1960's-+IL

=Culture in the 1960's= = = =JFK- John F. Kennedy= Was born in Massachusetts on May 29, 1917 he was assassinated in Texas by a man named, Lee Harvey Oswald, but he was also shot two days later before he could even be put on trial, on November 22. 1963. In his election in 1960 up against Richard Nixon, it was one of the closest elections in american history. He was the youngest elected in office, at the age of 43. Kennedy is the first and only Catholic and the first Irish American President. Some of the major events that happened during his time in office, the building of the Berlin wall, the space race, the African american Civil Rights movement, and the early stages of the Vietnam War. Kennedy had volunteered for the U.S army but he was turned down due to lower back problems, but then later was accepted into the U.S navy. After WWII Kennedy had considered in being a journalist before deciding to run for political office. He had never had any interest in the political field because of his father and how he would push the field on him. H e famously told the Greater Houston Ministerial Association on September 12, 1960, "I am not the Catholic candidate for President. I am the Democratic Party candidate for President who also happens to be a Catholic. I do not speak for my Church on public matters — and the Church does not speak for me." Kennedy was then sworn in as the 35th President of the United States on January 20, 1961. In his inaugural address he spoke of the need for all Americans to be active citizens, famously saying, "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country." President Kennedy's was a devastation to Americans all across the county, He was shot once in the upper back and was killed with a final shot to the head. He was pronounced dead at 1:00 p.m. Only 46, President Kennedy died younger than any U.S. president to date.