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 Cuban Missile Crisis Press Conference
- Photographer
- Robert Knudsen
- Date of Work
- October 23, 1962
- Medium
- Photo
- Credit
- Robert Knudsen, White House/John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum/NARA
President Kennedy Cuban Missile Crisis Press Conference
President John F. Kennedy holds a press conference from the Oval Office during the Cuban Missile Crisis, October 1962.
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