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John F Kennedy Jfk Assassination
John F. Kennedy, also known as JFK was the 35th President of the United

States. He was elected in 1960 and was 43 years old which makes him the youngest

person to be elected as president in U.S. history. As a young boy, Kennedy had an elite

education and was born into one of the wealthiest families in the U.S. In 1946, he ran

for congress and won and became a senate in 1952. He is considered one of the best

presidents in U.S. history because of how he handled the cold war, Cuban missile

Crisis, Economy, space race, etc.

JFK, born on May 29, 1917 in Brookline, Massachusetts . He was the second

oldest out of 8 siblings and grew up with an irish catholic family. In his teenage years,

he was diagnosed with Addison’s disease but
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During Kennedy’s administration, he would undergo difficult situations and would

have to solve the problem slowly but would soon be resolved. Kennedy would also had

to help out with the Civil rights movement. He would also calm things down up north but

there was still violence down south. Kennedy would always have to send U.S. Marshalls

down south so that everything could be in order. JFK would also come up with the idea of sending the first man to the moon and

he accomplished that and gave his famous moon speech. Kennedy would accomplish

so many things in his presidency and that’s what makes him one of the most loved

presidents in U.S. history.

In November 22, 1963, While going through Dallas in a motorcade on his car. He

would get shot twice. One on the neck and the other on the head. which was fatal. He

was pronounced dead after arriving at a nearby hospital. The killer was Lee Harvey

Oswald. After he was caught he was going to be sent to jail but before he would get

there, he would get shot and killed by a nightclub owner. Nobody really knew if it

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