51. Fifty years after the assassination of John F.
Kennedy, The Atlantic has resurfaced some of
its best journalism about the 35th president
and his legacy in a new collection: JFK In His
Time and Ours. Although Kennedy was in office
for barely more than a thousand days, his
presidency and his presence on the world
stage had a huge historical impact. Much of
that was captured in photographs of the time,
following the handsome son of a wealthy
businessman from childhood to the most
powerful office in the world, until it all ended
in tragedy in Dallas