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2 days ago · John F. Kennedy (born May 29, 1917, Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S.—died November 22, 1963, Dallas, Texas) was the 35th president of the United States (1961–63), who faced a number of foreign crises, especially in Cuba and Berlin, but managed to secure such achievements as the Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty and the Alliance for Progress.
4 days ago · John F. Kennedy's assassination was the first of four major assassinations during the 1960s, coming two years before the assassination of Malcolm X in 1965, and five years before the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy in 1968.
3 days ago · For a chronological guide, see Timeline of the John F. Kennedy presidency. John F. Kennedy 's tenure as the 35th president of the United States began with his inauguration on January 20, 1961, and ended with his assassination on November 22, 1963.
May 25, 2024 · Assassination of John F. Kennedy, mortal shooting of the 35th president of the United States in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963. His accused killer was Lee Harvey Oswald, who was himself murdered before he could stand trial, and the death of Kennedy has long been the subject of speculation and conspiracy theories.
2 days ago · Lee Harvey Oswald (October 18, 1939 – November 24, 1963) was a U.S. Marine veteran who assassinated John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, on November 22, 1963. Oswald was placed in juvenile detention at the age of 12 for truancy, during which time he was assessed by a psychiatrist as "emotionally disturbed", due ...
2 days ago · President Kennedy was the only Catholic to have held the highest office in the land until Joseph Biden was inaugurated in 2021. Anti-Catholic prejudice was still very much in the mainstream of American life when JFK decided to seek the presidency in 1960.
3 days ago · Description: Motion picture of President John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address in Washington, D.C. Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren administers the oath of office to President Kennedy. Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower and former Vice President Richard M. Nixon congratulate President Kennedy.
May 14, 2024 · John Fitzgerald Kennedy ( 29 May 1917 – 22 November 1963 ), often referred to by his initials JFK and Jack, was the 35th president of the United States (1961–1963), a United States senator from Massachusetts (1953–1960), and a United States representative (1947–1953).
5 days ago · About Historic Speech. Accession Number: MR65-221. Date: January 09, 1961. Description: Address of President-Elect John F. Kennedy Delivered to a Joint Convention of the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, The State House, Boston, January 9, 1961. Also known as the "City Upon a Hill" speech.
May 13, 2024 · John F. Kennedy, Jr. was an American publisher, lawyer, and member of the prominent Kennedy political family who was the son of U.S. Pres. John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline (née Bouvier) Kennedy (later Onassis). Born less than three weeks after his father, a U.S. senator of Massachusetts, had been.
