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On November 22, 1963, when he was hardly past his first thousand days in office, John Fitzgerald

Kennedy was killed by an assassin's bullets as his motorcade wound through Dallas, Texas.

Kennedy was the youngest man elected President; he was the youngest to die.

4. Divide long, compound sentences into two or more

To avoid military service in the Austrian army, Hitler moved to Munich, Germany, in May 1913 but as soon as World War I broke out, Hitler asked for and received special permission to serve in the Bavarian-German army.

In May 1913 Hitler moved to Munich, Germany, because he wanted to avoid military service in the Austrian army.

As soon as World War I broke out, Hitler received special permission to serve in the Bavarian-German army.