Kennedy (TV Miniseries) - Historical Inaccuracies

Historical Inaccuracies

Although this is a miniseries about the Presidency of John F. Kennedy, there are a few scenes depicting events which take dramatic license, with some historical events out of order. These include:

• In the scene before Jackie goes into labor with baby Patrick, she mentions Marilyn Monroe performing at Jack's birthday gala in New York, but the year is 1963. This would have been impossible as Monroe had already been dead for over a year by then, and in reality she performed for Jack in May 1962 (the actual month of his birthday), not 1963 as depicted in the film.

• In another scene before baby Patrick is born, Martin Luther King, Jr. gives his "I Have a Dream" speech, which the Kennedy family see on TV. In reality that event did not occur until two weeks and five days after the death of baby Patrick, who died prematurely on August 9, while the speech occurred on August 28. In the movie it is the other way around.