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Join Fox News for access to this content Plus special access to select articles and other premium content with your account - free of charge. By entering your email and pushing continue, you are agreeing to Fox News' Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, which includes our Notice of Financial Incentive. Please enter a valid email address. Having trouble? Click here.John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Lee Bouvier were married on this day in history on Sept. 12, 1953, in St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church in Newport, Rhode Island, with more than 800 guests in attendance. The bride, presented by her stepfather, Hugh D. Auchincloss, wore a dress of ivory tissue silk, with a portrait neckline, fitted bodice and a bouffant skirt embellished with bands of more than 50 yards of flounces, according to the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. Bourvier’s veil, worn first by her grandmother, was draped from a tiara of lace and orange blossoms and she also wore a choker of pearls and a diamond bracelet that was a gift from Kennedy. ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2001, US EXPERIENCES THE WORST TERRORIST ATTACK IN AMERICAN HISTORY"The bride’s bouquet was of pink and white spray orchids and gardenias," the same source recounted. The marriage ceremony was performed by Archbishop Cushing, a friend of the Kennedy family, and he was assisted by four other priests, including the former president of Notre Dame. Prior to the Mass, a special blessing from Pope Pius XII was read, said the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum.  At a dinner party in Georgetown, Jacqueline Bouvier met a handsome senator from Massachusetts: John F. Kennedy. The pair dated over the next two years. In May 1953, Kennedy proposed.  (AP)The reception took place on the terrace of the 300-acre Auchincloss oceanfront estate, Hammersmith Farm, for more than 1,200 guests, several sources said.The couple had their first dance to "I Married an Angel" and cut a wedding cake that measured four feet in height, according to Biography.com.ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY, AUGUST 2, 1943, JFK SAVES PT-109 CREW AFTER COLLISION WITH JAPANESE DESTROYERLife magazine published wedding photos a few weeks after the wedding, and a guest was quoted as saying the event had been "just like a coronation," the same source said.A guest was quoted as saying the wedding was "just like a coronation."