John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917 in Brooklyn Massachusetts. He had 9 brothers and sisters. Kennedy graduated from Harvard in the 1940's. Shortly after he joined the navy during World War 2. He returned back from the war with a back injury and was praised as a hero.Two years later he married Jacqueline Bouvier and was elected to the senate. John F Kennedy was elected president in the 1960's and sworn in to office on January 20, 1961. He was the 35th president of the United States. During his 2 years in office JFK accomplished alot like the Peace Corps, establishing the space program, the Area redevelopment Act, Campaigning for equal rights for all races. Jfk was assasignated in Dallas, Texas on November 23, 1963 while attending a parade. His assasignator was Lee Harvey Oswald