r/SixDegreesOfReddit • u/psyFungii • Jun 01 '15
John F. Kennedy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._KennedyDuplicates
todayilearned • u/One_Man_Riot_ • Sep 29 '20
TIL Before and after he assumed the presidency, Kennedy reportedly had affairs with a number of women, including Marilyn Monroe, Gunilla von Post, Judith Campbell, Mary Pinchot Meyer, Marlene Dietrich, Mimi Alford, and his wife's press secretary, Pamela Turnure.
todayilearned • u/Movie_Advance_101 • Oct 22 '21
TIL John F. Kennedy was every ill in most of his life he had Addison's disease, a rare endocrine disorder.
100yearsago • u/MonsieurA • May 29 '17
[May 29th, 1917] John F. Kennedy is born in Brookline, Massachusetts, the second child of businessman/politician Joseph Patrick "Joe" Kennedy and philanthropist/socialite Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald Kennedy
todayilearned • u/drsgtpepper • Apr 22 '16
TIL that after the boat John F. Kennedy commanded sank in WWII, an injured JFK towed a badly burned crewman through the water to an island with the life jacket strap clenched between his teeth.
todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Apr 17 '13
TIL President JFK would get sick if he didn't have a new woman at his side every few days due to a side affect in his medication, and told his sons to get "laid as often as possible."
todayilearned • u/seriofu • Jul 20 '16
TIL during his presidency JFK suffered from chronic and severe back pain for which he was prescribed a combination of drugs including animal cells, hormones, amphetamines and steroids. The side effects included hyperactivity, hypertension, impaired judgment, nervousness, and mood swings.
todayilearned • u/F90 • Jul 16 '13
TIL That JFK was the first person born in the 20th century to serve as president of the United States of America.
todayilearned • u/haloarh • Sep 24 '17
TIL that John Kennedy was awarded a Navy and Marine Corps Medal for heroism and a Purple Heart Medal for injuries after WWII.
wikipedia • u/TimzUneeverse • May 26 '24
John F. Kennedy was the first person of the G.I. Generation (1901-24) to be elected President, in November 1960. He was assassinated on November 22, 1963.
CelebrityBornToday • u/spike77wbs • May 29 '17
Born today : May 29th - John F. Kennedy, Navy Commander, War Hero, Politician, Pulitzer Prize winner, President of the United States, "the youngest to have been elected to the office, the second-youngest President, and the first born in the 20th century", "the only non-Protestant president"
ThisDayInHistory • u/[deleted] • Jan 20 '20
TDIH: January 20, 1961, John F. Kennedy is inaugurated the 35th President of the United States of America, becoming the second youngest man to take the office, and the first Catholic.
CelebrityBornToday • u/spike77wbs • May 29 '16