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Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Fun Facts!!!


-He served in the U.S. Navy in World War II. He was decorated for heroism in World War II for saving three men after his vessel was sunk by a Japanese destroyer.

-The Nixon-Kennedy debates were the first ever to be televised

-He had 8 siblings, and was born into a rich family. He was often ill as a child.

-He is only president to have won a Pulitzer Prize, for his collective biography, "Profiles in Courage."

-He was the first Roman Catholic. He was also the first president to have died before his parents, though he was the 4th assassinated.

-He was the youngest man elected president (43) and the youngest to die in office (46).

-The Kennedy family had a pony named Macaroni and Caroline had a puppy named Pushinka.

1 comment:

  1. I loved how you used bullets to make this part easy to read! Overall you went into tremendous depth on your biography and presented well-thought out influences.

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