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- 1. (1917–63), US Democratic statesman, 35th president of the US 1961–3; full name John Fitzgerald Kennedy; known as JFK. The youngest man ever to be elected US president (at 43), he was a popular advocate of civil rights. In foreign affairs he recovered from the Bay of Pigs fiasco to demand successfully the withdrawal of Soviet missiles from Cuba (the Cuban Missile Crisis). Kennedy was assassinated while riding in a motorcade through Dallas, Texas.
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John F. Kennedy was the 35th President of the United States (1961-1963), the youngest man elected to the office. On November 22, 1963, when he was hardly past his first thousand days in...
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Robert F. Kennedy was a U.S. attorney general and adviser during the administration of his brother Pres. John F. Kennedy (1961–63) and later a U.S. senator (1965–68). He was the son of Rose and Joseph P. Kennedy.
John F. Kennedy was born in the master bedroom on the second floor of 83 Beals Street, Brookline, Massachusetts. Boats: The Manitou: Length: 62 feet overall (44 feet on water line). Beam: 13 feet. Draft: 9 feet. Power: gasoline engine (7-8 knots). Equipment: radio direction finder, fathometer, radio telephone.
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John F. Kennedy, 35th president of the United States (1961–63), who faced a number of foreign crises, especially the Cuban missile crisis, but managed to secure such achievements as the Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty and the Alliance for Progress. He was assassinated while riding in a motorcade in Dallas.
Kennedy was the youngest man elected president; he was the youngest to die. Of Irish descent, he was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, son of financier Joseph Kennedy and his wife Rose, on May 29, 1917. Graduating from Harvard in 1940, he entered the Navy. In 1943, when his PT-109 boat was rammed and sunk by a Japanese destroyer, Kennedy ...
To gain an understanding of this era, these essays provide brief discussions of the significant events that occurred during President Kennedy's years in office, and are intended to give you an overview of the challenges and issues that defined his administration.
35th President Of the United States. John F. Kennedy Articles. John F. Kennedy summary: John F. Kennedy was the 35th president of the United States. He was born in 1917 into a wealthy family with considerable political ties. Kennedy studied Political Science at Harvard University.
