Please find a small selection of images which capture the life and times of America's youngest ever president, a man who in living changed the world and whose death left an indelible mark on all those who lived through it.

JAMES Tague was stuck in traffic in downtown Dallas around noon on Nov 22, 1963 when he became an eyewitness to history.

JUST about all the people of the United States who were old enough, remember where they were when they heard that John F. Kennedy was shot.

Caroline Kennedy, the daughter of JFK, began her role on November 18 as US Ambassador to Japan. Kennedy starts her high profile job just days before the 50th anniversary of the assassination of her father.

A five-year-old boy who has battled leukaemia for years fulfilled his wish to be his favourite superhero – taking on foe after foe around San Francisco dressed in a black Batman costume.

A little boy who has been battling cancer gets the chance to be a superhero for a day - and the entire city is in on it.