John F. Kennedy or JFK was 35th elected American president.
Full name – John Fitzgerald “Jack” Kennedy
Born on – May 29, 1917 (Brookline, Massachusetts)
He was in office of president from January 20, 1961
He was U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts’s 11th district from January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1953 and later he was elected for United States Senator from Massachusetts, January 3, 1953 – December 22, 1960
He was the only president who was non-Protestant
He won Pulitzer Prize in 1957 for his biography. No other president in USA have this title.
Second Youngest president (age 43) after Theodore Roosevelt (42 years).
Youngest President to die and even the only president who died even before his parents.
He was in military service (Navy) and fought in World War 2 (Solomon Islands campaign, PT boat 109). He was awarded with Navy and Marine Corps Medal, Purple Heart, American Defense Service Medal, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal
He told hours before shot to his wife and friends that
it would be easy for an assassin to shoot me from a crowd
His older brother was died in World war 2 and his sister was special needs child.
He loved sports and books. He could read more than 1250 words per minute.
He married to Jackie (Jacqueline Bouvier) and lost one baby (name Patrick) while he was in President Office on August 9, 1963. Arabella was a still born girl and another boy , John , was died in plane crash in 1999.
His Father was an ambassador in England.
H. Upmann Petite Corona was his favorite cigar brand.
Brooks Brothers clothing items was his favorite but he used Saville Row for daily use.
American Optical Saratoga – favorite sunglass.
Favorite poems – “Ulysses” & “Rendezvous with Death”
Assassinated on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald (who was shot in before trial by Jack Ruby. FBI and the Warren Commission concluded that JFK was assassinated murderer was alone but United States House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) believed that JFK murder was due to internal conspiracy and sabotage.
