KENNEDY, NIKITA

a humorous variation of the name John F. (Jack) Kennedy, interchanged with the name Nikita Khrushchev. Kennedy (1917 - 1963) was president of the United States from 1961 to 1963. In 1961 he approved the Bay of Pigs operation, an invasion of Cuba by US-backed Cuban exiles with the aim of ousting the communist regime of Fidel Castro (1927 - ). Most of the exiles were killed or taken prisoner and the operation was a disaster. Kennedy's presidency ended with his assassination on November 22, 1963. See also Khrushchev, Jack in this glossary. —SHSBC Binder 14 Approved Glossary

a combination of the names of former United States president John (Jack) F. Kennedy (1917-1963) and former Soviet Union political leader and premier, Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971) who both held office in the early 1960s.a humorous variation of the name John F. (Jack) Kennedy, interchanged with the name Nikita Khrushchev. Kennedy (1917 - 1963) was president of the United States from 1961 to 1963. In 1961 he approved the Bay of Pigs operation, an invasion of Cuba by US-backed Cuban exiles with the aim of ousting the communist regime of Fidel Castro (1927 - ). Most of the exiles were killed or taken prisoner and the operation was a disaster. Kennedy's presidency ended with his assassination on November 22, 1963. See also Khrushchev, Jack in this glossary.