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John F. Kennedy is born
John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born in Brooklyn, Massachusetts. He was the second son of Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald. -
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Sworn into the United State Navy
At age 24, John is sworn into the Unites States Navy as an ensign. -
Awarded medal and Purple Heart
John Kennedy is awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal and Purple Heart for his actions while in command. -
Discharged from the Navy
John is honorably discharged from the Navy with the full rank of lieutenant. -
Elected as U.S. representative
he is elected U.S. representative for the eleventh congressional District in Boston at age twenty-nie. he is re-elected in 1948 and 1950. -
Kennedy graduates from Harvard University
He graduated with a bachelor degree in science from Harvard University. -
Elected as senator
John Kennedy is elected as senator from Massachusetts and re-elected in 1958 -
Kennedy's first child
Kennedy's daughterArabella, is stillborn in Newport, Rhode Island. -
Kennedy's second child
Caroline Bovier Kennedy is born at Cornell Medical Center in New York. -
becomes 35th president of the United States.
Kennedy defeats Richard Nixonto become the 35th president of the United States. He wins by a margin of 2/10 of 1%, 49.75% of the votes. Nixon received 49.55%. -
Birth of John's son
John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr. is born at Georgetown University Hospital. -
Takes oath of office
At age forty-three, kennedy takes oath of office to becom the 35th president of the United States. he is the youngest elected president and first to be Roman Catholic. In his inaugural speech, Kennedy speaks these words: "And so my fellow Americans...ask not what your country can do for you...ask what you can do for your country, my fellow citizensof the world.. ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man." -
Peace Corps
John Kennedyt signs a bill creating the Peace Corps. -
Bay of Pigs
TheBay of Pigs invasion of Cuba. -
Kennedy delivers a speech at Rice University
John delivers a speech at Rice University, pledging that the U.S. will put a man on the moon "before the end of this decade." Seven years later, on Jully 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong walks on the moon. -
Russians are building missile sites
The United States discovers.that the Russians are building missile sites in Cuba, thus beginning the Cuban Mssile Crisis. Kennedy order a naval and air quarantine on all shipments of weapons to Cuba. The Soviets retreat and promise not to set up the missiles. The United States agrees not to attack Cuba. -
Alabama National Guard
Kennedy sends the Alabama National Guard to the University of Alabamato protect two African-American students who won a court order to attend the college. He speaks on television later in the day and expresses his support for the Civil Rights Movement. -
Birth of Kennedy's second son
Kennedy's second son, Patrick, is born five weeks prematurely and dies on August 9th. -
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
John Kennedy signs the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty in Washington D.C.: "With our courage and understanding enlarged by this achievement, let us press onword in quest of man's essential desire for peace." -
Single Global Commercial Space Communication System
He discussis the prospect of a single global commercial space communication system. Kennedy transmits to Congress an annual report on the United Nations. He signs a bill authourizing medals commemorating the founding of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union. (his last bill). That evening Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy hosted a cocktail party at the White House. -
John F. Kennedy is killed
Kennedy is shot at 12:30 P.M. while riding in an open-top limousine in a motorcade through dowtown Dallas, Texas. He is pronounced dead at 1 P.M. at Parkland Memorial Hospital. Eighty minutes after the assassination, Lee Harvey Oswald is arrested and chargd with murder.
