Throughout the 20th century, there were vigorous leaders and inauspicious leaders. One of the major leaders is John Fitzgerald Kennedy of the United States of America. John Fitzgerald Kennedy is a very successful leader in the speeches he gave to the American people and the entire world, trying to make the world a much better place to live. . He also asked the American people: “Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country. » John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917 in Brookline, Massachusetts. He was born into a very wealthy family, the Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys, both prominent Irish Catholic families. JFK was the second oldest of 9 siblings who were all extraordinary brothers and sisters, and Eunice Kennedy founder of the Special Olympics, Robert Kennedy being Attorney General of the United States and Ted Kennedy was one of the most successful senators. compelling stories of American history. But in addition to being all important to the government, they remained very united and supported each other throughout their united lives. JFK attended an all-boys Catholic boarding school in New Milford, Connecticut, called Canterbury, where he was overwhelmed in English and history, but nearly failed in Latin, which did not interest him. After leaving Canterbury, he went to Choate, an exclusive preparatory school in Connecticut. After graduating from Choate and going to Princeton University for a semester, then in 1936, Kennedy transferred to Harvard University. While there, he proved to be an average student due to his interest in sports and women. He was also very popular with his classmates at Harvard. As he grew up, he began to take his studies seriously and realize his pot...... middle of paper ...... President John Fitzgerald Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald, a former Marine with sympathies Soviet troops, he fired at the car, hitting the president twice, once in the neck and the back of the head. JFK was pronounced dead at Parkland Memorial Hospital shortly after being shot twice in the lower neck and upper head. Then two days after JFK's assassination, Lee Harvey Oswald was assassinated by Dallas nightclub owner Jack Ruby. "To the American public, as well as to its early historians, John F. Kennedy is a hero and visionary politician who, although he died prematurely, may have avoided the political and social unrest of the late 1990s. 1960." After John F. Kennedy's funeral, his wife Jackie Kennedy said, "There will be great presidents again, and the Johnsons are wonderful, they've been wonderful to me, but there will never be any more other Camelot..”