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Birth of JFK
John F Kennedy was born on may 29, 1917 in Boston, he was the secound child born to Rose and Joseph Kennedy -
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John F. Kennedy
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High school
JFK graduated in 1935 making only average grades -
kennedys time at princeton
kennedy only spent 6 weeks in princeton because he was hospitalized from illness -
Harvard
Kennedy enrolled in Harvard collage in september 1936 -
WWII
Kennedy was the commander of a pt-109 or motor torpedo boat in WWII -
graduation of Harvard
Kennedy graduated from Harvard in 1940 with a degree in international affaires -
Kennedys back problems
kennedy was hospitalized for chronic lower back problems -
Kennedy joins the navy
kennedy is disqualified by the u.s army for his back problems, so he joined the navy were he was put on a torpedo boat -
first political office
John f kennedy was elected into congress sep 28, 1946 -
us senate
Kennedy beat Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr in 1952 for us senate -
re-elected
in 1958 kennedy was re-elected for us senate -
Kennedy vs. Nixson
The first televised debate beetween John F. Kennedy and Richared Nixson took place on sep 26, 1960. -
Elected President
John f Kennedy was sworn in as the 35th president of the United State of America noon on jan 20, 1961 -
kennedy speech
in this speech, kennedy anounced his decison to add 3.25 billion to the u.s defence budget -
death of JFK
John F Kennedy was assassinated on november 22, 1963