John F. Kennedy

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John F. Kennedy was the 35th president of the United States, known for his leadership during the Cold War, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the early stages of the civil rights movement before his assassination in 1963.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf President of the United States
author
human
naval officer
politician
awardReceived Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography
birthDate 1917-05-29
birthPlace Brookline, Massachusetts, United States
burialPlace Arlington National Cemetery
causeOfDeath assassination by firearm
child Caroline Kennedy
John F. Kennedy Jr.
Patrick Bouvier Kennedy
conflict World War II
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1963-11-22
deathPlace Dallas, Texas, United States
educatedAt Choate Rosemary Hall
Harvard University
familyName Kennedy
father Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.
fullName John Fitzgerald Kennedy
givenName John
ideology liberalism in the United States
memberOf Kennedy family
middleName Fitzgerald
militaryBranch United States Navy
mother Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy
notableEvent Bay of Pigs Invasion
Cuban Missile Crisis
Space Race escalation
early stages of the U.S. civil rights movement
establishment of the Peace Corps
notableSpeech Ich bin ein Berliner speech
Inaugural Address "Ask not what your country can do for you"
notableWork Profiles in Courage
politicalParty Democratic Party
positionHeld 35th President of the United States
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts
United States Senator from Massachusetts
precededBy Dwight D. Eisenhower
religion Roman Catholicism
residence White House
sibling Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Jean Kennedy Smith
Joseph P. Kennedy Jr.
Kathleen Kennedy Cavendish
Patricia Kennedy Lawford
Robert F. Kennedy
Rosemary Kennedy
Ted Kennedy
signatureImage John F Kennedy Signature.svg
spouse Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
succeededBy Lyndon B. Johnson
termEnd 1963-11-22
termStart 1961-01-20

