50 years ago at this time, John F. Kennedy was elected President of the United States. He stood at the head of the country for a little over 1000 days before he was killed, but these were very important days... This man and his family became iconic all over the world, becoming the image of the American family life... This year, a four-year process to digitize archives from the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum, worth 10 million dollars, is almost complete, and LIFE magazine recently published a series of unreleased photographs of the president. Collected here are some copies of these photos, mostly from the Kennedy Library, LIFE magazine and other agencies, taken 50 years ago.
(26 photos total)
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1. President John F. Kennedy addresses the country from the Oval Office during the Berlin Crisis on July 25, 1961. (Cecil Stoughton, White House / John F. Kennedy Library)
2. In this photo, John F. Kennedy is speaking to a crowd in Logan County, West Virginia, and a boy is standing nearby, playing with a pistol that looks very much like a real one. (Hank Walker / TIME & LIFE Pictures)
3. On his way through Illinois during the presidential campaign in 1960, a photo of Count Paul Schutzer decided to capture his colleagues. (Paul Schutzer / TIME & LIFE Pictures)
4. Vice President Lyndon Johnson, US President John F. Kennedy and Special Assistant to the President Dave Powers at the opening of the baseball season in 1961 at Griffith Stadium in Washington DC. (John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum)
5. The President's team watches the departure of the first American into space on May 5, 1961. Left to right: Vice President Johnson, Arthur Schlesinger, Arleigh Burke, President Kennedy and his wife Jacqueline. (Cecil Stoughton, White House / John F. Kennedy Library)
6. President Kennedy aboard the US Coast Guard yacht Manitou on August 26, 1962 in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island. (Robert Knudsen, White House / John F. Kennedy Library)
7. President Kennedy addresses the people in Berlin on June 26, 1963. (Robert Knudsen, White House / John F. Kennedy Library)
8. In Miami, Florida, after an official address to the 2506 Brigade at the Orange Bowl, Mrs. Kennedy informally communicates with some members of this military formation on December 29, 1962. (Cecil Stoughton, White House / John F. Kennedy Library)
9. President Kennedy with his children Carolyn and John Jr. in the Oval Office of the White House on October 10, 1962. (Cecil Stoughton, White House / John F. Kennedy Library)
10. Kennedy arrives at Hyannisport, Massachusetts, May 11, 1963. (Cecil Stoughton, White House / John F. Kennedy Library)
11.October 7, 1963, a group of photographers including White House photographers Cecil Stoughton and Abby Rowe surrounded the Test Ban Treaty nuclear weapons in the atmosphere, outer space and under water. The photographs are taken in order to capture the signature of President Kennedy. (Robert Knudsen, White House / John F. Kennedy Library)
12. President Kennedy and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy meet in the West Wing of the White House on October 3, 1962. (Cecil Stoughton, White House / John F. Kennedy Library)
13. President John F. Kennedy looks into the space capsule at the NASA Medal Ceremony to Astronaut and Colonel John Glenn Jr. in Cape Canaveral, Florida, February 23, 1962. (Cecil Stoughton, White House / John F. Kennedy Library)
14. Florida State Senator George Smuthers and President Kennedy at Complex 37, where they were shown a rocket planned to fly to Saturn, November 16, 1963. (Cecil Stoughton, White House / John F. Kennedy Library)
15. President John F. Kennedy signs the Equal Pay Act June 10, 1963. (Cecil Stoughton, White House / John F. Kennedy Library)
16. Mrs. Kennedy and John F. Kennedy Jr. in 1962 at the White House. (Cecil Stoughton, White House / John F. Kennedy Library)
17. John F. Kennedy gives a speech at Rice University Stadium in Houston, Texas, September 12, 1962. (Cecil Stoughton, White House / John F. Kennedy Library)
18. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy and her sister Princess Lee Radziwill ride an elephant while traveling in March 1962. (Cecil Stoughton, White House / John F. Kennedy Library)
19. President Kennedy in the Oval Office of the White House on July 11, 1963. (Cecil Stoughton, White House / John F. Kennedy Library)
