J.F.K.'s Life

By Parker4560

  • Birth

  • Scarlet Fever

    Shortly before his third birthday, he contracted Scarlet Fever.
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    Choate Boarding School

    J.F.K attended Choate Boarding School

  • Commanding Patrol Boat

    J.F.K. takes command of a patrol boat while stationed in the South Pacific.

  • SInking

    J.F.K.'s patrol boat collides with a Japanese destroyer and is sunk.

  • Loss of brother

    J.F.K. loses his brother Joe to a fight while he is in Europe.

  • Elections

    J.F.K. is elected to congress as a representative of Massachusett's District 11.

  • Death of sister

    J.F.K. loses his sister Kathleen in a tragic plane crash.

  • Election

    J.F.K. is elected to the U.S. Senate.

  • Marriage

    J.F.K. marries Jaqueline Bouvier

  • Election

    J.F.K. loses the nomination for Vice President.
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    Foreign Relations Committee

    Becomes a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

  • Birth of Daughter

    Birth of daughter Caroline Kennedy

  • Televised Debate

    First televised debate to help J.F.K. win his presidential bid.

  • Election

    Elected as President of the United States.

  • Birth of son

    Birth of John Franklin Kennedy Jr.

  • Sworn in

    Upon being sworn in, President Kennedy delivers his "Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country," speech.

  • Peace Corps

    President Kennedy creates the Peace Corps through Executive Order.

  • Bay of Pigs

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    President Kennedy issues a threat to Cuba and the Soviet Union.

  • Missles pulled from Cuba

    The Soviet Union pulls all missles out of Cuba.

  • Civil Rights Decision

    President Kennedy makes the first civil rights decision.

  • Nuclear Testing Ban Treaty

    The first treaty signed by the United States and Soviet Union to ban nuclear testing.

  • Lose of son

    President Kennedy loses his son Patrick to a lung ailment three days after his birth.

  • Assassination

    President Kennedy is assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald from a window in the Texas Book Depository Building in Dailey Plaza.

  • Harvard University

    Graduates Harvard University with a degree in International Affairs.

  • U.S. Navy

    Enlists in the Navy