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John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born on the 29th of May, 1917 on 89 Beals St, Brookline Massachusetts. His father was a politician and his mother was a philanthropist.

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In 1940 JFK attempted to join the Navy , but was rejected due to his lower back problems. He trained to straighten his back , and in 1941 he was able to join the US Navy Reserves

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In 1945 before the war ended , his father had arranged for him to get a job at a newspaper company , and exposed him to the possibility of journalism being a career.

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The oldest of the Kennedy siblings, Joe, was expected to run in politics , as he was the oldest. His death in 1944 meant that the second oldest had to take over. John was elected in to the House of Representatives later.

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John F Kennedy started his serious political experience with the Senate in 1953. He served until 1960.

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JFK's three year presidency was marked mainly with tensions between the Soviet Union. A major event included the Cuban Missile Crisis. In the United States, he vocally supported the civil rights movement.

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Starting the year of 1960, John would announce that he was going to run for president on the democratic side. Many would question whether or not he could win , as he was was considered young and inexperienced. He would win a close election , and become the youngest president at only 43 years old.

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JFK's presidency was mostly spent with major issues such as the Cuban Missile Crisis or the Civil Rights Movement. Both issues were similar in the fact that they were resolved peacefully. The Cuban Missile Crisis ended without any missiles being fired, whereas the Civil Rights movement ended with a new act being placed , ending segregation in the US

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On November 22nd , 1963 , he was riding through Dallas in a car , when he was fatally shot. His killer , Lee Harvey Oswald , was a former marine. He had used a rifle from a nearby building and assassinated him. Lee was arrested , but on his way to the courthouse he himself was shot by a man named Jack Ruby. 30 minutes after the shooting , the 35th president was pronounced dead at a hospital.