JFK was born on May 29, 1917 in Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard and then went into the Navy. He became a congressmen later. After Kennedy had become president, he had to deal with the Cuban Missile Crisis. He set up naval ring around Cuba in hopes of preventing the use of missiles. Kennedy had given an Inaugural Address that is famously known today by his words "Ask not what your country can do for you- ask what you can do for your country."