John F. Kennedy Jr. Quiz

JFK Jr. unveiled a magazine named "George" in 1995. It was hailed as a kind of Rolling Stone of politics. The launch was held at Federal Hall where George Washington, the magazine's namesake, became president. The magazine folded in 2001.

On July 16, 1999, Kennedy was killed along with his wife Carolyn and sister-in-law Lauren Bessette when the aircraft he was piloting crashed into the Atlantic Ocean. He was flying a Piper Saratoga II HP from Essex County Airport in New Jersey to Martha's Vineyard.

Through the late 1980s until his death, Kennedy was an often-seen and much-photographed personality in Manhattan. He lived at 309 West Eighty-Sixth Street (between Brown and NYU Law), a hotel apartment when he attended NYU and later at 20-26 N. Moore Street Apartment 9E in Tribeca.

John's uncle, Edward "Ted" Kennedy, gave the eulogy during a public memorial service on July 23, 1999 at St. Thomas More Church in Manhattan.

John was breaking a longstanding family tradition of attending Harvard University by choosing to attend Brown University instead.

He was born on Nov. 25, 1960 at Georgetown University Hospital sixteen days after his father was elected to the presidency.

The third time was the charm for JFK Jr. who passed the New York state bar exam after two highly-publicized failures. He passed the Connecticut bar exam in 1990.

The private weddding took place on a secluded island along the Georgia coast on Sept. 21, 1996. His sister Caroline Kennedy was matron of honor while his cousin Anthony Stanislas Radziwill acted as best man. Before this, John had dated Daryl Hannah and had a brief fling with Madonna.

He spent three days alone on a windswept, uninhabited island off the Main Coast. He had little more than a gallon of water with him during that time. His 72-hour "solo" was part of a 26-day outing.

Kennedy received his law degree on May 19, 1989 from New York University.

Kennedy attended the Collegiate School in New York City for the third through tenth grades, and later graduated from Phillips Academy (also known as Andover) in 1979. It was the school's 201st graduation.

John was the first child born to a President since the Grover Clevelands had a daughter during President Cleveland's second term in 1893.

He was called an "American Son" because he was one of the few presidential children to actually be raised in the White House.

JFK Jr. spent much of his college time playing rugby (second row end-flanker). His team even played overseas in Ireland.

The 28-year-old son of the late President Kennedy was one of 69 assistant district attorneys sworn in on Aug. 21, 1989.