2007-04-12 06:37:18 · 2 answers · asked by corycalamuso 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Well, he received a Pulitzer Prize for a book that it turns out he didn't write and that has major errors in it ... (Profiles in Courage)
2007-04-12 06:40:57 · answer #1 · answered by John B 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
WW11 PT boat commander.
First RC/ Irish descent and youngest elected President?
Launched the moon missions initiative.
Involved US in Vietnam.
Rumour of involvement with Marilyn Munroe.
Stated "ask not what your country can do for you, ask what can you do for your country."
Commenced the real move to desegregation of races.
Made the former USSR blink and back down in the Cuban Missile embargo crisis (possibly the closest the world has come to all out nuclear war).
Has been the subject of one of the longest running conspiracy theories, on the events of his death.
2007-04-12 07:50:04 · answer #2 · answered by kellring 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