It did have an effect on me in the UK. I was about almost 8 and until President Kennedy appeared I hadn't the slightest interest at all in politics. In England I suppose we had been used to a lot of 'stuff shirts' like Macmillan or Douglas Hume and all of a sudden there was JFK who's charisma alone was like a breath of fresh air (my first crush). So it did have a devastating effect on me. As far as I remember my family and I had been watching a certain new British long running soap opera and I remember the newsflash that followed. I also remember the footage of Lee Harvey Oswald getting shot and because I didn't understand being young I was so glad that he got his 'just desserts' it might not be entirely true but that was just seeing it through a child's eyes.