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President John F. Kennedy was the first Roman Catholic and youngest president.Kennedy challenged complacent attitudes on a number of disturbing issues facing the country and urged active citizenship among Americans, inspiring hope for peace and prosperity in a nuclear age mired in cold war. Page #1
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Biographies Source #1 President John F. Kennedy established the Peace Corps and mandated a manned mission to the moon by 1970. He also enforced laws to integrate American society, which later led to the passage of the civil rights act in 1964.
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As the president's limousine passes the Texas School Book Depository, shots are fired from a sixth-floor window. President Kennedy and Governor Connally are both wounded and rushed to Parkland Hospital.
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The Associated Press reports President Kennedy died at 1:00 p.m. CST (2:00 p.m. EST). Minutes before the president's death was officially announced Roman Catholic priests Oscar L. Huber and James Thompson administer the last rites to the president at the hospital.
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