a.+JFK+Bio

= Brief Bio of John Fitzgerald Kennedy: =  http://www.dailyaviator.com/images/2007-03/pt-109-jfk.jpg  http://www.jfklibrary.org/NR/rdonlyres/BBF27FA0-8195-44C6-9C4B-7805B3EC06B8/23443/BBF27FA0819544C69C4B7805B3EC06B93.jpg  http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hsJhSne43f0/SprO0TDPMyI/AAAAAAAAAP0/CFe1FWDPMYk/s400/jackie2.jpg  http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/LIFPOD/254161.jpg  http://www.jfklibrary.org/NR/rdonlyres/547CB584-4B45-4A4D-B01C-038E89890E65/13825/547CB5844B454A4DB01C038E89890E66.jpg  http://bucf.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/fidel_castro_dead.jpg http://www.prisonplanet.com/images/november2009/041109top2.jpg
 * May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963
 * Born in Brookline, Massachusetts
 * Graduated from **Harvard** in 1940
 * Entered the Navy in 1940
 * __**Picture of JFK in navy**__ :
 * **War hero** : in 1943, his PT boat was rammed by a Japanese destroyer boat and sunk, but JFK, despite being severely injured himself, led survivors through the dangerous waters to safety.
 * __**Picture of war hero, JFK**__:
 * Became a Democratic Congressman for Boston area after war
 * Advanced to the Senate in 1953
 * **Married Jacqueline Bouvier** on September 12, 1953
 * **__Picture of the beautiful Jacqueline Kennedy__**:
 * Here is a link to Life Magazine's **__pictures from John and Jackie Kennedy's wedding__** (It was so amazing and perfect! I recommend looking at this!): http://www.life.com/image/50406794/in-gallery/22929
 * __**One of their wedding pictures:**__
 * Wrote //Profiles in Courage//, which won the **Pulitzer Prize** in history, in 1955 while recovering from a back operation
 * Almost gained the Democratic nomination for Vice President in 1956
 * Was a first-ballot nominee for President 4 years later
 * Beat Republican candidate, Richard M. Nixon
 * Became **first Roman Catholic President**
 * Famous quote from his Inaugural Address: **"Ask not what your country can do for you--ask what you can do for your country."**
 * 35th president of the United States
 * __**JFK presidential portrait**__:
 * His economic programs put USA in longest consistent progression since World War II
 * Planned a " **massive assault on persisting pockets of privation and poverty** " before his death
 * Took extreme actions for **equal rights** and called for a **new civil rights legislation**
 * Envisioned America having a strong national culture and wanted to improve **the central role of the arts** in society
 * Attempted to overthrow Fidel Castro of Cuba, but failed
 * __**Picture of Fidel Castro**__:
 * Reinforced the Berlin garrison when the Soviet Union renewed its campaign against West Berlin. Moscow then relaxed its pressure in central Europe.
 * Imposed a quarantine on all offensive weapons bound for Cuba when Russia wanted to put nuclear missiles in Cuba in October 1962. Russia backed down.
 * Test ban treaty of 1963 toward his goal of " **a world of law and free choice, banishing the world of war and coercion** "
 * His administration saw "** the beginning of new hope for both the equal rights of Americans and the peace of the world **"
 * served from 1961 until his assassination in 1963 in Dallas, Texas
 * **__One of the__** __**last pictures taken before JFK's assassination**__: