F. Kennedy assassination

Dealey Plaza

One of those buildings is the former Texas School Book Depository building, from which, both the Warren Commission and the House Select Committee on Assassinations concluded, Lee Harvey Oswald fired a rifle that killed President John F. Kennedy.

DR-1

The Expreso John F Kennedy is an urban express corridor parallel to the Expreso 27 de Febrero crossing all of Downtown Santo Domingo and almost the whole Distrito Nacional.

Epistrophe

Senator Mike Mansfield's funeral oration for John F. Kennedy used the phrase "And she took a ring from her finger and placed it in his hands" five times.

Frank Ragano

In his book Reclaiming History: the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Vincent Bugliosi has pointed out many flaws in Ragano's claims, including the fact that Trafficante was most likely not in Tampa on the day in question, but was rather in North Miami Beach receiving dialysis treatments.

Gerry Patrick Hemming

As a result of obtaining depositions from David Atlee Phillips, Richard Helms, G. Gordon Liddy, Stansfield Turner, and Marita Lorenz, plus a skillful cross-examination by Lane of E. Howard Hunt, the jury decided in January, 1995, that Marchetti had not been guilty of libel when he suggested that John F. Kennedy had been assassinated by people working for the CIA.

Gun laws in North Carolina

The Gun Control Act of 1968 was part of President Johnson's Great Society series of programs and was said by many to be spurred into passage by the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King and Malcolm X. It addresses who may not buy or possess guns.

Interstate 25

The section in El Paso County is named the Ronald Reagan Highway, and through Pueblo it is named the John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway.

James Herman Robinson

Upon the establishment of the Peace Corps in 1961, President John F. Kennedy and Sargent Shriver, recognizing Robinson's work with OCA, sought his advice on organizing aid efforts in developing nations.

James J. Crisona

Among his legislative achievements, he is credited with helping transfer control of LaGuardia Airport and Idlewild Airport (now John F. Kennedy Airport) to the Port Authority.

James Sutton

James Sutton a.k.a. James Files (born 1942), alleged participant in the assassination of John F. Kennedy

Kathleen Kennedy

Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington (1920–1948), sister of U.S. President John F. Kennedy

Le Thor

Pierre Salinger (1925-2004), a White House Press Secretary to U.S. Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, lived in "La Bastide rose" until his death.

Lee Harvey

Lee Harvey Oswald (1939–1963), assassin of American president John F. Kennedy

Magic bullet theory

Single-bullet theory, a theory relating to the assassination of John F Kennedy

Mary Cullinan

Dr. Mary Cullinan (born 1950) grew up in Washington D.C. Her father was Assistant Postmaster-General under President Dwight Eisenhower and later a speech writer for various senators, congressmen and other influential politicians-including Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson.

Megan Reinking

Megan graduated in 1999 from John F. Kennedy High School in Cedar Rapids, where she performed in the school's top show choir, Happiness Inc and at Theatre Cedar Rapids.

Michael Berman

Michael J. Berman, American businessman, founder of George magazine with John F. Kennedy, Jr.

National Medal of Science

The first National Medal of Science was awarded on February 18, 1963, for the year 1962 by President John F. Kennedy to Theodore von Kármán for his work at the Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

New Jersey Route 124

Route 124 crosses the Passaic River and runs along the border of Millburn, Essex County to the north and Summit, Union County, coming to a large interchange with the Route 24 freeway and CR 649 (John F. Kennedy Parkway).

Once Upon a Secret

Once Upon a Secret: My Affair with President John F. Kennedy and Its Aftermath is a book published by former White House intern Mimi Alford in February 2012.

President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992

The President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992, or the JFK Records Act, is a public law passed by the United States Congress, effective October 26, 1992.

President Kennedy School and Community College

It was originally to be called either Rookery Lane School or Holbrook High, but the assassination of President John F Kennedy during the approval stage resulted in the school being named after President John F. Kennedy and was founded in 1966.

PT-109

Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109, the boat commanded by John F. Kennedy during World War II

Richard Paul Pavlick

Pavlick's enmity toward John F. Kennedy boiled over after the close of the 1960 U.S. Presidential election, in which Kennedy had defeated Republican Richard Nixon.

Robert B. Meyner

At the 1960 Democratic National Convention Meyner received 43 votes for president, finishing fifth behind John F. Kennedy (806 votes), Lyndon Johnson (409 votes), Stuart Symington (86 votes) and Adlai Stevenson (79.5 votes) and just ahead of Hubert Humphrey who received 41 votes.

Robert W. MacDonald

MacDonald pulled a similar prank later during the 1960 presidential campaign when John F. Kennedy was the featured speaker at a rally at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.

SS-100

SS-100-X, the United States Secret Service code name for the Presidential limousine used by President John F. Kennedy

Stewartstown, County Tyrone

William Greer (September 22, 1909 - February 23, 1985), born in Stewartstown, was an agent of the U.S. Secret Service, best known for having driven President John F. Kennedy's automobile in the motorcade through Dealey Plaza in Dallas on November 22, 1963, when the president was assassinated.

Tague

James Tague (b. 1936), a notable witness to the assassination of US President John F. Kennedy

Terminal 5

TWA Flight Center, originally known as the Trans World Flight Center, now Terminal 5 at John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York

The Price of Power

In addition to taking place in the same city, the link to the assassination of another president of the United States, John F. Kennedy, is strengthened by the imagery used in the assassination scene, which imitates the Zapruder film of Kennedy's assassination.

Thomas Healy

Thomas J. Healey, academic at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government

Universidad Argentina John F. Kennedy

The Universidad Argentina John F. Kennedy (John F. Kennedy Argentine University) was founded by Miguel Herrera Figueroa, JD, on April 4, 1964 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Victor Slezak

Victor Slezak (born July 30, 1957) is an American stage, television and screen actor who has appeared in numerous films, including The Bridges of Madison County (1995), Beyond Rangoon (1995), The Devil's Own (1997), The Siege (1998),The Cat's Meow (2001), Timequest as John F. Kennedy (2002) and The Notorious Bettie Page (2005).

Vivian Malone Jones

President John F. Kennedy federalized the Alabama National Guard later the same day, which put them under the command of the President, rather than the Governor of Alabama.

Von Post

Gunilla von Post (1932 - 2011), Swedish aristocrat who allegedly had an intimate relationship with John F. Kennedy