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