Presidents of the United States of America
35 - John F. Kennedy
Personal Statistics:
Birth Date: May 29, 1917
Birthplace: 83 Beals Street, Brookline, Massachusetts
Father: Joseph Patrick Kennedy (1888-1969)
Mother: Rose Fitzgerald
Height at Prime: 6 feet ½ inch
Physical Description: Handsome, blue eyes, reddish-brown hair, fashionable dresser, disliked wearing hats
Religion: Roman Catholic
Wife: Jacqueline Lee Bouvier (July 28, 1929 – May 19, 1994)
Marriage Date: September 12, 1953
Marriage Place: St. Mary’s Church, Newport, Rhode Island
Children:
-- Stillborn Daughter (August 23, 1956 – August 23, 1956)
-- Caroline Bouvier Kennedy Schlossberg (November 27, 1957 - ____ )
-- John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr. (November 25, 1960 – July 16, 1999)
-- Patrick Bouvier Kennedy (August 7, 1963 – August 9, 1963)
Death Date: November 22, 1963
Place of Death: Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas, Texas
Cause of Death: Assassin’s bullet to the right side of the back of the head (catastrophic injury)
Final Words: “My God, I’ve been hit.†(reputed to have said)
Burial Place: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia
Professional Statistics:
Served in navy during World War II (1941-1945)
U.S. Representative (1947-1953)
U.S. Senator (1953-1961)
35th President of the United States (1961-1963)
Political Party: Democrat
His Vice President: Lyndon B. Johnson (1961-1963)
Events During Presidency:
Bay of Pigs Invasion (1961)
Alliance for Progress (1961)
Peace Corps Established (1961)
Space Program Proposed (1961)
Twenty-Third Amendment Ratified (1961)
Berlin Wall (1961)
Berlin Crisis (1961-1963)
Southeast Asia becomes an Issue (1962)
Steel Price Rollback (1962)
Civil Rights
Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (1963)