JFK

             John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born on May 29th, 1917 and died
             on November the 22nd, 1963. He was the thirty-fifth President of the
             United States, and was assassinated in Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey
             Oswald as his limousine drove by the Texas School Book Depository
             building and through Dealey Plaza. He was in office from 1961-1963,
             he was the youngest man elected President, and the youngest to die in
             the office. Of Irish descent, he was born in Brookline, Massachusetts. He
             graduated from Harvard University in 1940 and he entered the navy.
             In 1943, he became commander of a PT boat in the Pacific in World
             War II. In action off the Solomon Islands, his boat was sheared in two
             and sunk, and Kennedy was credited with saving the life of at least one
             of his crew. After the war he was briefly a journalist. He became a
             congressmen from Massachusetts in 1947 until 1953. He consistently
             supported the domestic programs of the Truman Administration but
             In 1952, despite the Eisenhower Landslide, he defeated Henry
             Cabot Lodge for a seat in the United States Senate, where he served on
             the labor and Public Committee and on the Foreign Relations
             In 1953, Kennedy married Jacklyn Lee Bouvier. While
             recuperating in 1955 from a serious operation to repair a spinal injury,
             he wrote Profiles in Courage, which won the Pulitzer Prize in history.
             In 1956 Kennedy almost gained the Democratic Nomination for
             Vice-President, four years later was a first ballot nominee for President.
             Millions watched his television debates with the Republican candidate,
             Richard M. Nixon. Winning by narrow margin in the popular vote,
             Kennedy became the first Roman Catholic President. His Inaugural
             Address offered the memorable injunction: "Ask not what your country
             can do for you--ask what you can do for your country." As President, he
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