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The Life Of John F Kennedy

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The Life of JFK
November 23, 1963
Hannah Burke, Massachusetts Daily

November 23, 1963 Dallas, Texas - Yesterday in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963 John F Kennedy, democrat and the 35 president of the US, was assassinated at age 46, born in Brookline, Massachusetts on May 29,1917.
John Kennedy grew up with his three brothers: Ted, Robert, and Joseph, his five sisters: Eunice, Rosemary, Jean, Kathleen, and Patricia, and his parents: Rose and Joseph. He became the 35 president from January 20, 1961 up until he was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald while waving to a crowd through an open convertible roof.
While John was president he was most famous for stopping the Cuban Missile Crisis. He did this by sending two planes over Cuban missile sites. He then decided to put a naval blockade around Cuba to stop the Soviets from sending missiles to Cuba. …show more content…

Berlin, Germany was a city that overnight a wall divided the eastern and western parts of the city. John delivered his speech about communism in the Rudolph Wilde Platz now known as the John F Kennedy Platz saying, “Ich bin ein Berliner,’’ which translates to I am a Berliner.
JFK was also famous for the Limited Nuclear Ban Test Treaty. JFK signed the treaty on October 7, 1963 which was between the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union. The treaty prohibited nuclear weapons tests or explosions under water, in the atmosphere, or outer

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