This page will highlight some John F Kennedy facts, including a timeline, quotations, and even some Lincoln Kennedy coincidences.

• JFK was named after his grandfather, John Francis Fitzgerald - a very influential man in politics
• His left leg was shorter than his right leg, so he wore corrective shoes
• Established the US Peace Corps while in office
• "Why England Slept " was the title of his Harvard thesis
• Wrote "The Strategy of Peace" in 1960
• He suffered from Addison's Disease, which was discovered after he injured his back in the Navy
• His political party was Democrat
• JFK was the 1st Catholic US President
• John F Kennedy was the youngest elected US President, at age 43
• Died on November 22, 1963, as a result of being assassinated in Dallas, Texas
• He was the 4th president to be assassinated and the 8th to die in office

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Lincoln Kennedy Coincidences

In addition to learning some John F Kennedy facts, it's always fun to find coincidences in history. The Lincoln Kennedy coincidences have always been interesting!

• Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846 - Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946
• Lincoln was elected President in 1860 - Kennedy was elected President in 1960
• Lincoln and Kennedy both contain 7 letters
• Both men lost a child while serving as President
• Kennedy and Lincoln were both assassinated on a Friday, and both were shot in the head
• Both had successors named Johnson
• Andrew Johnson, Lincoln's successor, was born in 1808. Kennedy's successor, Lyndon Johnson, was born in 1908
• John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald both have 15 letters in their names
• Booth and Oswald were both shot before they were tried and convicted of the assassinations
• Lincoln had a secretary named Kennedy and Kennedy had a secretary named Lincoln

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One of the best known John F Kennedy quotes from the 1961 Kennedy inaugural address is this line...

"And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country."

More John F Kennedy Quotations

"A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people."

"As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them."

"Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men."

"Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty."

"Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future."

"Man is still the most extraordinary computer of all."

"Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don't want them to become politicians in the process."

"The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission."

"The tax on capital gains directly affects investment decisions, the mobility and flow of risk capital... the ease or difficulty experienced by new ventures in obtaining capital, and thereby the strength and potential for growth in the economy."

"There are many people in the world who really don't understand-or say they don't-what is the great issue between the free world and the Communist world. Let them come to Berlin!"

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• 1917: Born on May 29 in Brookline, MA to Joseph P. and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy.
• 1940: Graduated from Harvard
• 1941: Enlists in the U.S. Navy
• 1943: Assigned as commander of the patrol torpedo boat, the PT109
• 1944: Awarded the Purple Heart
• 1946: Elected Congressman from the 11th district in Massachusetts
• 1952: Became US Senator
• 1953: Married Jacqueline Bouvier
• 1956: Published Profiles in Courage
• 1957: Won the Pulitzer Prize for biography for "Profiles in Courage"
• 1958: Won re-election to the US Senate
• 1960: Elected President of the United States
• 1961: JFK is inaugurated on January 20, 1961
• 1961: Established the Peace Corps
• 1963: John F Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, TX on November 22nd.

For a complete John F Kennedy timeline click here.

Now that you've learned these fun John F Kennedy facts, how about learning some more fun facts about our Presidents?

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