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birth
born in Brookline, Massachusetts -
moving day
Kennedy family moves to Riverdale, N.Y. when JFK was 10 -
school
JFK enrolls in Choate at age 14 -
graduation
JFK graduates from Choate, ranked 64th in a class of 112. -
college
JFK attends Harvard University. -
graduated college
JFK graduates from Harvard -
US military
JFK enters the U.S. armed forces. -
World War 2
the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor, compelling the U.S. to enter World War II. -
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military job
JFK serves on, and then commands, a Motor Torpedo Boat, or "PT Boat," in the South Pacific.