John Fitzgerald Kennedy (JFK) was the 35th President of the United States of America.
Kennedy was elected in November 1960, defeating then Vice-President Richard Nixon. He was sworn in as President on January 20, 1961.
Born on May 29, 1917, Kennedy was 43 when he was became president, thus far the youngest person ever elected president and the second-youngest president ever.
Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963. He was 46. He was succeeded in office by his vice-president, Lyndon Baines Johnson (LBJ).
JFK Moments
- Jul 15, 1960: Kennedy’s Acceptance Speech at the Democratic National Convention
- Sep 26, 1960: Full text, video and audio of the First Kennedy-Nixon Debate
- May 25, 1961: Kennedy’s Moon Landing Speech – the famous speech in which JFK committed the US to land a man on the moon before the end of the decade.
- Nov 22, 1963: The Speech President Kennedy Never Made
- Sep 24, 1964: Warren Commission Report – the full text of the official report into Kennedy’s assassination. (Popup window)
External Websites
- Kennedy Presidential Library
- John F. Kennedy Photo History – The History Place
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Archived Posts
- May 11, 2014: Lem Johns, LBJ Bodyguard, Dies; Witness To JFK Assassination, Spattered With Paint In Australia
- Nov 22, 2013: This Day, 50 Years Ago: The Assassination Of President John F. Kennedy
- Jan 20, 2011: Obama Remembers Kennedy on 50th Anniversary
- Jun 14, 2009: Political Quotations – Set 8
- Jan 28, 2008: Senator Kennedy Endorses Barack Obama For President
- Mar 16, 1998: Kennedy And Lincoln
- Nov 22, 1963: The Speech President Kennedy Never Made
- May 25, 1961: JFK Promises To Land A Man On The Moon
- Sep 26, 1960: The First Kennedy-Nixon Debate 1960
- Jul 15, 1960: Senator John F. Kennedy’s Speech Accepting The Democratic Party Nomination For President