20. US President John F. Kennedy travels through Cork, Ireland, June 28, 1963. (Robert Knudsen, White House / John F. Kennedy Library)
21. Kennedy shakes hands with people gathered outside a hotel in Fort Worth, Texas, November 22, 1963. (Cecil Stoughton, White House / John F. Kennedy Library)
Seconds after being shot, a limousine carrying a fatally wounded President Kennedy rushes to a hospital in Dallas, Texas, November 22, 1963. Secret Service agent Clinton Hill rides behind, Mrs. John Connally - the wife of the Governor of Texas - covers her injured husband, Mrs. Kennedy leaned towards the President. (AP Photo / Justin Newman)
23. John F. Kennedy's coffin is carried aboard a presidential plane in Dallas on November 22, 1963. This process is overseen by Lawrence "Larry" O "Brian, Jacqueline Kennedy and Dave Powers. (Cecil Stoughton, White House / John F. Kennedy Library)
24. On November 22, 1963, Lyndon B. Johnson takes the oath in his office aboard Air Force One following the assassination of John F. Kennedy in Dallas. Left to right: Mac Kilduff (holding a tape recorder), Judge Sarah T. Hughes, Jack Valenti, Kingdomsman Albert Thomas, Marie Femer (behind Thomas), First Lady Lady Bird Johnson, Dallas Police Chief Jesse Curry, President Lyndon B. Johnson, Evelyn Lincoln (her glasses are barely visible over Lady Bird Johnson's shoulder), Congressman Homer Thornberry (in the shadows), Roy Kellerman, Lem Jones, former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, Pamela Tunour (behind Brooks), Congressman Jack Brooks, Bill Moyers. (Cecil Stoughton, White House / John F. Kennedy Library)
25. President Kennedy's coffin in the East Room of the White House on November 23, 1963. (Robert Knudsen, White House / John F. Kennedy Library)
26. Relatives and friends during the funeral procession of President John F. Kennedy in Washington on November 25, 1963. In the photo there are: Robert F. Kennedy, Mrs. John F. Kennedy, Edward M. Kennedy, R. Sargent Shriver, Stephen Smith. (Robert Knudsen, White House / John F. Kennedy Library)
Kennedy was a World War II veteran who rose to the rank of lieutenant. He went through the entire campaign in the Solomon Islands, leading the team of the PT-109 torpedo boat. For the bravery shown during hostilities, he was awarded many awards.
John F. Kennedy stands amid the crowd from a kitchen chair in West Virginia, New York, where a boy is playing with a realistic-looking toy pistol a meter away.
Vice President Lyndon Johnson, President John F. Kennedy and Special Assistant to the President Dave Powers at the opening of the 1961 basketball season at Griffith Stadium, Washington DC
After the end of World War II, the future president began a political career, in 1947 he was elected from Massachusetts to the US House of Representatives, where he remained until 1953. Then he became a Senator of Massachusetts and held this position until 1960.
Left to right: Vice President Johnson, Arthur Schlesinger, Admiral Arley Burke, President Kennedy, and Mrs. Kennedy watch the launch spaceship into space with the first American on board May 5, 1961
President Kennedy aboard the USCG Manitou on August 26, 1962 in Narraganset Bay, Rhode Island
In 1961, in the next presidential election, 43-year-old Kennedy, Democrat, by a narrow margin defeated Republican Richard Nixon, thus becoming the only President of the United States to be Catholic and the first president born in the 20th century.
President Kennedy addresses the people of Berlin, Germany, June 26, 1963
In Miami, Florida, following an official address by President Kennedy and Mrs. Kennedy to the 2506 Brigade of Cuban activists at the stadium, Mrs. Kennedy speaks informally with some of their members on December 29, 1962
Almost three years of Kennedy's presidency was marked by the Berlin Crisis, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Bay of Pigs operation, the space race between the USSR and the USA, which led to the start of the Apollo space program, as well as serious steps towards equalizing black rights.
President Kennedy with his children Caroline and John Jr. in the Oval Office of the White House on October 10, 1962
President Kennedy arrives in Massachusetts on May 11, 1963
According to the World Bank, US GDP from 1960 to 1964 grew from $ 543 billion to $ 685 billion, the average annual GDP growth was 6%, and the average annual inflation rate was 1%.
