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He was born in 1917 near Boston, Massachusetts, of Irish-American parents. He went to Harvard University and studied political science. During World War II he was seriously wounded. After the war he worked as a press correspondent and covered the Potsdam Conference. He was only 29 years old when he entered the House of Representatives. In 1953 he became a Senator. Seven years later he was nominated Presidential candidate of the Democratic Party. In November 1960 he won the election and entered the White House as the 35th President.

His term of office was short. On November 22, 1963, he was killed by an assassin in Dallas, Texas. He’s buried in the Arlington Cemetery on the outskirts of Washington.

Here’s a quotation from his inaugural address. “My fellow-citizens of the world, ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.”