![]() ![]() A "grieving public" became obsessed with Jackie's "poise and grace" in the tragedy's aftermath (per History), and that obsession hasn't waned. "I could see a piece of his skull coming off," she said (via The Seattle Times). A week later, Jackie grimly recounted the assassination. On the afternoon of November 22, 1963, the unthinkable happened: JFK was shot and killed in Dallas, Texas while riding next to Jackie "in the back seat of an open limousine" (per NBC News). ![]() Meanwhile, her singular style - pillbox hats, Chanel, and Givenchy - turned Jackie into a fashion icon. ![]() In 1962, 56 million people watched Jackie's Emmy-winning televised tour of the revamped White House, an event that found her trotting out a Minerva clock and candelabra and a mirror that belonged to George Washington. Kennedy's presidency in 1961, Jackie "made over the White House into a living stage," according to journalist Hugh Sidey (per The New York Times). Born in Southampton, New York on Jto well-heeled parents, the former first lady didn't always shy away from the spotlight. ![]()
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