John F Kennedy
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Beyond Fashion: How the style choices of US first ladies get more attention than their views
•The clothing of US first ladies throughout history provides a window into their time in the White House and helps better understand past fashion influences. However, first ladies have received disproportionate attention for their fashion choices, dating back to Martha Washington
US releases more than 13,000 documents on JFK assassination
•The National Archives said a total of 13,173 documents had been made public in the latest release, and that 97 per cent of the Kennedy records, which total approximately five million pages, have now been made public
22 November: A look at historic occurrences that took place on this day
Trendingdesk •New York’s Kew Gardens station witnessed the city’s most terrifying train accident on 22 November 1950
8 November: Remembering historic events that happened on this day
Trendingdesk •Mo re than 14 million people were impacted by Super Typhoon Haiyan's wrath throughout 44 provinces.
Cuban Crisis Redux: Tomahawks at Russia's doorstep, or a knife to the throat as Putin calls it
Fp Explainers •The deployment of US-made missile systems in eastern Europe eerily mirrors the Cuban missile crisis of 1962
Cuba marks six decades under US sanctions: Why JFK imposed blockade, impact on island nation
Fp Staff •The economic blockade, which has become harsher over the years, has deeply affected the communist nation's fortunes and shows no signs of being lifted any time soon
Welcome, Willow! From Socks to Macroni, the pets who lived at the White House
Fp Staff •Joe Biden recently added Willow, a green-eyed tabby from Pennsylvania to the White House family, the first feline tenant since President George W Bush's controversially named India. Here's a look at the other presidential pets in America
Joe Biden picks John F Kennedy's daughter as US ambassador to Australia
•The 64-year-old previously served as ambassador to Japan from 2013 to 2017 under President Barack Obama
JFK Revisited: Oliver Stone revisits John F Kennedy's assassination in a new documentary
•JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass is a kind of non-fiction addendum to one of Stone’s most sensational and controversial films - JFK (1991).
‘Anxious to see you’: John F Kennedy letters to Swedish lover to be auctioned
•Von Post, who died in 2011 in Palm Beach, Florida, wrote a 1997 memoir, Love, Jack, about her relationship with Kennedy