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John F. Kennedy, of Irish descent, was born on May 29, 1917, in Brookline, Massachusetts. He later became the 35th President of the United States, serving in that office from 1961 until his assassination in November of 1963. Kennedy is an icon of American liberalism and a member of a poltically prominent family that has dominated headlines for decades. During the Second World War, Kennedy was cited for his exceptional bravery demonstrated when he rescued fellow sailors in the South Pacific following an enemy attack. Kennedy served his home state as a member of both the House of Representatives and the Senate prior to becomming President. His election to the Presidency in 1960 was by one of the closest margins of victory in American history. Major events that occurred during his Administration included the Bay of Pigs invastion, the Cuban Missle Crisis, the building of the Berlin Wall, the start of the Space Race and the early events of both the Vietnam War and the U.S. Civil Right Movement. Generally, historians give Kennedy an above average ranking and rating. Among the general public, he oftentimes is said to be one of the greatest Presidents of all time. Kennedy was killed on November 22, 1963. Officially, Lee Harvey Oswald was deteremined to be the sole assassin, according to the report of the Warren Commission. The assassination of President Kennedy is still considered to be one of the most defining moments in all of U.S. history because of the traumatic effect it had on the nation and because of its impact on political history that continues to this day. Mystery still surrounds the assassination of President Kennedy, with a special Congressional investigation held a generation ago determining that Oswald did not act alone. Conspiracy theories abound even to this day. In his Inaugural Address, Kennedy offered a time honored injunction: "Ask not what your country can do for you ... ask what you can do for your country." During his Presidency, he tried to redeem his campaign pledge of getting America moving again. Kennedy's economic programs put the country on the longest sustained economic expansion since World War II. Before his untimely death, Kennedy begain plans for a massive assault on persistent pockets of poverty in the United States. |
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