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= J o h n F. K e n n e d y = = =

__**John Fitzgerald Kennedy** __
 * Born: May 29, 1917
 * Died: November 22, 1963
 * 35th President of the United States


 * __Assassination __**


 * JFK was assassinated in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963 at around 12:30 p.m.
 * Him and his wife were riding in a Presidentual motorcade until he was fatally shot in the upper right back.
 * He was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald, who was murdered before his court trial.

**__Military Service__**
 * Commander of a Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109 in 1943 during World War II in the South Pacific.
 * On August 2, 1943, Kennedy's boat was rammed by a Japanese destoryer, Amagiri in the Solomon Islands. Kennedy was thrown across the deck and injured his back but was still able to gather his men and swim toward an island. He even clenched the life jacket strap of a badly burnt man with his teeth and was able to rescue him. Kennedy was awarded with the Navy and Marine Corps Medal.
 * Kennedy had other awards such as: Purple Heart, American Defense Service Medal, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with three bronze service stars as well as the World War II Victory Medal

__**The Start of his Politcal Future **__
 * Kennedy was a Democrat.
 * John's father, Joseph Sr., assigned John's older brother, Joseph Jr., to go into Politics following the war. However, Joseph Jr. was killed in World War II so John took over his wishes.
 * Kennedy began with becoming Mayor of Boston in 1946.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">In 1952, he won the seat of U.S. Senate.

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Kennedy defeated Richard Nixon in 1960.
 * __<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Becoming President __ **
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">His running mate was Lyndon B. Johnson.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Kennedy beat Nixon with a 303 to 219 in Electoral votes.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Nixon won 26 states over, while Kennedy won 22.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">It was a close vote with Kennedy has 49.7% and Nixon having 49.6%.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">This was the first election for Alaska and Hawaii to participate in.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">It was the first televized election. This was believed to be the reason why JFK won the election.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">When he first became president, everyone thought he would be the worse president because of the Bay of Pigs scandal in Cuba.

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