ees was r of Mt. nts in Review — 1963 With the assassination ofJohn F. Kennedy of Massachusetts,youngest president in U.S history, the country lost a highly administrator. President DeGaulle of\France, saluting, stands with German Chancellor Erhard, right, and President Lubke, as some heads of state gathered in tribute to the late President Kennedy. . -regarded and remarkably capable statesman and President Kennedy, and soon-to-be-retired, German Chancellor Adenauer met in Bonn during Kennedy’s successful ten-day tour of Western Europe. President Kennedy and then Vice-President Johnson (second from right ) met with leaders of the August “ March on Washington” dramatizing the nation’s leading domestic issue in 1963. Major Gordon Cooper received the Distinguished Service Medal from President Kennedy at the White House in May, following Cooper’s 22 orbit flight and manually controlled re-entry .
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