May 29th

~Born in Brookline, Massachusetts ~He was the son of Joe and Rose

Kennedy

In June he graduates cum laude (with honors) with a bachelor of science degree from Harvard University.

September~He is sworn in as an ensign in the

U.S. Navy at age 24.

March~He was given command of PT-109 as

a lieutenant. August 3rd

~When PT-109 was on active duty in the Blackett Strait, North Solomon Islands in the Pacific Ocean it was sunk by the Japanese and Kennedy rescued he crew like a hero.

June 11th ~JFK was awarded the Navy and

Marine Corps Medal and Purple Heart for his actions while in command of PT-109.

August 12th ~Joe Kennedy Jr., John Kennedy’s

brother, is killed when his Air Force plane explodes shortly after he took off.

March 1st ~He was honorably discharged from

the Navy with full rank of lieutenant.

November 5th ~Was elected as a U.S. representative

for the 11th Congressional District in Boston at age 29.

He was re-elected as U.S. representative.

November 4th ~Elected as senator from

Massachusetts and was re-elected in 1958.

September 12th ~He and Jacqueline Lee Bouvier get

married in Newport, R.I. She was the daughter of John Vernon Bouvier III and Janet Lee Bouvier.

October 21st ~He had to undergo surgery for a back

injury he received during the PT-109 incident.

February ~Undergoes a second back operation,

when he almost dies~While he is recovering from that he

writes Profile in Courage, and that won a Pulitzer Prize for biography in 1957.

August 17th ~Loses his bid for the Democratic

nomination for vice president

August 23, 1956~Daughter, Arabella, is stillborn in

Newport, R.I. November 27, 1957

~Daughter Caroline Bouvier Kennedy is born at Cornell Medical Center, New York.

January 2nd ~Announced his candidacy for

president of the United States. July 13th

~Received the democratic nomination for president.

November 8th ~JFK defeats Richard M. Nixon to

become the 35th president of the U.S. He win by a margin of 2/10 of 1% with 49.75% of the votes. Nixon receives 49.55%.

~John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr. is born at Georgetown University Hospital.

January 20th ~At age 43, takes the oath of office to

become the 35th president of the United States.

~He is the youngest elected president and the first president to be Roman Catholic.

March 1st ~Signs bill creating the Peace Corps

April 17th ~The Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba

occurs, Kennedy supports it, and it fails so then he gets heavily criticized.

September 12th ~He delivers a speech at Rice

University, pledging that the United States will put a man on the moon “before the end of this decade.” ~Seven years later, on July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong walks on the moon.

June 11th ~He sent National Guard to the

University of Alabama to protect two African American students who won a court order to attend the college.

~Then later in the day he expressed his support for the civil rights movement on television.

August 7th ~His second son, Patrick was born five

weeks premature and dies August 9th. October 7th

~Signs the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty in Washington, D.C.

November 22~John Fitzgerald Kennedy was shot at

12:30p.m. while riding in an open-top limousine in a motorcade through downtown Dallas.

~He was pronounced dead a 1 p.m. at Parkland Memorial Hospital and 8 minutes after the assassination, Lee Harvey Oswald is arrested and later charged with murder.

November 24~Jack Ruby fatally shoot Lee Harvey Oswald

November 25 ~JFK is buried in Arlington National Cemetery with his son Patrick and daughter Arabella.

November 29~President Lyndon B. Johnson appoints Warren Commission to investigate the assassination.