Ocupation: 35th U.S. President
Life: May 29, 1917 - November 22, 1963
Birthday: May 29
Death: November 22
Those who came before us made certain that this country rode the first waves of the industrial revolution, the first waves of modern invention and the first wave of nuclear power. And this generation does not intend to founder in the backwash of the coming age of space. We mean to be part of it-we mean to lead it.
source: Address at Rice University on the Nation's Space Program, delivered 12 September 1962, Rice Stadium, Houston, Texas
topic: Country, Mean, Space, Industrial Revolution, Those Who Came Before Us