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On May 29, 1917, John F. Kennedy was born.
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Sat May 29, 2021: On this day, May 29, 1917, John F. Kennedy was born.
Fri May 29, 2020: On this day, May 29, 1917, John F. Kennedy was born.
When he was one and two years old, JFK lived through the influenza pandemic (which killed 675, 000 Americans and tens of millions of others). How might that early experience have affected his development and upbringing? Thoughts, anyone?
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As President, Kennedy did all he could to resist the warmongers and keep the nation and world at peace — from the Bay of Pigs through the Cuban Missile Crisis and to Vietnam. “Integrated” his administration and enforced Civil Rights laws to demonstrate all are equal under law. And he got the nation to the moon. All in 1,037 days in office.
Fought heroically in World War 2.