President Time Line

By Toni Hight

  • Kennedy, John was born

    John F. Kennedy was born in Brookline, Massachusetts.

  • Collage

    John F. Kennedy enrolls into princeton but drops out that same year due to an illness

  • 2nd Collage

    Kennedy attends harvard university and Graduates from there

  • The armed forces

    The summer of 1941, Kennedy enters the armed forces

  • The war,

    Kennedy's PT boat is rammed by a Japanese destroyer. Under his leadership, most of the crew is eventually rescued. JFK receives the Purple Heart for his heroics

  • Farewell

    Kennedy discharges from the navy a year after his brother dies.

  • A win for him

    Kennedy wins the Democratic primary for Massachusetts' Eleventh Congressional District.

  • Another win for him,

    Kennedy is elected to the House of Representatives.

  • A win and a lose

    Kennedy is elected to a second term in the House. While on a trip to England, he is diagnosed with Addison's Disease. His condition is kept secret from the public.

  • A turn up

    Kennedy defeats Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. to win election to the United States Senate. In the presidential election Dwight Eisenhower and his running mate, Richard Nixon, defeat Adlai Stevenson.

  • The beginning of something great

    Kennedy wins the Democratic nomination for president and picks Lyndon Johnson as his running mate.

  • The best day for him

    Kennedy defeats Nixon and becomes president.

  • The worst day

    Kennedy is assassinated while riding through the streets of Dallas, Texas. Lyndon Johnson becomes president.