A 17-year-old John F. Kennedy wrote a five-sentence college admissions essay to Harvard University -- and got in, of course. Hulton Archive/Getty Images It’s no “Ask not… ” speech, that ...

John F. Kennedy prominent family background, elite education, and high-profile political career made him an American icon of the 1960s.

Thousands of documents related to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy were released Tuesday. Presidential historians didn't expect any bombshell revelations.

President John F. Kennedy's assassination in Dallas, 60 years ago Wednesday, left a shocked nation in mourning, as these archival photos show.