A large group of photographers, including those from the White House, gathered around the Ban Treaty nuclear tests to document President Kennedy's signature, October 7, 1963
President Kennedy and the attorney general in the West Wing of the White House on October 3, 1962
Despite some successes, the Kennedy presidency as a whole cannot be called successful in terms of legislation. He received no new funding for education and health care for the elderly, and the minimum wage rose marginally. Thus, the extension of the term for the payment of unemployment benefits in 1961-1962 left more than 3 million unemployed behind; raising the minimum hourly wages(up to $ 1.15 in 1961 and $ 1.25 in 1963) affected only 3.6 million of the 26.6 million low-paid workers.
President John F. Kennedy looks into a space capsule at the NASA Distinguished Service Medal Ceremony to Astronaut and Colonel John Glenn Jr. at Cape Canaveral, Florida, February 23, 1962
Florida Senator George Smathers and President John F. Kennedy at Cape Canaveral during the presentation of the Saturn launch vehicle, November 16, 1963
Measures taken by his government to combat unemployment - the 1961 law on aid to areas of depression, the 1962 law on the retraining of laid-off workers, appropriations for public Works and so on - did not lead to significant shifts for the better in the field of employment. The movement for the reduction (35 hours) of the working week was gaining growth. 
President John F. Kennedy signs the Equal Pay Act prohibiting discrimination on the basis of gender in pay by employers
Mrs Kennedy and John F. Kennedy Jr. in late 1962 in the White House nursery
Kennedy advocated equal rights for blacks, taking the Abraham Lincoln model, supported Martin Luther King, and met him in Washington in 1963. President Kennedy introduced the Bill on June 19, 1963 to Congress. civil rights banning segregation in all public places.
President Kennedy speaks at University Stadium in Houston, Texas on September 12, 1962.
First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy and her sister Princess Lee Radziwill ride an elephant on a tour to India in March 1962
It is assumed that Kennedy was going to deprive the FRS of the monopoly on money emission and therefore, allegedly, this decision became the reason for a conspiracy against the president.
President John F. Kennedy in the Oval Office of the White House on July 11, 1963
Meeting with Khrushchev, Vienna, June 4, 1961
Kennedy advocated better relations between the United States and the USSR, but his rule was also marked by great foreign policy tensions.
On June 4, 1961, in Vienna, at the Schönbrunn Palace, Kennedy's only meeting with Soviet leader Khrushchev took place. Among other things, he suggested that Khrushchev join forces in preparing a flight to the moon, but he refused. Kennedy's political testament is a speech at the American University on June 10, 1963, which contains a call to "ensure peace not only in our time, but forever" by "expanding mutual understanding between the USSR and us."
President Kennedy in Cork, Ireland, June 28, 1963
November 22, 1963 - President Kennedy addresses the crowd in the parking lot of a Texas hotel
Under Kennedy, there was an increase in US intervention in civil war in South Vietnam; in 1961 he sent the first regular units to South Vietnam armed forces USA ( before that, only military advisers served there). By the end of 1963, the United States had spent $ 3 billion on the Vietnam War; there were 16,000 US soldiers and officers in South Vietnam.
Kennedy assassination
The first moments after John F. Kennedy was shot. A fatally wounded president is transported by limousine to a hospital in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963.
John F. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas; while the presidential cortege was moving through the streets of the city, shots were heard. The first bullet hit the president in the back of the neck and exited the front of the throat, the second hit in the head and caused the destruction of the skull bones in the back of the head, as well as damage to the medulla. President Kennedy was taken to the operating room, where his death was pronounced half an hour after the assassination attempt.
President Kennedy's coffin is carried onto a U.S. Air Force plane in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963. Attendants include Lawrence "Larry" O'Brien, Jacqueline Kennedy, and Dave Powers
Lee Harvey Oswald, arrested on suspicion of murder, was shot and killed two days later at the police station by Dallas resident Jack Ruby, who also later died in prison.
The official report of the Warren Commission on the investigation into the Kennedy assassination was published in 1964; according to this report, the president's killer was Oswald, and all the shots were fired from the top floor of the building. No murder conspiracy has been identified, according to the report.
