April 29, 1962 - President John F. Kennedy host dinner honoring Nobel Prize winners

In 1962 President Kennedy held a banquet honoring Nobel Laureates at the White House. Forty-nine Nobel Laureates, or their representatives attended. The guests included Pearl Buck, Rudolf Mossbauer, Mrs. Ernest Hemingway, and Mrs. George Marshall. "It is on this occasion that Kennedy made his famous extemporaneous remark, 'I think this is the most extraordinary talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered together at the White House, with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.'"