27. A pink Chanel suit is a vivid image from a very sad day in US history. Why?
From Quiz There's Something About Pink
Answer:
It was worn by Jackie Kennedy the day John Fitzgerald Kennedy, US president, was assassinated on November 22, 1963.
All these events were undeniably sad, but the only one in which a pink Chanel suit played a part was the assassination of JFK in Dallas, Texas. Iconic film show Jackie attempting to climb out of the convertible carrying the president, and Texas governor John Connally and his wife. A member of the Secret Service jumped on to the car to shield them. Jackie had cradled JFK's head, and his blood stained the suit. As the events of the day unfolded, Jackie continued wearing the suit, to the hospital, and on Air Force One leaving Dallas with the president's body. It was aboard Air Force One that Lyndon Baines Johnson was sworn in as president, and in another iconic photograph, Jackie is standing next to him at the swearing in, still in the blood stained pink Chanel suit.
Where is the suit now? It is in the hands of the National Archives and Records Administration in College Park, Maryland, stored in an unknown location, unfolded in an acid-free box, with instructions that it may not be displayed before the year 2103.