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John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), often referred to as JFK, was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. He was the youngest person elected president.
Lisa Kennedy Montgomery (born September 8, 1972), referred to mononymously as Kennedy, is an American libertarian political commentator, radio personality, author, and former MTV VJ.
5 days ago · 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.
- John F. Kennedy being sworn in as U.S. president, January 20, 1961.
- Under U.S. President John F. Kennedy, the number of U.S. advisers to the South Vietnamese military rose from 1,500 to 15,000. From
- President John F. Kennedy announcing the U.S. naval blockade of Cuba on October 22, 1962.
- U.S. President John F. Kennedy signing the Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty, October 7, 1963.
- John F. Kennedy visiting West Berlin in June 1963 and delivering his “Ich bin ein Berliner” (“I Am a Berliner”) speech.
- President John F. Kennedy rallying the United States to support NASA's Apollo program to land human beings on the Moon, September 12, 1962.
- U.S. President John F. Kennedy speaking about the U.S. space program at Rice University, Houston, September 12, 1962.
- John F. Kennedy’s Early Life. John F. Kennedy. Born on May 29, 1917, in Brookline, Massachusetts, John F. Kennedy (known as Jack) was the second of nine children.
- JFK’s Beginnings in Politics. Abandoning plans to be a journalist, Jack left the Navy by the end of 1944. Less than a year later, he returned to Boston, preparing a run for Congress in 1946.
- Kennedy’s Road to Presidency. After nearly earning his party’s nomination for vice president (under Adlai Stevenson) in 1956, Kennedy announced his candidacy for president on January 2, 1960.
- Kennedy’s Foreign Policy Challenges. An early crisis in the foreign affairs arena occurred in April 1961, when Kennedy approved the plan to send 1,400 CIA-trained Cuban exiles in an amphibious landing at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba.
Paul Landis, an 88-year-old former Secret Service agent who witnessed the president's death at close range, says in new memoir that he took a bullet from the car after Mr Kennedy was shot, and ...
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Nov 27, 2023 · The 60th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination, marked on Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023, finds his family, and the country, at a moment many would not have imagined in JFK’s lifetime.
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Nov 22, 2023 · John F. Kennedy served as president from 1961 to 1963, when he was assassinated. Read about his family, education, Naval and congressional careers, and more.