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Board of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Harvard Kennedy School
Harvard Kennedy School
JFK/UMass station
John F. Kennedy Hyannis Museum
John F. Kennedy International Airport
John F. Kennedy International Airport
John F. Kennedy Library Foundation
John F. Kennedy Memorial Plaza
John F. Kennedy Plaza
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
John F. Kennedy School Berlin
John F. Kennedy Street
Kennedy Center Honors
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Kennedy Round (1964–1967)
Kennedy Space Center
Launch Operations Center
Love Park
Opera House
U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School
namedAfter
Archibald Cox
Arthur J. Goldberg
Byron R. White
Douglas Dillon
James E. Webb
John Kenneth Galbraith
Luther L. Terry
Luther L. Terry
Maxwell D. Taylor
Robert F. Kennedy
Robert McNamara
appointedBy
Ethel Kennedy
Joan Bennett Kennedy
John F. Fitzgerald
Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.
Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington
Kathleen Kennedy Cavendish ("John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States")
Kerry Kennedy
Patricia Kennedy Lawford
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Rosemary Kennedy
William Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington
notableRelative
Edward M. Kennedy
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Jean Kennedy Smith
Joseph P. Kennedy Jr.
Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington
Kathleen Kennedy Cavendish
Kathleen Kennedy Cavendish
Patricia Kennedy
Patricia Kennedy Lawford
Robert F. Kennedy
Rosemary Kennedy
sibling
Communications Satellite Act of 1962
Equal Pay Act of 1963
Executive Order 11085
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
Higher Education Facilities Act of 1963
Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962
Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
Public Law 88-38
Public Welfare Amendments of 1962
Trade Expansion Act of 1962
signedBy
John F. Kennedy Hyannis Museum
John F. Kennedy Memorial
John F. Kennedy Memorial Plaza
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
Symphony No. 3 "Kaddish"
The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
dedicatedTo
Gary Oldman ("JFK")
Joe Pesci ("JFK")
John Candy ("JFK")
Kevin Bacon ("JFK")
Kevin Costner ("JFK")
Pietro Scalia ("JFK")
notableWork
Maria Shriver
Peter Lawford
Sydney Maleia Lawford
Timothy Shriver
Victoria Francis Lawford
relative
Elm Street (Dallas)
Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, United States
John F. Kennedy Library Foundation
New Frontier
associatedWith
Arabella Kennedy
Caroline Kennedy
John F. Kennedy Jr.
Patrick Bouvier Kennedy
father
Navy SEALs
Peace Corps
United States Agency for International Development
United States Agency for International Development
foundedBy
Inaugural Address "Ask not what your country can do for you"
Profiles in Courage
Special Message to the Congress on Urgent National Needs
author
Ich bin ein Berliner speech
John F. Kennedy "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech
Special Message to the Congress on Urgent National Needs
deliveredBy
Christopher Lawford
Patrick J. Kennedy
Sydney Maleia Lawford
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Arthur Schlesinger Jr.
Jerome Wiesner
advisorTo
Alliance for Progress
Apollo program
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Cold War liberalism
Grassy Knoll
associatedWithPerson
Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy
child
Brookline
Holworthy Hall
hasNotableResident
Kennedy's European tour of 1963
October Crisis
hasParticipant
John F. Kennedy Eternal Flame
State funeral of John F. Kennedy
honors
Laetare Medal
Time Person of the Year
notableRecipient
Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962
Public Welfare Amendments of 1962
presidentAtEnactment
87th United States Congress
88th United States Congress
presidentDuringTerm
Equal Pay Act of 1963
Trade Expansion Act of 1962
signingPresident
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
spouse
Antiquities Act of 1906
John F. Kennedy (winter residence)
usedBy
President's Science Advisory Committee
advisedPresident
John
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flexible response doctrine
associatedWithLeader
John F. Kennedy Eternal Flame
atGraveOf
State funeral of John F. Kennedy
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Kennedy's European tour of 1963
carriedOutBy
Benjamin A. Smith II
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Benjamin A. Smith II
closeFriendOf
John F. Kennedy Eternal Flame
commemorates
88th United States Congress
convenedBy
Ich bin ein Berliner speech ("Kennedy presidency")
deliveredDuring
1960 United States presidential election
democraticNominee
New Frontier ("John F. Kennedy 1960 Democratic National Convention acceptance speech")
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Pietro Scalia ("JFK")
editedFilm
1960 United States presidential election
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Presidential Medal of Freedom
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John F. Kennedy International Airport ("JFK")
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John F. Kennedy ("John Fitzgerald Kennedy")
fullName
John F. Fitzgerald
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Harvard University
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Kennedy family
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Peace Corps
hasNotableSupporter
Public Law 88-38
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Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. ("President John F. Kennedy")
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Kennedy family
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Kennedy family
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Kennedy administration
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Kennedy administration
headOfState
New Deal coalition
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John F. Kennedy International Airport ("JFK")
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Winston Churchill
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William Jefferson Clinton
influencedBy
1963 "Stand in the Schoolhouse Door" incident
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Fitzgerald ("John Fitzgerald Kennedy")
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Fitzgerald ("John Fitzgerald Kennedy")
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Fifth Party System in United States politics
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1960 United States presidential election
mainOpponent
John F. Fitzgerald
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Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
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Assassination of John F. Kennedy
motorcadeParticipant
New Frontier
namedBy
John Connally
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Choate Rosemary Hall
notableAlumnus
Arlington National Cemetery
notableBurial
United States–Soviet Union relations
notableLeaderUS
Kennedy family
notableMember
Bethesda Naval Hospital
notablePatient
Democratic Party
notablePresident
Kennedy family compound
notableResident
United States half dollar coins
obverseDesign
Kennedy administration
officeHeldBy
Berlin Crisis
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Missile Scare
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1960 United States presidential election
popularVoteWinner
Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis
portrays
The Butler
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Benjamin A. Smith II
precededBy
Lyndon B. Johnson
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Executive Order 11085
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Communications Satellite Act of 1962
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Higher Education Facilities Act of 1963
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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Inaugural Address "Ask not what your country can do for you"
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New Frontier
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JFK/UMass
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1960 United States presidential election
resultedInPresident
Douglas Dillon
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Chester Bowles
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Chester Bowles
servedUnderPresidentAsUnderSecretaryOfState
Cape Cod National Seashore
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University of Alabama integration crisis
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Inaugural Address "Ask not what your country can do for you"
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Kevin Costner ("JFK")
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Bay of Pigs Invasion ("John F. Kennedy administration")
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Containment
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Assassination of John F. Kennedy
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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United States–Cuba relations
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Assassination of John F. Kennedy
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1960 United States presidential election
winner

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