John F. Kennedy

"My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country." - John F. Kennedy

John Fitzgerald Kennedy (also referred to as JFK), is the 35th president of the United States of America. He was born on May 29th, 1917.



History
He was born in Brookline, Massachusetts in 1917 until his assassination in 1963.

Before Kennedy became president in 1961, he was the United States Senator of Massachusetts from 1953 to 1960. Even before he was the Senator, he was a member of the United States House of Representatives of the Massachusetts.

Assassination
President Kennedy was fatally shot in the head in the city of Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963. He was rushed to the Parkland Hospital thereafter and died in there 30 minutes later. The perpetrator of the assassination is named Lee Harvey Oswald (who also shot a police officer). After about 70 minutes of the shooting, he was arrested and taken into Dallas police custody. But, Oswald died from a shot from a Dallas night club owner named Jack Ruby. Ruby later was under trial himself for the murder of Oswald.

Aftermath: A funeral took place 3 days after the assassination of JFK in the state of Washington, D.C.. His body was later taken back to the White House and put to rest in the Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.

Sources Cited
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy