Bio John F. Kennedy
On November 22, 1963, when he was hardly past his first thousand days in office, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was shot to death...
President Kennedy at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area
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- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library/NARA
President Kennedy at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area
President John F. Kennedy dedicates the newly created lake at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area, in California, in 1963.
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