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John F. Kennedy(JFK):
- 35th president-1961-1963
- Served in WW2
- was a US representative and Senator from Massachusetts before becoming president
- Married Jacqueline Lee Bouvier
- First and only Catholic president
- Youngest elected president and second youngest president
- assassinated in 1963, in Dallas by Lee Harvey Oswald
- he was in charge of the PT09
- the went out and shot and sunk Japanese cargo ships
1960 Election:
- Ran against Hubert Humfrey
- Went against Nixon
- JFK and Nixons election was the closest election ever..JKF won by like 1.2%
- Ran against Vice-President Richard Nixon
- First presidential televised debates took place
- Many say this helped with JFK election
JFKs Assassination:
- John F Kennedy and his wife were riding in a parade on a convertible on the way to give a speech when he was shot
- November 1963
- the texas school book depository
- 3 shots were fired one hit his back and then the one hit his head
- after he was shot they thought they could save him
- Oswald was in the Marines
- he was infatuated with communism
- people thought he was a spy
- when we wanted to go to war with Cuba he went against it
- Oswald worked at the TSBD
- and thats where they think he hide and shot JFK..the 6th floor
- killed the Cop JD Tippet when he got questioned
- Oswald was arrested in the Texas theater
- he fought arrest
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