John F. Kennedy was born on 29 May 1917 in John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site. An American Democratic politician, Kennedy served in the Navy in the Second World War, where he commanded a patrol torpedo boat, before being elected to the House of Representatives and the Senate from Massachusetts. In 1960 he won the presidency by a narrow margin and became, at forty-three, the youngest elected president and the first Roman Catholic. His administration saw the failed Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba, the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, the founding of the Peace Corps and the commitment to land a man on the Moon. He proposed civil rights legislation. He was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, and Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested for the murder.
Before and after
- 19 April 1917Champaran Satyagraha
- 26 April 1917Birth of I. M. Pei
- 30 April 1917Rise of American Friends Service Committee
- 13 May 1917Our Lady of Fátima
- 29 May 1917Birth of John F. Kennedy
- 4 June 1917Pulitzer Prize
- from 7 June 1917 to 14 June 1917Battle of Messines
- 7 June 1917Founding of Lions Clubs International
- 17 July 1917Rise of House of Windsor
More in Wars, politics & history
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- from February 1919 to March 1921Polish–Soviet War
- 4 June 1920Treaty of Trianon
- 24 July 1923Treaty of Lausanne
- from 1 September 1939 to 2 September 1945World War II
- from 6 June 1944 to 29 August 1944Normandy landings
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