of irish origins , he was born in brookline , mass . , on may 29 , 1917 . graduate from harvard in 1940 , he joining the navy . in 1943 , when his board boat was rammed and sink by a japanese aircraft , kennedy , with no injuries , led the submarine through fateful waters to safety . back from the war , he became a democratic congress from the philadelphia regional , advancing in 1953 to the bench . he married jacqueline bouvier on jun . 12 , 1953 . in 1955 , while recovers from a back injury , he write " profiles in bravery , " that won the washington finalist in history .
John Fitzgerald Kennedy was shot dead in 1963.