President John F. Kennedy introduced a new era of White House communications when he hosted the first live televised presidential press conference on this day in history, Jan. 25, 1961. "The fact of ...

In his inaugural address, delivered from the steps of the U.S. Capitol on a cold and windy Friday morning, Kennedy called ...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 ─ President Kennedy Friday set a civil defense goal of "fall-out protection for every American as rapidly as possible." The President stressed for the first time the possibilities ...

In 2021, the White House Rose Garden marks 60 years since it was redesigned back in 1961 during John F. Kennedy's presidency. Located just outside the Oval Office, the Rose Garden has been a regular ...

"The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it--and the glow from that fire can truly light the world. And so, my fellow Americans: ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. On Opening Day, April 10, 1961, WGN’s Vince ...

Saturday marks the 62nd anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. It happened in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963 ...

A master orator, JFK was not a high achiever in his first 100 days, a period marked by the bungled Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba by U.S.-trained Cuban exiles and the Soviet Union's launch of the first ...