John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), commonly referred to by his

initials JFK, was an American politician and journalist who served as the 35th president of the United
States from January 1961 until his assassination in November 1963.Elected as the 35th president in
1960, he took office on Jan. 20, 1961, but his life and legacy were cut short when he was assassinated on
Nov. 22, 1963 in Dallas. the first U.S. president born in the 20th century, 43-year-old John F. Kennedy
became the youngest man and the first Roman Catholic to hold that office.Though he served has
president for less than three years, his brief term coincided with the height of the Cold War, and his
tenure was marked by some of the biggest crises and challenges of the 20th century.