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Jacqueline Lee Bouvier was born
Jacqueline Lee Bouvier was born to John "Black Jack" Bouvier III and Janet Lee Bouvier. Her mother was a social climber and her father was an acoholic who was a stockbroker. Her father was unfaithful to his wife and thier was relationship was very unstable. -
Jackie's Parents Divorce
Jackie's parents divorced in 1940 and her mother was remarried to Hugh D. Auchincloss 2 years later. Jackie took this very hard and gained a large amount of self reliance during it. When her mother remarried Jackie had 3 siblings added to her family. A step-sister Nina, and 2 step-brothers Yusha and Tommy. -
Jackie Begins Her Reporting Career and Meets JFK
Jackie became a reporter for the Washington Times-Herald, right after collage. She was know for walking up to people and asking random questions like can you spot married man. It was during this job that she met congressman and soon-to-be husband, JFK. -
Jackie and John Get Married and Give Birth to their First Child
Jackie was married to John F. Kennedy on September 12, 1953, at St. Mary’s Church in Newport, Rhode Island. Then in 1956, Jackie and John had their first child, who was stillborn. -
Jackie's Second Child is Born
Jackie gave birth to Caroline in 1957, 3 years before JFK became president. Caroline, a.k.a Buttons to her father, was the first and only girl that lived to adulthood. -
The Kennedys Have Their Third Child
John-John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born in 1960. This was the same year as JFK's election as President. He was the second child of the Kennedy's to have a uneventful birth. -
Patrick Kennedy was Born and Dies
Patrick Kennedy was born on August 7, 1963 through an emergency C-Section. He died 2 days later of hyaline membrane disease. -
JFK is Assassinated in Dallas, Texas
On November 22, 1963 John Fitzgerald Kennedy was shot while driving through the street of Dallas with Jackie, John Connally, and Connally's wife Nellie. Then Lee Harvey Oswald shot at the President killing him and injurying Connally. This was terrible for Jackie because she had now lost two people in three months. -
Jackie Remarries to Aristotle Onassis
After 5 years of sadness and grieving, Jacqueline found some happiness in her life. She remarried to Aristotle Onassis, a very rich Greek man. Onassis had 1 wife and an almost wife before marrying Jackie . Jackie was his last wife before he died in 1975. -
Jackie O is Diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
Out of all the people who were suprised about Jackie's illness, she might have been the most. She had a very malignant case and it had spread through her system by March. Although she was being taken over by this disease, she often went for walks in the park with Caroline, her grandchildren, and companion Maurice Tempelsem. -
Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis Dies of Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
Jackie's system finally gave way on May 19, 1994. At the age of only 65 Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kannedy Onassis died of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. She will always be remembered as a great woman in history.
