Why was JFK an important part of history?

Answer 1

Most historians will place the US President John F. Kennedy in a marked place in the history of the 20th century. It remains to be seen how many centuries pass before the historical importance of JFK is reduced.

Currently, JFK is an important part of history, and certainly United States history for the following reasons:

A. He was only the third US president to be assassinated;

B. He was the youngest man, at the time, to be elected as US President;

C. He was the only US President of the Roman Catholic faith to be elected as president;

D. He is correctly or incorrectly blamed for the failure of CIA trained Cubans to topple Cuban leader Fidel Castro;

E. He played a major role with Russian Premier Khrushchev in the Cuban missile crisis; and

F. He began the "advisory" group of US military personnel in South Vietnam. This helped lead the USA into the Vietnam War. The term "helped" can be debated.