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John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy
-Nov. 22 1963 US Preident John F. Kennedy is assassinated while riding in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza in Dallas a year after the Cuban Missile Crisis
-Lee Harvey Oswald was accused the killer and shot himself two days later
-JFK was an active "Cold Warrior"JFK's own Defense Secretary, Robert McNamara came up with the Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD) principle
-He aligned himself with those who said the Truman Administration wasn't being tough enough,
-Robert Kennedy was also shot in 1968 while running for president in the same year Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated as well
-Lee Harvey Oswald was accused the killer and shot himself two days later
-JFK was an active "Cold Warrior"JFK's own Defense Secretary, Robert McNamara came up with the Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD) principle
-He aligned himself with those who said the Truman Administration wasn't being tough enough,
-Robert Kennedy was also shot in 1968 while running for president in the same year Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated as well
Summary
The assaination of John F Kennedy affected many people. , it was at first unclear whether the shooting might be part of a larger attack upon the U.S. The news shocked the nation. The event left a lasting impression on many Americans. As it did with the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor before it. "Where were you when you heard about Kennedy's assassination" would become a common topic of discussion.