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In this January 5, 1938 photo, Joseph P. Kennedy, U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, stands with his 20 year old son, John F. Kennedy. Kennedy was the second son, and one of nine children. When first son Joseph Jr. was killed during World War II, John became the designated heir.

Senator John F. Kennedy greets President Dwight D. Eisenhower on his arrival for festivities at the National Corn Picking Contest near Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on October 17, 1958.

Sen. John F. Kennedy is mobbed by well wishers carrying Kennedy banners on his arrival at Los Angeles International Airport, on July 9, 1960 to personally lead his drive for the Democratic presidential nomination.

On July 15, 1960, Senator John F. Kennedy tells Democratic convention delegates in the Los Angeles Coliseum that he will be the party's candidate for President in the 1960 campaign.

A 1960 photo of John F. Kennedy and his wife Jacqueline Kennedy.

Richard M. Nixon, left, debates Sen. John F. Kennedy, during a live broadcast on October 21, 1960.

After winning the election in 1960, President John F. Kennedy, delivers his Inaugural Address in Washington, D.C. on January 20, 1961.

Jacqueline Kennedy has a chuck under the chin for her husband moments after he became president, on January 20, 1961.

President Kennedy and Jacqueline follow the takeoff and space flight of Astronaut Alan Shepard on television on May 5, 1961.

President Kennedy smiles as he delivers a joking remark to the 6,000 attending the $100-a-plate Democratic dinner on May 27, 1961 in Washington's National Guard Armory, to help him celebrate his 44th birthday. The cake in foreground weights 1.5 tons.

President Kennedy speaks to reporters at a nationally televised news conference on March 23, 1961. He discussed the Laos situation and used three different maps, picturing how pro-communist rebels have gained ground in the last seven months in Laos.

Three-year-old Caroline Kennedy pushes past her father as he leaves the elevator at the White House ground floor, on March 16, 1961, to begin a typical busy day at 9:42 A.M.

President Kennedy sits at his White House office desk, on June 6, 1961 as he reports to the nation on his talks with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev in Vienna and President Charles de Gaulle of France in Paris.

President John F. Kennedy heads for Washington after an overnight stopover on December 18, 1961 in West Palm Beach, Florida where he rested after his Latin American tour due to a heavy cold.

Astronaut John Glenn and President John Kennedy inspect the Mercury capsule which Glenn rode in orbit. Kennedy presented the Distinguished Service Medal to Glenn on February 23, 1962 at Cape Canaveral, Florida.

President Kennedy starts a windup for the pitch to open the American League baseball season, on April 8, 1962, in Washington.

President Kennedy and Mexican President Mateos are showered with tons of confetti and paper, on June 29, 1962, as they travel down one of Mexico City's boulevards shortly after Kennedy's arrival for a three-day visit.

President Kennedy claps to keep time as his children Caroline and John, Jr. dance in the Oval Office, in October of 1962.

President Kennedy confers with his brother, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, at the White House in Washington, D.C., on October 1, 1962 during the buildup of military tensions between the U.S. and the Soviet Union that became Cuban missile crisis later that month.

President Kennedy is surrounded by photographers as he sits at his desk in the White House, on October 23, 1962, shortly after signing a presidential proclamation concerning the Cuba Missile crisis.

A cheering crowd fills the area beneath the podium at West Berlin's City Hall, where President John F. Kennedy stood. His address was one of the highlights of his June 26, 1963 visit to West Berlin, where he received one of the greatest receptions of his career.

President Kennedy greets a 16-year-old Bill Clinton in the Rose garden of the White House at an American Legion Boys Nation event, on July 24, 1963.

President Kennedy, first lady Jacqueline and their children, Caroline and John Jr., at their Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, home, on August 14, 1963.

President Kennedy takes his daughter Caroline out for a spin off Hyannis Port in August of 1963.

The Kennedy brothers, from left, Robert, Edward and President John F. Kennedy, pose together in August of 1963.

Aboard the USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., named after the brother killed in World War II, President and Mrs. Kennedy watch the first race of the 1962 America's Cup competition off Newport, Rhode Island.

On November 21, 1963, President Kennedy and the first lady shake hands with well-wishers who lined the ramp at Houston International Airport to welcome them to the Texas city.

November 22, 1963, President Kennedy and his wife arrive at Love Field airport in Dallas, Texas.

President John F. Kennedy's motorcade in Dallas, November 22, 1963.

Seconds after shots rang out, the limousine carrying the mortally wounded President John F. Kennedy races toward the hospital in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963. Secret Service agent Clinton Hill is riding on the back of the car, Nellie Connally, wife of Texas Gov. John Connally, bends over her wounded husband, and first lady Jacqueline Kennedy leans over the president.

Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in as President aboard the Presidential plane, as wife Lady Bird, former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy and others look on.

Kennedy's casket lying in state in the East Room of the White house, before it was moved to the Capitol Rotunda.

Jacqueline Kennedy kneels and reaches out to touch the casket of her slain husband, John F. Kennedy, in the rotunda of the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on November 24, 1963. Their daughter Caroline kneels beside her.

World leaders follow members of the Kennedy family in the funeral procession for the murdered president.

The First Family watches John F. Kennedy's funeral procession in Washington on November 25, 1963.

An Irish cadet honor guard, with arms outstretched, stand in formation as the U.S. flag is lifted from the coffin of President John F. Kennedy during his funeral services at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, on November 25, 1963.

People visit the eternal flame at the grave site of former President John F. Kennedy burns at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, on October 29, 2013.