The JFK Experience

By buckleyt20

  • Birth

    Birth
    Born in Brookline, Mass., the son of Joe and Rose Kennedy

  • School

    School
    Graduates college

  • Navy

    Navy
    Kennedy joins the US Navy

  • Navy

    Navy
    Heroicly saves his crew in the Navy

  • Brother

    Brother
    Kennedys brother dies in a plane crash

  • Navy

    Navy
    Honorably discharged from the Navy

  • Senator

    Senator
    Elected as senator for massachusetts

  • Marriage

    Marriage
    Marries Jacqueline Lee Bouvier in Newport, R.I. She is the daughter of John Vernon Bouvier III and Janet Lee Bouvier.

  • Back Surgery

    Back Surgery
    Undergoes first back surgery

  • Vice President

    Vice President
    loses his bid for vice president

  • President

    President
    Becomes president of the United States

  • Peace Corps

    Peace Corps
    Signs bill creating peace corps

  • Death

    Death
    John Fitzgerald Kennedy is shot at 12:30 p.m. while riding in an open-top limousine in a motorcade through downtown Dallas. He is pronounced dead at 1 p.m. at Parkland Memorial Hospital.