JFK

 

Fred Astaire didn’t want to make movies with Ginger Rogers.

Seven enduring memories from our yearlong ‘Boomer History’ project:

Notable events from our shared experience

Notable events from our shared experience

There was something so special about Jackie Kennedy Onassis that 20 years later we still mourn her early death. On May 23, 1994, Onassis - one of our most celebrated first ladies - was buried in Arlington National Cemetery next to her first husband, President John Kennedy, their stillborn daughter and their son Patrick, who died two days after his birth in 1963.

Notable events from our shared experience

We started this summer, asking our readers what they remember about the day in November when our president was shot in Dallas.

Glenda Thomas was a San Francisco elementary school student in 1963. This month, she recorded her memories of November 22, 1963 and sent them to our Tumblr, JFK Memories.

To commemorate President John F. Kennedy, this blog will update in more or less "real time" as events unfolded on TV and radio 50 years ago, starting with the arrival of Jack and Jackie in Dallas on Friday, Nov. 22, and ending with the president's funeral on Monday, Nov. 25.