The Assassination of John F. Kennedy John F. Kennedy was elected the 35th president of the United States in 1960. He was the youngest man to ever be elected to that office at age forty-three. After serving just over one thousand days in office, he was killed November 22, 1963, as he rode in a motorcade through the streets of Dallas, Texas. His assassination put our country in mourning and to this day has caused much controversy. The …showed first 75 words of 1427 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1427 total…to the mob. It did not explain the trips he made to Cuba. And the report never fully explained why Lee Harvey Oswald, acting alone, shot and killed the President of the United States. BIBLIOGRAPHY Archer, Jules. The Incredible Sixties. San Diego: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1986 Kennedy, John Fitzgerald. Microsoft Encarta Online Encyclopedia 2001 Kennedy, John F. Encyclopedia Americana. 2000 Pietrusza, David. Mysterious Deaths, John F. Kennedy. San Diego: Lucent Books, 1997 www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/jk35.html