John F. Kennedy

US President

1917 – 1963

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Who was John F. Kennedy?

John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), also referred to as John F. Kennedy, JFK, John Kennedy or Jack Kennedy, was the 35th President of the United States. He served from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. Major events during his presidency include the Bay of Pigs Invasion, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the building of the Berlin Wall, the Space Race, the American Civil Rights Movement and early events of the Vietnam War.

John F. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas, United States. Lee Harvey Oswald was charged with the crime, but was himself murdered two days later by Jack Ruby before Oswald could be put on trial. The Warren Commission concluded that Oswald had acted alone in killing the president. However, the House Select Committee on Assassinations concluded in 1979 that there may have been a conspiracy. For the public at large, the entire subject remains controversial and shrouded in mystery with multiple allegation theories. The assassination itself proved to be a defining moment in U.S. History due to its traumatic impact on the psyche

of the nation and its ensuing political fallout; a historical fallout

that influenced, and continues to influence, the temperament of

American society. President Kennedy is now regarded as an icon of

American hopes and aspirations to every new generation of Americans.

Famous Quotes:

  • Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country.
  • Let every nation know... that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty.
  • The world is very different now. For man holds in his hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life.
  • For only when our arms are sufficient beyond doubt can we be certain beyond doubt that they will never be employed.
  • Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.
  • Written in Chinese, the word crisis, is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represent opportunity.
  • When written in Chinese, the word crisis is composed of two characters -- one represents danger, and the other represents opportunity.
  • The New Frontier I speak of is not a set of promises -- it is a set of challenges. It sums up not what I intend to offer the American people, but what I intent to ask of them.
  • The greater our knowledge increases, the greater our ignorance unfolds.
  • Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans.

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Born
May 29, 1917
Brookline
Also known as
  • John Kennedy
  • Jack Kennedy
  • JFK
  • President John F. Kennedy
  • John Fitzgerald Kennedy
  • John F. (John Fitzgerald) Kennedy
  • Jack
  • Crash Kennedy
  • Pres. John F. Kennedy
  • J.F.K.
Parents
Siblings
Spouses
Children
Religion
  • Catholicism
Ethnicity
  • Irish American
  • Caucasian race
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Choate Rosemary Hall
    (1931/09 - 1935/06)
  • Bachelor of Science, Harvard College
    International relations
    (1936/09 - 1940)
  • Riverdale Country School
    (1927/09 - 1930)
  • Princeton University
    (1935/10 - 1935)
  • Stanford Graduate School of Business
    (1940/09 - )
  • Canterbury School
    (1930/09 - 1931/04)
  • Edward Devotion School
    (1922 - )
  • Noble and Greenough School
  • Dexter School
    ( - 1927)
Employment
  • President, Federal government of the United States
    (1961/01/20 - 1963/11/22)
Lived in
  • Boston
  • Washington, D.C.
  • Massachusetts
Died
Nov 22, 1963
Dallas
Resting place
Arlington National Cemetery

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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