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Frank Sinatra and Peter Lawford organized and hosted a pre-inaugural ball at the D.C. Armory on the eve of Inauguration day, January 19, 1961, considered one of the biggest parties ever held in the history of Washington, D.C. [4] [5] Sinatra recruited many Hollywood stars who performed and attended, and went as far as convincing Broadway theatres to suspend their shows for the night to ...
After sending a letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt in support of the president's stewardship, Sinatra was invited to meet Roosevelt at the White House, where he agreed to become part of the Democratic party's voter registration drives, and heavily campaigned for the Democrats in the 1944 presidential election. [2]
On October 24, 1958, Frank Sinatra came out in support of a possible Kennedy presidential campaign and on June 16, 1959, Governor John Malcolm Patterson stated that he would work towards Kennedy receiving the Democratic presidential nomination. [14] [15]
According to Michael O'Brien of the Washington Monthly, on February 7, 1960, Frank Sinatra and Campbell were in Las Vegas, where Sinatra introduced her to John F. Kennedy, then a senator from Massachusetts and presidential candidate. In her 1977 memoir, she said that she became one of JFK's mistresses for about two years, frequently visiting ...
He put on a performance at the White House for Italian president Sandro Pertini, and performed at the Radio City Music Hall with Luciano Pavarotti and George Shearing. [326] [327] Sinatra was honored at the 1983 Kennedy Center Honors, alongside Katherine Dunham, James Stewart, Elia Kazan, and Virgil Thomson.
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Giancana believes Frank Sinatra, who claims that there is a deal in which the Mafia will be left alone. In the White House, the President faces increasing trouble from his Addison's disease, turning to Dr. Max Jacobson for amphetamine shots. Jackie struggles to balance her family with her role as First Lady; she turns to Jacobson as well.
TUSCARAWAS COUNTY ‒ It has been 60 years since President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, on Nov. 22, 1963. For many people who were alive at the time, the memories remain ...