John Fitzgerald Kennedy was the thirty-fifth President of the United States. He was the first president born in the 20th century, the first Roman Catholic President and also the youngest president. He was born on May 29, 1917 and assassinated on November 22, 1963.
President Kennedy was born in Brooklyn, Massachusetts. His parents were Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Kennedy. He had three brothers and four sisters. He graduated from Harvard in 1940.
John Kennedy wanted to serve in World War II but was rejected by the U.S. Army because of an injury he received while playing football at Ha…