{"id":27488,"date":"2013-11-08T00:00:38","date_gmt":"2013-11-08T08:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/?p=27488"},"modified":"2013-11-06T20:23:52","modified_gmt":"2013-11-07T04:23:52","slug":"day-history-november-8th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2013\/11\/day-history-november-8th\/","title":{"rendered":"This Day in History: November 8th"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today in History: November 8, 1960<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"president-kennedy\"<\/a>On November 8, 1960, John Fitzgerald Kennedy became the youngest man to be elected as United States President, beating Republican Vice President Richard Nixon by one of the narrowest margins in history.<\/p>\n

One of the factors that may have tipped the scales ever so slightly in the election was Kennedy\u2019s shrewd willingness to address his Catholicism head on. As the first Roman Catholic to seek the presidency, Kennedy knew this could work to his disadvantage, as many would-be voters felt his policies would be influenced, and some feared controlled, by the Pope.<\/p>\n

Kennedy gave a series of speeches to address any concerns about his religion, and opened himself to questioning pertaining to his stand on church\/state issues by Protestant leaders in Houston, Texas. His answers proved satisfactory, and this calmed the fears of voters suspicious of electing a Catholic president.<\/p>\n

Being a Roman Catholic isn\u2019t the only thing that set John F. Kennedy apart among U.S. presidents. Here are some other facts that made JFK unique, or at least stand out, among his fellow Commanders-in-Chief, that aren\u2019t as commonly discussed:<\/p>\n