John F. Kennedy

 John Fitzgerald “Jack” Kennedy(1961 to 1963), born on May 29th 1917 was the 35th president of the United States of America and held the presidential office till the time of his assassination in 1963. He started is term in the year of 1961. He served as the military service commander of the Motor Torpedo Boats during the World War II in the south pacific. After his brother’s death, backed by his father Joe Kennedy, he entered into the world of politics. He married Jacqueline Kennedy but was infamous for having affairs with many women including Marilyn Monroe. The death of Marilyn Monroe is an enigma till date and it is reported that President Kennedy was the last person she called.

Popularity and performance are very different things, and most historians would argue that it is too soon to have a good historical perspective through which to analyze Kennedy’s performance as 35th President. Events during his administration such as 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 stages of the Vietnam War are sufficient to justify his position in this list.

John F. Kennedy was one charismatic president. He brought many teachers, writers, scientists and different intellectuals into the government. His inaugural speech was one of the modern greats as he called for service to his countrymen. He established the Peace Corps in order to help the undeveloped nations and was very devoted to working hard for new civil rights laws. He wanted to improve his country’s relation with the then Soviet Union but it was to no avail as the all powerful congress thought otherwise. This became further unrealistic when the Russians started to send missiles to Cuba. This brought the two countries to the verge of war but Kennedy was determined to avoid it at all cost and diffused all the tensions brilliantly. He had the power to inspire and considering that he only served as the president for a brief stint of about two years before being assassinated, he achieved a lot.

JFK was the 35th President of the United States, the second-youngest president of American history, and the only president to win the Pulitzer Prize. He served his duty to the nation until his assassination in November 1963. Kennedy enrolled at Harvard College in September 1936 and joined the U.S. Navy in 1941. Some of his best works during his presidency was the Cuban Missile Crisis, the African-American Civil Rights Movement and the Bay of Pigs Invasion. He also joined the “Space Race” and Moon landing by initiating Apollo project. During his presidency, he increased involvement of the U.S.A in the Vietnam War. He was also closely connected to the erection of the Berlin Wall where he appointed retired General Lucius D. Clay in response.

John F. Kennedy served as the 35th president of the United States of America, and before that he held positions as a member of the House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. When he was elected to the presidency in 1960, Kennedy was the first American president to have been born within the 20th century. Though Kennedy was only president for 2 years as he was tragically assassinated in 1963, he guided the nation through some extremely trying affairs, such as the Cuban Missile Crisis and American geopolitical involvement in Vietnam. Some of his other legacies include authorizing NASA’s Apollo space program and prohibiting racial segregation in federal facilities.

Kennedy's time in office is also marked by high tensions with Communist states, particularly Cuba. An attempt in April 1961 at the Bay of Pigs to overthrow the country's dictator, Fidel Castro, was thwarted by armed forces within three days. His administration subsequently rejected plans by the Joint Chiefs of Staff to orchestrate false-flag attacks on American soil in order to gain public approval for a war against Cuba. In October 1962, it was discovered Soviet ballistic missiles had been deployed in Cuba; the resulting period of unease, often termed the Cuban Missile Crisis, is seen by many historians as the closest the human race has ever come to war featuring the use of nuclear weapons on both or multiple sides.

The term "Camelot" came to be used retrospectively as iconic of the Kennedy administration, and the charisma of him and his family. The term was first publicly used by his wife in a post-assassination Life magazine interview with Theodore H. White, in which she revealed his affection for the contemporary Broadway musical of the same name, particularly the closing lines of the title song.

Don't let it be forgot, that once there was a spot, for one brief, shining moment that was known as Camelot.
"There'll be great presidents again ... but there will never be another Camelot."

 Jacqueline Kennedy

JF Kennedy was assassinated during a political campaign in Dallas in Texas on November 22, 1963. Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested that afternoon and determined to have fired shots that hit the President from a sixth floor window of the Texas School Book Depository.