Recounts the 35th president's assassination and details key events while sharing informative back matter and archival photographs.

Beginnings --Part one. Introduction to John F. Kennedy. The early years ; The 1960 election ; The inauguration ; The bay of pigs ; The Cuban missile crisis ; The space race ; Berlin ; The nuclear test ban treaty ; Civil rights ; The Kennedy mystique -- Part two. The assassination. Thursday, November 21, 1963 ; Friday, November 22, 1963 ; Saturday, November 23, 1963 ; Sunday, November 24, 1963 ; Monday, November 25, 1963 -- Epilogue.