John Fitzgerald Kennedy

John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 - November 22, 1963), also referred to as John F. Kennedy, JFK, John Kennedy or Jack Kennedy, was the 35th president of the United States. He served from January 20, 1961, the date of his inauguration, until November 22, 1963, the date of his assassination. His leadership during the USS PT-109 incident during the Second World War in the South Pacific was a turning point in his life. Kennedy represented Massachusetts from 1947 to 1960, first as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, and then, in the U.S. Senate. He was elected President of the United States, in 1960, at age 43, in one of the closest elections in American history. He is the only Roman Catholic to be elected president of the country.

Major events during his presidency include the Bay of Pigs invasion, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the building of the Berlin Wall, the Space Race, early events of the Vietnam War, and the American Civil Rights Movement.

John F. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas, United States, at age 46. Lee Harvey Oswald, charged with the crime, was himself murdered, allegedly by Jack Ruby, just two days later - all before an Oswald trial could be convened. Still, the Warren Commission concluded that Oswald had acted alone in the killing of the president. However, the House Select Committee on Assassinations, later, inferred

there may have been a conspiracy[1]. For the public, at large, the entire subject remains controversial and shrouded in mystery with multiple allegation theories. The assassination, itself, proved to be a defining moment in U.S. history, due to its traumatic impact on the psyche of the nation and its ensuing political fallout. A historical fallout that influenced, and continues to influence, the temperament of American society. President Kennedy is now regarded as an icon of American hopes and aspirations to ever new generations of Americans.