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John Fitzgerald Kennedy



JFK was born on May 29, 1917 in Brookline, Massachusetts and died on November 22, 1963 in Dallas Texas. JFK was part of the Democratic political party. JFK was in office for less than one term because he was assassinated. JFK's greatest successes while in office was that he stopped a nuclear prevented Nuclear Armageddon which was when Fidel Castro tried to transform CUba into Russian nuclear site and Kennedy stopped them. Another accomplishment was that he emphasized public services. He famously said, "Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country". He also established the peace corps which was a volunteer program that sends young Americans to countries abroad in an effort to promote world peace and friendship. His most important goal was to send a man to the moon. JFK believed that if the US got to th e moon before the Soviets that they would be in control of space warfare. JFK was said to have had an affair with Marilyn Monroe and a WHite House intern that carried out all the way until his assassination. JFK was assassinated while in a white convertible in Dallas, Texas in 1963. Some interesting facts about JFK include things such as him carrying a scale around wherever he traveled because he was concerned about his weight, he was a James Bond fanatic, one of his legs was shorter than the other, and that he bought 1200 high grade Cuban cigars the day before he put a ban on Cuban imports.

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