John F. Kennedy was sworn in as the 35th President of the United States on January 20, 1961. AP/File President John F. Kennedy gives his inaugural address at the Capitol in Washington after taking ...

Seated in plane, John F. Kennedy, the President-elect, is reading draft of speech on Jan. 18, 1961 which he will use at his inauguration, as his plane carried him from New York City to Washington ...

On this day in 1961, President John F. Kennedy delivered his first State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress. It was just the second such speech delivered by a newly elected ...

Fifty years ago, on May 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy told a joint session of Congress that "this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a ...

Fifty years ago, John F. Kennedy used his inaugural address to urge Americans to get on with things and just change the world already. If popular culture is anything to go by, he made his point ...

On May 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy delivered a 46-minute speech that included historical context of the Cold War and how the US planned to triumph over the Soviets, but what won the hearts ...

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi met President John F. Kennedy as a college student ... attended JFK’s inauguration in 1961. ... sunlit cold” watching Kennedy deliver a now-iconic speech.

In 1961, JFK told Congress the U.S. should 'commit itself' to landing astronauts on the moon within the decade. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission ...