Richard Paul Pavlick (February 13, 1887 – November 11, 1975) was a retired postal worker[1] from New Hampshire who stalked Senator and U.S. president-elect John F. Kennedy, with the intent of assassinating him.

[1] He became known at local public meetings for his angry political rants, which included complaints that the American flag was not being displayed appropriately;[4] he also criticized the government and hated Catholics,[3] focusing much of his anger on the Kennedy family and their wealth.

[5] Shortly before 10 a.m. on Sunday, December 11, as Kennedy was preparing to leave for Mass at St. Edward Church in Palm Beach,[1] Pavlick waited in his dynamite-laden car hoping to detonate his 1950 Buick to cause a fatal explosion.

[1] Four days later, on December 15, Palm Beach police officer Lester Free spotted Pavlick's vehicle crossing the Royal Poinciana Bridge.

Armageddon 1962, in which Pavlick managed to kill Kennedy, and Lyndon B. Johnson's inept handling of the Cuban Missile Crisis resulted in a nuclear exchange.