1929/07/28 |
Janet Bouvier, wife John Vernou Bouvier, gives birth to a daughter, Jacqueline Lee Bouvier, at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital in Southampton, New York. |
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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis's Birthday |
1953/00/00 |
Jack Kennedy (possibly) proposes to Jackie Bouvier at table 3 in Martin' Tavern in Georgetown. |
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Georgetown |
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Marriage of Jacqueline Bouvier and John F Kennedy |
1953/00/00 |
Kennedy reaches into his pocket to reveal a small, velvet box. Nestled inside the box is a glittering emerald and diamond ring, Jack Kennedy (possibly) proposes to Jackie Bouvier at Table 40 in Parker's Restaurant. |
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Parker House |
Boston |
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Marriage of Jacqueline Bouvier and John F Kennedy |
1953/09/12 |
Jacqueline Bouvier marries John F Kennedy at St Mary's Church in Newport, Rhode Island. Torbert MacDonald serves as an usher. |
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St Mary's Church |
Newport, RI |
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Marriage of Jacqueline Bouvier and John F Kennedy |
1953/09/12 |
Jacqueline Bouvier marries John F Kennedy at St Mary's Church in Newport, Rhode Island. Torbert MacDonald serves as an usher. |
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St Mary's Church |
Newport, RI |
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John F Kennedy and Ms Von Post Affair |
1955/00/00 |
Irene Jackson sells Hickory Hill to United States Senator John F Kennedy and his wife, Jacqueline. |
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Hickory Hill |
McLean |
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1957/01/02 |
Joe Kennedy sells the Worthen residence to his son and daughter-in-law with a no-interest, 5 year mortgage for the purchase price, thus saving them the interest over the years. |
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John Kennedy Summer Home, Hyannis |
Barnstable |
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1958/00/00 |
Von Post, with husband Anders Ekman, encounters Senator Kennedy and his wife Jacqueline during a gala at the Waldorf Astoria. |
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Waldorf Astoria New York |
New York City |
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John F Kennedy and Ms Von Post Affair |
1961/01/19 |
JFK and LBJ's Inaugural Dinner on the eve of the inauguration includes Shrimp Lamaze, Blue Point Oysters, Prime Filet Mignon and a selection of fine wines. JFK and Mary Hemingway discus Porter's "Ship of Fools". |
First Lady |
Ship of Fools (Porter book) |
Willard Hotel |
Washington, DC |
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JFK Presidential Election |
1961/01/20 |
35th President of the United States 20 January 1961 to 22 November 1963 |
First Lady |
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White House Executive Residence |
The White House |
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JFK Presidential Election |
1961/01/20 |
Lunch: cream of tomato soup with crushed popcorn, deviled crab meat imperial, New England boiled stuffed lobster, prime Texas ribs of beef au jus, string beans amandine and broiled tomatoes with grapefruit and avocado sections with poppyseed dressing. |
First Lady |
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Old Senate Chamber |
United States Capitol |
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JFK Presidential Election |
1962/02/00 |
Mrs Kennedy lobbies GSA director Bernard L Boutin to stop the demolition of townhouses on Lafayette Sq. Mrs Kennedy then enlisted architect John Carl Warnecke to create a design which would incorporate the new buildings with the old. |
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Cutts-Madison House |
Washington, DC |
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1962/02/00 |
Mrs Kennedy lobbies GSA director Bernard L Boutin to stop the demolition of townhouses on Lafayette Sq. Mrs Kennedy then enlisted architect John Carl Warnecke to create a design which would incorporate the new buildings with the old. |
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Lafayette Square Historic District |
Washington, DC |
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1962/02/14 |
Jackie Kennedy's televised tour of the Executive Mansion airs on CBS Television, unveiling a major restoration led by the First Lady. |
Preservationist |
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White House Executive Residence |
The White House |
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Jacqueline Kennedy's Restoration of the White House |
1962/09/00 |
President and Mrs Kennedy watch the America's Cup Races from the deck of the USS JOSEPH P KENNEDY JR |
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USS JOSEPH P KENNEDY JR (DD-850) |
Battleship Cove |
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1963/00/00 |
Wexford |
Weekend home |
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Cromwell's Run Rural Historic District |
Rectortown |
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1963/05/00 |
President and Jackie Kennedy throw a cocktail party to celebrate Jackie's new social secretary, Nancy Tuckerman and to wish outgoing secretary, Letitia Baldridge a fond farewell. |
