John Fitzgerald Kennedy, also known as JFK, was the 35th president of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. He was the youngest person elected president, at 43 years, and the first Catholic president. Kennedy served at the height of the Cold War, and the majority of his foreign policy concerned relations with the Soviet Union and Cuba. A member of the Democratic Party, Kennedy represented Massachusetts in both houses of the United States Congress before his presidency.
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John F. Kennedy in our timeline
- PT-109 Sunk by Japanese Destroyer (August 2, 1943)
- Kennedy, Nixon, and the Television Age (September 26, 1960)
- Kennedy Creates the Peace Corps (March 1, 1961)
- Alan Shepard's Suborbital Flight (May 5, 1961)
- UN Adopts Space Cooperation Resolution (May 19, 1961)
- Kennedy's Moon Speech (May 25, 1961)
- Kennedy Imposes Cuba Trade Embargo (February 3, 1962)
- Marilyn Monroe Sings for JFK (May 19, 1962)
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