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John Fitzgerald Kennedy

ジョン・フィッツジェラルド・ケネディ

Jon Fittsujerarudo Kenedi

Aliases: JFK / ジャック

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1917-05-29 (Brookline, Massachusetts)
Died
1963-11-22 (Dallas, Texas) age 46
Nationality
アメリカ, United States
Languages
英語, English
Religion
Roman Catholic
Residence History
Brookline, Massachusetts

Career

Occupations
Politician, Writer, Naval officer
Active Years
1941-1963
Affiliations
Democratic Party
Influenced By
Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., Harold Laski
Influenced
Lyndon B. Johnson, Robert F. Kennedy

Education

Harvard University
null / Government Department
Degree: 理学士
Year of Graduation: 1940
Country: United States
Thesis published as bestseller

Awards

Navy and Marine Corps Medal
1944
Work: PT-109 Incident
Category: 軍功
Organization: U.S. Navy
Result: 受章
Purple Heart
1944
Work: PT-109 Incident
Category: 負傷
Organization: U.S. Military
Result: 受章

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Why England Slept

1940 Political Science

Harvard thesis on Munich appeasement.

AppeasementWar Avoidance
Translations
  • Japanese translation 1963

Bibliography

  • Profiles in Courage

Health

  • Addison's disease
    生涯
    Adrenal insufficiency health issues
  • Spinal issues
    生涯
    Chronic back pain, multiple surgeries

Legacy

35th President; averted Cuban Missile Crisis, advanced space race. Assassinated.

Museums

  • John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Boston, MA Opened in 1979

In Popular Culture

  • Airports, space center, aircraft carrier named after him

Quotes

  • Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country.
    Source: Inaugural Address (1961)

Trivia

  • PT-109 hero
  • Cuban Missile Crisis resolution
  • First Catholic President