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He is known for building Rockefeller Center in New York City.Mobster John "Junior" Gotti allegedly served as a capo in the Gambino family and was the acting boss when his father, John Gotti was in prison.Robert Kennedy was attorney general during his brother John F. Kennedy's administration. As a family friend noted, "Most fathers in those days simply weren't that interested in what their children did. The next day, November 22, Kennedy, along with his wife and Texas governor John Connally, rode through cheering crowds in downtown Dallas in a Lincoln Continental convertible. John F. Kennedy served in both the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate before becoming the 35th president in 1961. Joe Sr. had great expectations for his children, and he sought to instill in them a fierce competitive fire and the belief that winning was everything. Capitalizing on the spirit of activism he had helped to ignite, Kennedy created the Kennedy also presided over a series of international crises. From an upstairs window of the Texas School Book Depository building, a 24-year-old warehouse worker named A Dallas nightclub owner named Jack Ruby assassinated Oswald days later while he was being transferred between jails. Both the Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys were wealthy and prominent Irish Catholic Boston families.



John Fitzgerald Kennedy, often called JFK and Jack, was the 35th President of the United States.

He wrote to Billings during his sophomore year, "I can now get tail as often and as free as I want which is a step in the right direction. A pilot, he died when his plane blew up in August 1944. If you see something that doesn't look right, Subscribe to the Biography newsletter to receive stories about the people who shaped our world and the stories that shaped their lives.Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, noted for her style and elegance, was the wife of President John F. Kennedy and a U.S. first lady. "He hates to lose at anything," Eunice said. Kennedy was in fact very bookish in high school, reading ceaselessly but not the books his teachers assigned.



"We were just worms in the House," he later recalled. Nach dem Abschluss der Highschool studierte John F. an der Harvard University von 1936 bis 1940 Politische Wissenschaften. John bought into his father's philosophy that winning was everything.

Despite his poor grades, Kennedy continued on to Choate, an elite Connecticut preparatory school. He later served as a U.S.
In the end, JFK proved to be everything I hoped for – and more! His friend Lem Billings recalled, "Jack was more fun than anyone I've ever known, and I think most people who knew him felt the same way about him." Coolidge was known for his quiet demeanor, which earned him the nickname "Silent Cal.

John F. Kennedy, in full John Fitzgerald Kennedy, byname JFK, (born May 29, 1917, Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S.—died November 22, 1963, Dallas, Texas), 35th president of the United States (1961–63), who faced a number of foreign crises, especially in Cuba and Berlin, but managed to secure such achievements as the Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty and the Alliance for Progress. In 1956, Kennedy was very nearly selected as Democratic presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson's running mate, but was ultimately passed over for Estes Kefauver from Tennessee. As president, Kennedy faced a number of foreign crises, especially in Cuba and Berlin, but managed to secure such achievements as the Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty and the Alliance for Progress. However, hampered by lukewarm relations with Congress, Kennedy only achieved part of his agenda: a modest increase in the minimum wage and watered down tax cuts.The most contentious domestic issue of Kennedy's presidency was Nevertheless, in September 1962 Kennedy sent his brother, Attorney General Robert Kennedy, to Mississippi to use the National Guard and federal marshals to escort and defend civil rights activist On November 21, 1963, President Kennedy flew to Fort Worth, Texas for a campaign appearance. He attended a Catholic boys' boarding school in Connecticut called Canterbury, where he excelled at English and history, the subjects he enjoyed, but nearly flunked Latin, in which he had no interest. While conspiracy theories have swirled ever since Kennedy's assassination, the official version of events remains the most plausible: Oswald acted alone.For few former presidents is the dichotomy between public and scholarly opinion so vast. Check out Britannica's new site for parents! His father had been appointed Ambassador to Great Britain, and on an extended visit in 1939, Kennedy decided to research and write a senior thesis on why Britain was so unprepared to fight Germany in Shortly after graduating from Harvard, Kennedy joined the U.S. Navy and was assigned to command a patrol torpedo boat in the South Pacific. Ab 1930 besuchte John F. Kennedy das katholische Internat in Canterbury, Connecticut, und wechselte 1931 in das protestantische Internat in Chaote, Connecticut. By signing up for this email, you are agreeing to news, offers, and information from Encyclopaedia Britannica.Be on the lookout for your Britannica newsletter to get trusted stories delivered right to your inbox. "Nevertheless, as an upperclassman, Kennedy finally grew serious about his studies and began to realize his potential. Kennedy, was a wealthy banker and liquor trader, and his maternal grandfather, John E. Fitzgerald, nicknamed "Honey Fitz," was a skilled politician who served as a congressman and as the mayor of Boston.