On November 22, 1963, Lyndon Johnson is sworn in aboard a U.S. Air Force aircraft following the assassination of John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas
The body of President John F. Kennedy is in a coffin in the East Hall of the White House. A guard of honor stands nearby, 23 November 1963
Official data on the Kennedy assassination is contradictory and contains a number of "blank spots". There are especially many different conspiracy theories about this case: it is questioned whether Oswald shot at the car at all or that he was the only shooter. It is assumed that the murder is connected with various major figures of politics and business, deliberate elimination of witnesses is seen, etc.
Great amount social polls conducted across the country showed that at least 60% of the American population did not believe that Oswald killed the president, or at least acted alone.
Family members and others attend the funeral procession for President John F. Kennedy in Washington on November 25, 1963. Photo: Robert F. Kennedy, Mrs. John F. Kennedy, Edward M. Kennedy, R. Sargent Shriver, Stephen E. Smith
Named after Kennedy in the USA a large number of objects, streets, schools, etc. ( for example, an international airport in New York).
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, usually referred to as the initials of the first and last name JFK at home, is an American politician, President of the United States from 1961 to his assassination in 1963, a participant in the 1939-1945 war, and a member of the Senate.Jack (as his family called him according to the old local tradition) was elected leader of America at the age of 43, becoming the youngest in its history and the first born in the 20th century, the head of state, as well as the only Pulitzer Prize winner in this position (for biographical work Profiles of Courage) and an adherent of the Roman Catholic Church.
John F. Kennedy's childhood and family
The future head of the American power was born on May 29, 1917 in a town in the Boston area called Brooklai. He became the second child in a family of a Catholic with Irish roots, diplomat and entrepreneur-millionaire Joseph Kennedy and Rosa Fitzgerald. In total married couple there were subsequently 4 sons and 5 daughters. 
During his school years, John looked frail, was often ill and even nearly died of scarlet fever. But in his adulthood appearance on the contrary, he fascinated women, he had an amazing figure. He studied in primary school Edward Devotion, then Dexter School for Boys and finally The Noble and Greenough School of Coeducation.
When he was 10 years old, their family moved to a 20-room mansion located in Riverdale, Bronx, New York, where he attended a local private school from 5th to 7th grade. Two years later, the family moved again, now to Bronxville, a suburb of New York. In grade 8, he studied at the Catholic Canterbury School, and from grades 9 to 12 - in Wallingford (Connecticut). In spite of frequent illnesses, he was actively involved in sports, was distinguished by rebellious behavior and not too brilliant academic performance.
John F. Kennedy's education
After graduating from school, the young man briefly became a student at Harvard, then studied economic and political science in London with the famous political scientist Harold Laski. However, health problems forced him to return to the United States, where he continued to receive higher education at Princeton University. The young man's studies were soon interrupted by an illness that doctors diagnosed as leukemia. Interestingly, he did not believe the specialists, and later they admitted the erroneousness of their conclusion. 
In 1936, Jack was again admitted to Harvard University, recognizing high level his knowledge and intelligence. In the summer, together with a friend, he traveled to the countries of the Old World, met (thanks to the patronage of his father) with Pope Pius XII. The trip impressed the future politician and aroused in him even greater interest in the sphere of domestic and foreign relations. He graduated from the university with honors in 1940.
Despite health problems, during the largest military conflict in the history of 1939-1945. John F. Kennedy took part in military battles. Moreover, as a commander, he showed determination and courage in rescuing the crew of a torpedo boat sunk by the Japanese. Together with his colleagues, he managed to swim to the shore, supporting the wounded soldier for 5 hours.
John F. Kennedy's political career
After being retired, Jack became a journalist. His older brother, who served as a pilot, died in 1944. Parents now pinned their hopes on John, and he, under the influence of his father, decided to devote himself to big politics.In 1946 he was elected to the Congress. Subsequently, John F. Kennedy held this post for 3 more terms. In 1952, he defeated Republican Henry Lodge and entered the Senate, and in 1958 he was re-elected Senator.
In 1960, the Democrats nominated him for the post of head of state, and in 1961, John F. Kennedy became president.
Over the years in power, he has repeatedly shown decisiveness, statesmanship and a high level of intelligence that impressed many. So, in order to mitigate international tension, he achieved the signing of the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, initiated the implementation of programs of socio-economic reforms, the introduction of diplomacy "new frontiers", the creation of the Peace Corps, "Union for Progress". John F. Kennedy has gained great popularity and popular love, demonstrating a high degree of responsibility in decision-making.
John F. Kennedy's personal life
Jack was married. His wife Jacqueline Lee Bouvier was 12 years younger than him. They first met in 1951 at the home of journalist Charles Leffingwell Bartlett. After 2 years, he began to seriously care for the girl, while giving not flowers and sweets, but books that he liked himself, for example, "The Twelve Figures of Greco-Roman History" by Arnold Joseph Toibi. 
Their wedding took place in Newport. During the wedding, the Archbishop of Boston in the Church of the Holy Virgin Mary read the blessing sent by Pope Pius XII to the young.
The couple had 4 children, but the first child, daughter Arabella (born 1956), and the last - son Patrick (born 1963) - died. Caroline (born 1957) and John (born 1960) survived. The son was a lawyer and journalist. At 38, he was tragically killed in a plane crash.
The daughter is a Doctor of Laws, lawyer, philanthropist and writer. In 1986, she married Edwin Schlossberg, owner of a New York-based design company. They have three children. In 2013, she was elected as the American ambassador and headed the country's diplomatic mission to Japan.
Monroe wishes happy birthday to John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy was known as a ladies' man and was not faithful to Jacqueline. Among his mistresses was an employee of the Belgian embassy Pamela Turner, whom he later made the press secretary of his wife, actress Judith Campbell-Exner and Marilyn Monroe, the Swedish aristocrat Gunilla von Post, who described their love affair in her autobiographical book, and many others.
The last years of the life and death of John F. Kennedy
In 1963, in preparation for the coming election year, John F. Kennedy undertook a number of country tours. On November 21, he arrived in Dallas, and at noon on the 22nd, while his car was moving through the streets of the city, 3 shots thundered from the crowd of welcoming citizens, 1 of them was fatal.The assassination of John F. Kennedy
There are many versions of this high-profile crime. According to the official, the president was killed by 24-year-old Lee Harvey Oswald. He was arrested and shot to death by Jack Ruby, allegedly connected to the mafia, on the second day after his arrest. Among many other hypotheses, the involvement in the assassination of the CIA, Lyndon Johnson (who later replaced JFK as president), the Vietnamese authorities was mentioned, Fidel Castro.
The funeral of the youngest head of state took place on November 25 in the capital of the United States. More than 200,000 Americans have come to say goodbye to him at the US Congress building on Capitol Hill. Buried by JFK at Arlington National Cemetery.
Who killed Kennedy?
More than 25 books have been published about this tragedy and several films have been made. His belongings were very popular at auctions. In 2016, several personal belongings and a love letter from John to his mistress Mary Meyer, the wife of a CIA agent, were put up for sale from June 16 to June 23 at an online auction.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917 in Brookline, Massachusetts.
John F. Kennedy grew up in a Catholic Irish family, his father was a prominent businessman, diplomat and politician, the mother was responsible for raising children. In total, Joseph Patrick and Rose Elizabeth Kennedy had nine children - four boys and five girls.
According to another version, at the head of the conspiracy were Vice President Lyndon Johnson, who was eager to become president, and FBI Director Edgar Hoover, his close friend... According to supporters of this version, Hoover acted in the interests of the mafia, the fight against which became much more intense after Robert Kennedy, the president's brother, took over the post of attorney general.
There are also theories that Soviet and / or Cuban intelligence services killed Kennedy.
They associate the reason for the murder of the president and with his alleged interest in UFOs and aliens that arose shortly before his death.
John F. Kennedy. The award went to him in 1957 for his biography Profiles in Courage, which tells the story of prominent Americans who have gone down in history for their unwavering character.
John F. Kennedy was married to Jacqueline Bouvier, whom he met in 1952. From this marriage, the Kennedy family had four children, two of whom died shortly after birth. Kennedy's eldest daughter Caroline studied law, worked at the New York Metropolitan Museum, and was involved in charity work. In 2009, she applied for a seat in the Senate from New York State, but later withdrew.
In October 2013, Caroline Kennedy became the first female U.S. Ambassador to Japan. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr. was a journalist and lawyer who died in 1999 at the age of 38 in a plane crash.
The material was prepared on the basis of information from RIA Novosti and open sources