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Peter-Auchincloss Residence |
Washington, DC |
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1963/11/22 |
the ... motorcade from the airport, hot, wild-like Mexico and Vienna, the sun was so strong in our face, I couldn't put on sunglasses and then we saw this tunnel, and I thought if you were on the left the sun wouldn't get into your eyes. - Jackie Kennedy |
Widow |
Kennedy Lincoln Continental (automobile) |
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Assassination of John F Kennedy |
1963/11/22 |
I could see a piece of his skull coming off, it was flesh colored not white--he was holding out his hand - and I can see this perfectly clean piece detaching itself from his head - then he slumped in my lap. - Jackie Kennedy |
Widow |
Kennedy Lincoln Continental (automobile) |
Dealey Plaza Historic District |
Dallas, TX |
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Assassination of John F Kennedy |
1963/11/22 |
All the ride to the hospital I kept bending over him saying "Jack, Jack can you hear me, I love you Jack." I kept holding the top of his head down - Jackie Kennedy |
Widow |
Kennedy Lincoln Continental (automobile) |
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Assassination of John F Kennedy |
1963/11/22 |
Parkland Hospital: my legs my hands were covered with his brains...when Dave Powers saw this he burst out weeping. His head was so beautiful. I'd tried to hold the top of his head down, maybe I could keep it in...I knew he was dead. - Jackie Kennedy |
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Assassination of John F Kennedy |
1963/11/29 |
Mrs Kennedy urges White to write in LIFE that Jack was truly "a man of magic," that his presidency was truly special, that the era was, to use the words she borrowed from a Broadway musical, "one brief shining moment that was known as Camelot." |
Widow |
For President Kennedy: An Epilogue (essay) |
John Kennedy Summer Home, Hyannis |
Barnstable |
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1963/11/30 |
Mrs Kennedy scribbles "and it will never be that way again!" the Camelot quote. At the end of the essay, she pencils in: "And all she could think of was tell people there will never be that Camelot again." |
Contributing Editor |
For President Kennedy: An Epilogue (essay) |
John Kennedy Summer Home, Hyannis |
Barnstable |
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1964/00/00 |
Jacqueline Kennedy buys a house. The Kennedy family will live here for about a year. |
Home |
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Newton D Baker House |
Washington, DC |
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1964/02/00 |
Jacqueline Kennedy attends mass at St Augustine Catholic Church located at E Jefferson Street and N Dawson Street. |
Faith |
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All Saints Episcopal Church |
Thomasville |
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1964/02/00 |
Jacqueline Kennedy spends a week or so at Greenwood Plantation as a guest of the Whitneys. |
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Greenwood Plantation |
Thomasville |
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1964/02/00 |
Jacqueline Kennedy visits the Komarek family's Birdsong Plantation during her stay in Thomasville, Georgia. |
Guest |
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Dickey-Birdsong Plantation |
Thomasville |
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1964/02/00 |
Jacqueline Kennedy tours the Tall Timbers Research Station north of Tallahassee, Florida. |
Visitor |
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Tall Timbers Plantation |
Tallahassee |
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1964/12/00 |
Jacqueline Kennedy spearheads selection of I M Pei as architect of the Kennedy Library. |
Developer |
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John F Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum |
Boston |
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1965/00/00 |
The people of Great Britain give an acre of land to the United States in memory of John F Kennedy. Designed by Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe, the memorial was unveiled by the Queen and Jackie Kennedy. |
Widow |
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Kennedy Memorial |
Runnymede |
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Assassination of John F Kennedy |
1983/10/00 |
Outside 3701 Union Pacific Ave, a bad neighborhood in east Los Angeles, Jacqueline Onassis, editor of Jackson's Moonwalk autobiography, hangs out in Jackson's Winnebago during the filming of the Zombie dance sequense. |
Visitor |
Michael Jackson's Thriller |
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1994/05/19 |
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis dies in her sleep of Non-Hodgkin lymphoma at age 64 at her apartment in New York City. |
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Death of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis |
1994/05/23 |
Funeral held for Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis |
In Memoriam |
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Church of St Ignatius Loyola Complex |
New York City |
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Death of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis |