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John Fitzgerald Kennedy, also known as Jack or JFK, was born in Brookline, Massachusetts and he died, at the age of 46, in Dallas, Texas.
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The only memory of The Great Depression was when he was attending Harvard College, he read and studied about it.
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He is burried in Arlington, VA.
He grew up in a wealthy family with 8 brothers and sisters.
JFK fought for equal rights for all races.
Kennedy's profile appears on the U.S. half dollar.
John was the youngest president to be elected at the age of 43 and was the youngest president to die at the age of 46. -
Attended Harvard College with a degree in Science.
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Politician, writer, author, and entered the Navy as a Lieutenant naval officer.
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November 1946, election into Congress for Massachusetts.
November 1952, election into US Senate.
November 8,1960, Kennedy defeats Nixon in 1960 election.
Kennedy was the 35th president of the United States.
January 20, 1961, Kennedy is sworn into secrecy. -
He was married to Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and had four children, Caroline Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, Jr. Arabella Kennedy, and Patrick Bouvier Kennedy. The family had 7 dogs, 1 cat, 2 birds, 3 horses, 1 rabbit, and 1 pony.
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- Abolished the federal death penalty
- Initiated Project Apollo as the first manned expidition
- Established the Peace Corps
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Civil Rights Movement
The Peace Corps
Space Program
The Cold War in Berlin
Cuban Missile Crisis
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Patrick died at the age of two from infant repiratory distress syndrome.
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John F. Kennedy was assassinated by a man named Lee Harvey Oswald by bullet wounds as his open car went through Dallas, Texas
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