1961 (30 images)

WASHINGTON DC: John F. Kennedy and Andrei Gromyko at the White House to discuss the Laotian civil war issue. March 27, 1961. (UPI Photo)

President John F. Kennedy is seen here in this February 10, 1961 file photo during a news conference discussing the fact that he had not yet been given any information by his top military aides pertaining to the gaps between American and Soviet weapons capabilities. (UPI/File)

Princess Grace with President John Fitzgerald Kennedy at the White House on May 24, 1961. (UPI Photo/Files)

President John F. Kennedy and Defense Secretary Robert McNamara are seen meeting in this January 4, 1961 file photo at the Carlyle Hotel in New York city. (UPI/File)