John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States, lived from May 29, 1917 to November 22, 1963, or 16978 days. He died at 46.48 years of age in Dallas, Texas, a victim of an assassin’s bullet.
Kennedy had lived exactly one-half of his life as of August 25, 1940. One month and one day earlier, he had published his senior thesis “Appeasement in Munich” under the title “Why England Slept” a book that became a bestseller. On this date, he was probably preparing to attend the Stanford Graduate School of Business where he audited classes but left after a semester.
August 25, 1940 was the date of the first RAF bombing of Berlin, causing a loss of face for Hermann Göring, who had boasted that Berlin would never be bombed.
April 8, 1952 marked the 3/4 point of Kennedy’s life. He was in his final term in the House of Representatives for the 11th congressional district of Massachusetts, before being elected to the U.S. Senate later that year.
This is the 1940 census for Kennedy.
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