
Biography
John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), also known as JFK, was the 35th president of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. He was the first Roman Catholic and youngest person elected president at 43 years. Kennedy served at the height of the Cold War, and the majority of his foreign policy concerned relations with the Soviet Union and Cuba. A Democrat, Kennedy represented Massachusetts in both houses of the United States Congress prior to his presidency.
Awards & recognition
- Jane Addams Children's Book Award · 1964
- Presidential Medal of Freedom · 1963
- Grand Cross of the Order of the Orthodox Crusaders of the Holy Sepulchre · 1961
- Laetare Medal · 1961
- Time Person of the Year · 1961
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- Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic · 1957
- Pulitzer Prize — Biography · 1957
- Grand Officer of the Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity · 1951
- American Campaign Medal · 1945
- American Defense Service Medal · 1945
- Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal · 1945
- World War II Victory Medal · 1945
- Navy and Marine Corps Medal · 1944
- Purple Heart · 1943
- James Cardinal Gibbons Medal
- Pacem in Terris Award
- Nobel Peace Prize · 1962 · nominated
- National Book Award — Nonfiction · 1957 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles

JFK Assassination: A New Perspective

JFK: One PM Central Standard Time

The Presidents' Gatekeepers

Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey

The Vietnam War

BuzzFeed Unsolved: True Crime

R.L. Stine's the Haunting Hour

In the Grip of Gazprom

Iran: The Hundred Year War

The Kennedy Assassination: 24 Hours After

Apollo 11

Race for the White House

Bobby Kennedy for President

Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia

Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story

For All Mankind

Uncle Tom

The Day That Lasted 21 Years

JFK: 3 Shots That Changed America

No Direction Home: Bob Dylan

The Fog of War

Hearts and Minds

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

King of Cool

The Irishman

The Untold History of the United States

The Pixar Story

JFK

Bedlam

Agnelli

The Sixties

Sid & Judy

Above Majestic

The War at Home

Apollo: Missions to the Moon

How the Beatles Changed the World

When You're Strange

Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie

American Masters

Apollo: The Forgotten Films

Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words

JFK: One Day in America

History 101

The Last Movie Ride

JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass

Get Me Roger Stone

De Gaulle, the Last King of France

JFK Assassination: The Definitive Guide

JFK: The Lost Bullet

Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics