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Jacqueline Kennedy Onaghis passed away on May 19, 1994
Thirty-one years ago today, on May 19, 1994 (April 9, 1994 lunar calendar), Jacqueline Kennedy Onahs passed away. Jacqueline Kennedy Onahs, Jacqueline Kennedy: Jacqueline Kennedy Onahs, the former first lady of the United States who won the admiration of Americans with her personality and charm - the wife of John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, died at her home at 10:15 pm on May 19, 1994. She was 64 years old. Jacqueline was born on Long Island, New York on July 28, 1929. She graduated from George Washington University in the capital of the United States in 1951. She majored in French literature at school and worked as a photojournalist for the Washington Times Forum after graduation. While working at the newspaper, she met the young and promising future president when she interviewed Senator Kennedy of Massachusetts at the time. When the two were engaged in 1953, Jacqueline called herself "the luckiest girl in the world". On September 12 of the same year, at the age of 24, Jacqueline married her Prince Charming. When she was 31, her husband, 12 years her senior, was elected as the youngest president in American history. With a 3-year-old daughter and a newborn son, the young couple moved into the White House, the symbol of the highest power in the United States. Her decoration of the White House was admired by people, and she once promised to decorate the White House as a window for American history and art. It is said that she spends money like water and loves to buy things, so she naturally leads the trend of American fashion. The young, beautiful, cultured first lady became an icon for many young Americans. She was indeed the happiest woman in the eyes of people. But on Nov. 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas, her husband, President Kennedy, was assassinated sitting next to her, her pink dress splattered with blood from his head. In the days that followed, American horror turned to mourning, to admiration for the president's widow, whose calmness, fortitude and bravery during the nation's mourning, as she stood in front of Kennedy's coffin holding her 6-year-old daughter in one hand and her 3-year-old son in the other, and the younger Kennedy, under the guidance of his mother, raised his hand and solemnly saluted his father's coffin. This touching tearful scene helped Americans grit their teeth to get through the painful loss of their president. Son John Jr., who was under three years old, paid his final respects to Kennedy's coffin. Jacqueline Kennedy was dignified and elegant (file photo) Kennedy and Jacqueline


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