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.