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John F. Kennedy

John F. KennedyAKA John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Born: 29-May-1917
Birthplace: Brookline, MA
Died: 22-Nov-1963
Location of death: Dallas, TX [1]
Cause of death: Assassination
Remains: Buried, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA

Gender: Male
Religion: Roman Catholic
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Head of State
Party Affiliation: Democratic

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: 35th US President, 1961-63

Military service: US Navy (WWII, 1941-45)


[1] Parkland Hospital, Dallas, TX.

Father: Joseph P. Kennedy
Mother: Rose Kennedy
Brother: Robert F. Kennedy (Attorney General of the United States)
Brother: Ted Kennedy (senator)
Brother: Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. (d. shot down in WWII)
Sister: Kathleen Kennedy (d. plane crash)
Sister: Rosemary Kennedy
Wife: Jacqueline Bouvier
Daughter: Arabella (stillborn 1956)
Daughter: Caroline Kennedy (b. 27-Nov-1957)
Son: John F. Kennedy, Jr. (publisher, b. 25-Nov-1960, d. 16-Jul-1999 airplane accident)
Son: Patrick Bouvier Kennedy (b. Aug-1963, d. Aug-1963)
Slept with: Marilyn Monroe (actress)
Mistress: Judith Exner

    High School: Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, CT (1935)
    University: London School of Economics (summer 1935, left due to jaundice)
    University: Princeton University (attended fall 1935, left due to jaundice)
    University: Harvard University (1940, cum laude)
    University: Stanford University (attended six months, business school)

    US President (1961-63)
    US Senator, Massachusetts (1953-60)
    US Congressman, Massachusetts 11th (1947-53)
    Kennedy Family
    Alfalfa Club 1956
    America First Committee
    Burning Tree Country Club
    Cosmos Club (resigned)
    Benevolent & Protective Order of the Elks
    Fraternal Order of Eagles
    National Press Club
    Rotary International
    Veterans of Foreign Wars
    National Rifle Association Life Member
    Phi Kappa Theta Fraternity
    The Harvard Crimson
    Purple Heart
    Pulitzer Prize for Biography 1957 for Profiles in Courage
    Presidential Medal of Freedom 12-Jun-1944
    Time Man of the Year 1961
    Portrait on American currency $.50 coin
    Lain in state at the Capitol Rotunda
    Appendectomy (1931)
    Shot Dallas, TX (22-Nov-1963)
    Tracheotomy Dallas, TX (22-Nov-1963)
    Televised Death
    Autopsy Parkland Memorial Hospital
    Secret Service Codename Lancer
    Irish Ancestry
    Risk Factors: Dyslexia, Malaria, Appendicitis, Smoking, Marijuana

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    The Zapruder Film (1963) Himself

Rotten Library Page:
John F. Kennedy

Appears on the cover of:
Life, 20-Jul-1953, DETAILS: Senator Kennedy Goes a-Courting (photo by Hy Peskin, Kennedy and Bouvier on a sailboat)
Life, 29-Nov-1963, DETAILS: President John F. Kennedy 1917-1963 (photo by Yousuf Karsh, framed in black)
Life, Nov-1983, DETAILS: The Kennedy Assassination -- 4 days that stopped America, BYLINE: (photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt, JFK's face in black and white)

Author of books:
Why England Slept (1940, nonfiction)
Profiles in Courage (1956, biography)
The Strategy of Peace (1960)


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