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Jacqueline was born
Jacquline Lee Bouvier was born on July 28, 1929 at the Southampton hospital in New York. -
Learned how to ride horses
At the age of one Jacqueline already knew how to ride a horse and performed in shows. Her mother taught her due to her fascination for horses. -
Jacqueline's sister Caroline was born
On March 3, 1933 when Jacqueline was 3 her sister Caroline Lee Bouvier was born! Making Jacqueline an older sister. -
New stepfather
In late June Jacqueline's mother Janet Norton Lee married Hugh D. Auchincloss who Jacqueline described as a wondeerful stepfather. -
Traveled to Europe
Jacqueline traveled to Paris, France to attend Sorbonne and lived with a family there and traveled there again and again. -
Graduated College
After years of studying and traveling to Paris Jacqueline finally graduated college at George Washington University, Washington, D.C. with a B.A. in French literature sometime in early-mid 1951. She attended through her college years Vassar College, University of Grenoble and Sorbonne, Paris, France. -
Won a contest
After entering Vogue's Prix de Paris contest fo Senior girls in college Jacqueline was annouced the winner! The contest included an internship to Vogue magazine in Paris and New York City. Shortly after her mother made her turn it down because she had been to Paris to many times. -
Got Her First Job
Right after college Jacqueline took on the job of writing her own column the "Inquiring Camera Girl" for the Times-Herald Newspaper due to her phenomenal writing skills. -
Got Married
Jacqueline Bouvier maried John F. Kennedy on September 12.1953 at St. Mary's Church, