First Lady Jackie Kennedy wore this pink suit to Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963. While it may or may not be an actual Chanel, Jackie’s suit was one of President Kennedy’s favorites. On the way home from Dallas, Mrs. Kennedy refused to change clothes, reportedly saying, “I want them to see what they have done to Jack.” After the assassination, the suit was later given to Jackie’s mother, Janet Auchincloss. The suit was later given to the National Archives in Maryland, never cleaned. In 2003, Caroline Kennedy deeded her mother’s suit to the Smithsonian on the condition that the suit never be shown in public for at least one hundred years, in 2103. Even then, the Kennedy family will still hold the right to keep the suit, which holds tragic memories for many, kept safely away in a temperature controlled room. The only mystery revolving around the suit is that Jackie’s pillbox hat was never found. Jackie was photographed on other occasions wearing the same suit prior to Dallas, or wearing one very similar to it.
November 8th, 1960: 60 years ago, Senator John F. Kennedy (D-MA) defeated incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon (R-CA) in a closely contested election. Kennedy carried 303 electoral votes in comparison to Nixon’s 219. Kennedy won the popular vote by approximately 112,827 votes. Kennedy became the youngest man to be elected to the office of POTUS. Extra facts about the 1960 election: it was the first election where the incumbent president (Gen. Eisenhower) was ineligible to run for a third term due to the 22nd amendment ratified in 1951. This was also the first election where all 50 states participated in the election and the last when the District of Columbia did not.
17 days later, FLOTUS designate Jacqueline Kennedy gave birth to their third child and first son, John F. Kennedy Jr.
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