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'''John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy''' (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), often referred to by his initials '''JFK''', was the 35th [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States President of the United States], serving from 1961 until his death in 1963.

'''John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy''' (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), often referred to by his initials '''JFK''', was the 35th [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States President of the United States], serving from 1961 until his death in 1963.

After military service as commander of the Motor Torpedo Boats [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_Torpedo_Boat_PT-109 PT-109] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_Torpedo_Boat_PT-59 PT-59] during [[World War II]] in the South Pacific, Kennedy represented [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts%27s_11th_congressional_district Massachusetts' 11th congressional district] in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1947 to 1953 as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States) Democrat]. Thereafter, he served in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate U.S. Senate] from 1953 until 1960. Kennedy defeated Vice President and Republican candidate [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon Richard Nixon] in the 1960 U.S. presidential election. At 43 years of age, he is the youngest to have been elected to the office, the second-youngest President (after [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt]), and the first person born in the 20th century to serve as president. A [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church Catholic], Kennedy is the only non-Protestant president, and is the only president to have won a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize Pulitzer Prize]. Events during his presidency included the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_of_Pigs_Invasion Bay of Pigs Invasion], the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Missile_Crisis Cuban Missile Crisis], the building of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Wall Berlin Wall], the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Race Space Race], the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-American_Civil_Rights_Movement_(1955%E2%80%931968) African-American Civil Rights Movement], and early stages of the [[Vietnam War]].

After military service as commander of the Motor Torpedo Boats [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_Torpedo_Boat_PT-109 PT-109] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_Torpedo_Boat_PT-59 PT-59] during [[World War II]] in the South Pacific, Kennedy represented [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts%27s_11th_congressional_district Massachusetts' 11th congressional district] in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1947 to 1953 as a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States) Democrat]. Thereafter, he served in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate U.S. Senate] from 1953 until 1960. Kennedy defeated Vice President and Republican candidate [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon Richard Nixon] in the 1960 U.S. presidential election. At 43 years of age, he is the youngest to have been elected to the office, the second-youngest President (after [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt]), and the first person born in the 20th century to serve as president. A [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church Catholic], Kennedy is the only non-Protestant president, and is the only president to have won a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize Pulitzer Prize]. Events during his presidency included the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_of_Pigs_Invasion Bay of Pigs Invasion], the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Missile_Crisis Cuban Missile Crisis], the building of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Wall Berlin Wall], the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Race Space Race], the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-American_Civil_Rights_Movement_(1955%E2%80%931968) African-American Civil Rights Movement], and early stages of the [[Vietnam War]].

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Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Harvey_Oswald Lee Harvey Oswald] was charged with the [[crime]], but he was shot and killed by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Ruby Jack Ruby] two days later, before a [[trial]] could take place. The FBI and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Commission Warren Commission] officially concluded that Oswald was the lone assassin. However, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Select_Committee_on_Assassinations United States House Select Committee on Assassinations] (HSCA) concluded that those [[investigations]] were flawed and that Kennedy was probably assassinated as the result of a [[conspiracy]]. Kennedy ranks highly in public opinion ratings of U.S. presidents.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jfk]

Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Harvey_Oswald Lee Harvey Oswald] was charged with the [[crime]], but he was shot and killed by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Ruby Jack Ruby] two days later, before a [[trial]] could take place. The FBI and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Commission Warren Commission] officially concluded that Oswald was the lone assassin. However, the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Select_Committee_on_Assassinations United States House Select Committee on Assassinations] (HSCA) concluded that those [[investigations]] were flawed and that Kennedy was probably assassinated as the result of a [[conspiracy]]. Kennedy ranks highly in public opinion ratings of U.S. presidents.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jfk]

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