John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963.
After Kennedy's military service as commander of the Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109 during World War II in the South Pacific, his aspirations turned political. With the encouragement and grooming of his father, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., Kennedy represented Massachusetts's 11th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1947 to 1953 as a Democrat, and served in the U.S. Senate from 1953 until 1960. Kennedy defeated then Vice President and Republican candidate Richard Nixon in the 1960 U.S. presidential election, one of the closest in American history. He was the second-youngest President (after Theodore Roosevelt), the first President born in the 20th century, and the youngest elected to the office, at the age of 43. Kennedy is the first and only Catholic president until 2021, and is the only president to have won a Pulitzer Prize. Events during his administration include the Bay of Pigs Invasion, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the building of the Berlin Wall, the Space Race, the African-American Civil Rights Movement and early events of the Vietnam War.
Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas. Lee Harvey Oswald was charged with the crime but was mortally wounded two days later in a jail corridor by Jack Ruby. The FBI, the Warren Commission and the House Select Committee on Assassinations concluded that Oswald was the assassin, with the HSCA allowing for the probability of conspiracy based on disputed acoustic evidence. The event proved to be an important moment in U.S. history because of its impact on the nation and the ensuing political repercussions. Today, Kennedy continues to rank highly in public opinion ratings of former U.S. presidents.
Surprisingly, this timeline is one of the few where JFK was assassinated. In many timelines throughout the multiverse, he lived:
- John F. Kennedy, 32nd President of the United States (A Vast Expanse of Nations)
- John F. Kennedy, 37th President of the United States (FDRs Two Term Presidency)
- John F. Kennedy, 36th President of the United States (Hitler's Win)
- John F. Kennedy, commander of the Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109 (How many Sixes does Adolf Nazi have to Roll?)
- John F. Kennedy, Junior U.S. Senator from California from 1964 to 1968 (JPK)
- John F. Kennedy, 38th President of the United States (Kornilovshina)
- John F. Kennedy, 34th President of the United States (Nihon no heiwa)
- John F. Kennedy, Vice President of the United States (President Welles)
- John F. Kennedy, 38th President of the United States (Republican Century)
- John F. Kennedy, Senator from Massachusetts (The Endless War)
- John F. Kennedy, 38th President of the United States (The Found Order)
- John F. Kennedy, 27th President of the United States (The Democrat Reagan)
- John F Kennedy, 35th President of the United States (Mr.President)
- John F. Kennedy, 35th President of New England (A Kirby Earth)
- John F. Kennedy, 36th President of the United States (Victory To The Rising Sun)
- John F. Kennedy, consultant and television writer. (Differently)
- John F. Kennedy, 35th president of the United States (Kennedy's America)
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