John F.

Kennedy
Made by:
Robert
Stefanov

Personal
Information:
O John Fitzgerald Kennedy
O Born: May 29, 1917 in Brookline, Massachusetts,
U.S.
O Died: November 22, 1963 in Dallas,Texas, U.S.
O Known also as: Jack Kennedy, John Kennedy or
with his initials JFK
O Father: He was son of businessman/politician
O Mother: She was daughter of the Mayor in Boston
O All four of his grandparents were the children of
immigrants fromIreland.

Early life
O John lived in Brookline for 10 years and attended theEdward

Devotion School, theNoble and Greenough Lower School, and

theDexter Schoolthrough 4th grade.
O In 1927, the Kennedy family moved to Riverdale, Bronx, New
York City. Two years later, they moved to Bronxville, New York.
O In September 1931, Kennedy was sent to theThe Choate
SchoolinWallingford, Connecticutfor 9th through 12th grade.
O In September 1936, Kennedy enrolled atHarvard College
n 1939, Kennedy toured Europe, theSoviet Union, theBalkans,
and the Middle East in preparation for his Harvard senior
honors thesis. He then went toCzechoslovakiaand Germany
before returning to London on September 1, 1939; that was the
dayGermany invaded Poland.
O On September 12, 1953, Kennedy marriedJacqueline.

Early life
O Kennedy with his parents ,brothers and sisters (on the left-

with white shirt)

Early life
O Kennedys wedding with Jacqueline.

Military service
O In September 1941, after medical disqualification by

the Army for his chronic lower back problems,

Kennedy joined theU.S. Navy. Kennedy was
anensignserving in the office of theSecretary of
the Navywhen theattack on Pearl Harboroccurred.
O Thereafter, he was assigned duty inPanamaand
later in thePacific theater, where Kennedy earned
the rank of lieutenant.
O Later Kennedy received theNavy and Marine Corps
Medal.
O After receiving treatment for his back injury, he was
released from active duty in late 1944.

Military service

Congressional career
O U.S. House of Representatives (1947

1953)
O Kennedy ran for the seat, to become mayor of
Boston beating his Republican opponent by a
large margin in November 1946.He served as
a congressman for 6 years.
O U.S. Senate (19531960)
O In the1952 US Senate election, Kennedy
defeated incumbent RepublicanHenry Cabot
Lodge IIfor the U.S. Senate seat.

Presidential Election 1960

O On January 2, 1960, Kennedy initiated his campaign for

president in the Democraticprimary election.

O In September and October, Kennedy appeared with
Republican candidateRichard Nixon, then vice
president, in the first televisedU.S. presidential
debatesin U.S. history.
O Kennedy's campaign gained momentum after the first
debate, and he pulled slightly ahead of Nixon in most
polls. On November 8, Kennedy defeated Nixon in one
of the closest presidential elections of the 20th century.
In the national popular vote Kennedy led Nixon by just
two-tenths of one percent (49.7% to 49.5%).

Presidential Election 1960

Presidency (19611963)
O John F. Kennedy was sworn in as the 35th

president at noon on January 20, 1961.

O One of his most famous phrases was :"Ask not
what your country can do for you; ask what
you can do for your country.
O He asked the nations of the world to join
together to fight what he called the "common
enemies of man: tyranny, poverty, disease,
and war itself".

Presidency (1961
1963)
O John F. Kennedy speaking at Rice University on September 12,

1962

Presidency (1961
1963)
O Kennedy delivering his speech in West Berlin

Assassination of JFK
O John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the35thPresident of the United

States, wasassassinatedat 12:30P.M.Central Standard

Time(18:30UTC) on Friday, November 22, 1963, inDealey
Plaza ,Dallas ,Texas. Kennedy was fatally shot by a sniper while
traveling with his wifeJacqueline,Texas GovernorJohn Connally
,and Connally's wifeNellie, in a presidentialmotorcade.
O At 12:29P.M. CST, as President Kennedy's
uncoveredlimousineenteredDealey Plaza, Nellie Connally,
then the First Lady of Texas, turned around to President
Kennedy, who was sitting behind her, and commented, "Mr.
President, you can't say Dallas doesn't love you," which
President Kennedy acknowledged by saying "No, you certainly
can't."Those were the last words ever spoken by John F.
Kennedy.

Assassination of JFK
O A ten-month investigation from November

1963 to September 1964 by theWarren

Commissionconcluded that Kennedy was
assassinated byLee Harvey Oswald, acting
alone, and thatJack Rubyalso acted alone
when he killed Oswald before he could stand
trial.

Assassination of JFK

Lee Harvey Oswald

O Lee Harvey Oswald(October 18, 1939 November 24,

1963) was, according to five U.S. government

investigations, thesniperwhoassassinated John F.
Kennedy, the35th President of the United States, inDallas,
Texas, on November 22, 1963.
O Oswald was a formerU.S. Marinewho defected to
theSoviet Unionin October 1959. He lived in the Soviet
Union until June 1962, at which time he returned to the
United States. Oswald was initially arrested for the murder
of police officerJ. D. Tippit, who was killed on a Dallas
street approximately 45 minutes after President Kennedy
was shot. Oswald would later be charged with the murder
of President Kennedy as well but denied shooting anybody.

Lee Harvey Oswald

O Oswalds mug shot

The gun of assassination

O Oswalds

sniper with which

he killed JFK.
O It was an
ItalianCarcanoM91/38 boltaction rifle
O This footage shows the rifle
to be a Carcano, and it was
later verified by
photographic analysis
commissioned by the HSCA
that the rifle filmed was the
same one later identified as
the assassination weapon.
Compared to photographs
taken of Oswald holding the
rifle in his backyard.

The sniper post

O Texas School Book Depository (3rd)The view from the sixth floor from

where he shot.

The assassins
assassin
O Jack Leon Ruby(March 25, 1911 January 3, 1967)

was anightcluboperator inDallas, Texas. On November

24, 1963, Ruby fatally shotLee Harvey Oswald who was
in police custody after being charged with themurder of
John F. Kennedytwo days earlier. Ruby shot him while
Oswald has been transferred from police headquarters
to the county jail, in full view of television cameras
broadcasting live.
O A Dallas jury found Ruby guilty of murdering Oswald,
and Ruby was sentenced to death. Later, Ruby appealed
his conviction and was granted a new trial. As the date
for his new trial was being set, Ruby became ill and died
of apulmonary embolismdue tolung cancer.

The assassins
assassin
O Jack Ruby arrested
O Jack Ruby with black suit seconds

before taking the three shots to

Oswald.

Kennedys funeral
O ARequiem Masswas held for Kennedy at

theCathedral of St. Matthew the Apostleon

November 25, 1963. Afterwards, Kennedy's
body was buried.

Quotes by JFK:
O Forgive your enemies, but never forget their

names.
John F. Kennedy