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He married Jacqueline Bouvier on Sept 12, 1953. Kennedy
continued to suffer from back
problems and had two operations in
Oct. 1954 and Feb. 1955. While
recovering in hospital he wrote
‘Profiles in Courage’ which won the
Pulitzer Prize in history.
In 1960, Kennedy entered the race to become the
Democratic Party presidential
candidate. At the age of 43, he was
country’s second youngest president
as well as its first Roman Catholic
head of state. At the inaugural
address on 20th Jan.,
1961, Kennedy challenged the people
of the US with the statement “Ask
not what your country can do for
you, but rather what you can do for
your country”. Kennedy’s years in
power were marked by cold war
tensions in foreign affairs. His
attempt to overthrow the regime of
Fidel Castro in Cuba was a failure.
On 22nd Nov., 1963 in Dallas, Texas Kennedy was
assassinated. Within hours of the
killing, a suspect, Lee Harvey
Oswald was arrested. On 24th
Nov, while being shifted by the
police from the city to the County
jail, Oswald was shot dead by Jack
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