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unusual facts about President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992


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.


Charles Wesley Parish

Parish's first photography sale was a photograph of President John F. Kennedy taken the day before he died, which gained a popular following and over 150 orders from students at Draughon's Business College.

Cornbread

President John F. Kennedy's staffers, who were mostly northeastern ivy league elites and despised Texan Vice-President Lyndon B. Johnson's rural speech patterns, used to refer to Johnson behind his back as 'Uncle Cornpone' or 'Rufus Cornpone'.

Gordon Ackerman

In the late 1980s, Ackerman carried out reporting assignments in Eastern Europe for Pierre Salinger, European News Director of ABC News and former press secretary to President John F. Kennedy.

Helen Wagner

About ten minutes into that day's episode of As the World Turns, a scene featuring Wagner's character was interrupted by Walter Cronkite's first news bulletin that President John F. Kennedy had been shot in Dallas, Texas (this bulletin was audio only, as the studio camera was not ready until 20 minutes later).

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.

Rehbar-I

In 1960, President John F. Kennedy challenged US scientists to land Americans on the moon and bring them back safely to earth, before the decade was out.

Roy M. Davenport

Davenport’s cousin, Maxwell Taylor, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under President John F. Kennedy, did not appear, as only immediate family, and those who interacted in Davenport’s wartime adventures, were invited.


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