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John
Kennedy - 35th President
Party: Democrat
Term: Jan 20, 1961 - Nov 22, 1963
Age at Inauguration: 43
Life Span: May 29, 1917 - Nov 22, 1963 [46]
Spouse: Jacqueline Bouvier - Age
at Marriage: 36
Vice President: Lyndon Johnson |
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- Known as the "Little rich kid,
" hid father gave him a gift of $1,000,000 for his twenty-first
birthday
- As the second millionaire president,
Kennedy donated all of his $100,000 annual salary to charity
- In the early days of the Kennedy presidency
the Bay of Pigs incident took place in Cuba
- In 1962 he ordered a naval blockade
of Cuba in an effort to stop the Soviets from supplying Castro
with nuclear warheads for missiles
- The incident, known as the Cuban Missile
Crisis, forced the Soviet Union to turn its ship around and return
to Russia
- Notables with whom Kennedy was having
affairs included Marilyn Monroe, and Judith Campbell, a girlfriend
of a notorious crime boss
- Access to movie stars and call girls
was supplied through a umber of channels including Hollywood
actor Peter Lawford
The press kept the sexual appetite of the president a secret
- While riding in an open motorcade
in Dallas Texas, Kennedy was shot and killed on November 22,
1963
- Ironically, a back brace he was wearing
the day of the shooting actually held him in place as a second
and third shot riddled his body. Presidential
Assassinations
- In addition to chronic back ailments,
his right leg was a three quarters of an inch longer than the
left
- Unknown to the public, Kennedy was
often in unbearable pain and under heavy medication
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