Democratic Massachusetts Senator _________________________ defeated Vice President Richard Nixon in the 1960 Presidential Election, due to several factors; from his photogenic appearance on televised debates, his exploitation of a largely-fictional "Missile Gap", as well as suspicious vote-counting in Cook County, Illinois. This President was popular for his youthful appearance and is exhortations for Americans to "Pay any Price/Bear any Burden" in the defense of Liberty. Notable events in his term included the failed Bay of Pigs invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis. Lee Harvey Oswald, a former Marine who had earlier defected to the Soviet Union and a Castro sympathizer, assassinated him in Dallas, Texas with an Italian-surplus Carcano rifle on 22 November 1963.

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