JFK Born: America's Youngest Elected President
He was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, in 1917, the second of nine children, and was so sickly as a boy that he received last rites twice before his 21st birthday. John F. Kennedy served in the Navy, wrote a Pulitzer Prize-winning book, served in Congress, and was elected the 35th President at 43 — the youngest person elected to the office. He was assassinated in Dallas on November 22, 1963. He had been president for 1,037 days. He was 46. The footage of the motorcade plays on an unbroken loop in history.
May 29, 1917
109 years ago
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