section_path: Cultural history
section_name: Cultural history
paragraph_text: Cultural history
  
  The Oval Office has become associated in Americans' minds with the presidency itself through memorable images, such as a young John F. Kennedy Jr. peering through the front panel of his father 's desk, President Richard Nixon speaking by telephone with the Apollo 11 astronauts during their moonwalk, and Amy Carter bringing her Siamese cat Misty Malarky Ying Yang to brighten her father President Jimmy Carter 's day. Several presidents have addressed the nation from the Oval Office on occasion. Examples include Kennedy presenting news of the Cuban Missile Crisis (1962), Nixon announcing his resignation from office (1974), Ronald Reagan following the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster (1986), and George W. Bush in the wake of the September 11 attacks (2001).