John F. Kennedy The Man and The President 1917-1963

John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 -- November 22, 1963), also referred to as John F. Kennedy, Jack Kennedy or JFK, was the thirty-fifth President of the United States. In 1960 he became the youngest person ever to be elected as President of the United States, and the second youngest, after Theodore Roosevelt, to serve. Kennedy served from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. The Bay of Pigs Invasion, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the building of the Berlin Wall, the Space Race, the American Civil Rights Movement and early events of the Vietnam War took place during his presidency.

Kennedy's leadership as commander of USS PT-109 during Second World War in the South Pacific, in which he swam with an injured shipmate to a nearby island after his ship had been split in two by a Japanese gunboat attack, turned his sights toward public service. Kennedy represented the state of Massachusetts as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1947 to 1953 and in the U.S. Senate from 1953 until his inauguration in 1961. Kennedy, 43, the Democratic candidate in the 1960 presidential election, defeated Republican candidate Richard Nixon, 47, in one of the closest presidential elections in American history. Though the youngest person ever elected U.S. president, he was not the youngest ever to hold the office. In 1901, Vice President Theodore Roosevelt, age 42, was elevated to the post following the assassination of President William McKinley. Kennedy is the most recent of elected U.S. presidents from outside the Sun Belt, and also the most recent to be elected while serving in the Senate. He is, to date, the only practicing Roman Catholic to be elected U.S president. He was also the first 20th century-born president.

President Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas, United States. Lee Harvey Oswald was charged with the crime, but was himself murdered two days later by Jack Ruby before Oswald could be put on trial. The Warren Commission concluded that Oswald had acted alone in killing the president. However, the House Select Committee on Assassinations concluded in 1979 that there may have been a conspiracy. The entire subject remains controversial, with multiple theories about the assassination still being debated. 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 the ensuing political fallout, which continues to influence the temperament of American society. Many regarded President Kennedy as an icon of American hopes and aspirations; he continues to rate highly in public opinion rankings of former US presidents.

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[followyourgut]

who killed him and why?

[TitusFlavius79]

I dont know men. maybe in the furture came the true out.

[glory789]

Lee Harvey Oswald

[TitusFlavius79]

Its not 100% Clear that Lee Harvey Oswald has shot JFK on 22nd November 1963 but in 2029 all files about the JFK assassination will be open to the public.

[murderman585]

@TitusFlavius79 why 2029?

[TitusFlavius79]

@murderman585 Well originally it was planned to kept all files secret for 66 years , means from 1963-2029. But with the JFK act from 1992, all files will be released in 2017.

[marinduren69]

HE IS AND WAS THE BEST

[patertre]

My president forever. The best . Unforgetable. He was and will be my idol. Thanks for this video. ECampos(São Paulo, Brazil)

[Horrorlord1]

@TitusFlavius79 Learn to write english

[ITZsitva954]

@SOUPENE unfortunately so true...if not most then all

[SOUPENE]

HE WAS THE LAST TRUE PRESIDENT FOR THE PEOPLE AND BY THE PEOPLE. AFTER JFK WAS TAKEN FROM US WE HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PUPPETS OF THE NWO!!!!!!

[brightstarone]

@xitongzou

Oswald didn't kill Kennedy, he was the fall guy. President Johnson covered it up with his commision.

[JeffroGT88]

what a hunk

[inspectorcritic]

Fuck that bag of COBWEBS Being glamorize in aFALSE LIGHT noted as FRAUD.

[jfkpublicservant]

@TitusFlavius79 The ones not already destroyed you mean.

[BonoLuigi]

@TitusFlavius79 He wanted to shut down the central bank, surely the bankers...again. One of the only real presidents of the United States.