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Kennedy was born in Brookline, Massachusetts on May 29th, 1917. His parents were named Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. and Rose Kennedy.
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Kennedy enrolled in Harvard University in September of 1936. He wanted to attend the same school as his father.
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Kennedy and his friend, named Kirk LeMoyne ,go on a 2 and a half month tour of Europe. While on this trip they both keep diaries documenting what they did and what they saw.
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Kennedy graduated from Harvard with a Bachelors of Art in government, concentrating on international affairs.
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During WW2, Kennedy joined the Navy. He was commissioned an ensign and joined the staff of the Office of Naval intelligence in Washington D.C.
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In the Democratic primary he received nearly double the vote of his nearest opponent; in the November election he overwhelmed the Republican candidate. He was only 29.
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Kennedy marries Jacqueline Lee Bouvier who was 12 years younger than him and from a socially prominent family.
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He was the youngest man and the first Roman Catholic ever elected to the presidency of the United States. His administration lasted 1,037 days.
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Under Kennedy's approval, this was a failed invasion operation in which the US wanted to stop leader, Fidel Castro due to his communists appearance. The CIA armed and trained a band of Cuban exiles for the corporate operation. President Kennedy approved the plan, but then crippled the operation by refusing air and naval support. The invasion force was crushed.
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Soviet ships traveled through the Atlantic ocean to Cuba, carrying Soviet troops, military hardware, and soviet missiles. US military forces began to prepare for a possible invasion of Cuba. If a nuclear strike was launched from Cuba, America was planning to destroy every major city in the Soviet Union. Once things were very intense between both forces, Khrushchev agreed to remove the missiles.
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At around 12:30 PM, president Kennedy was riding in a motorcade in Dallas during a campaign visit. He was then shot in both the neck and head. He was pronounced dead at 1 PM, at the age of 46. He killer was named Lee Harvey Oswald.
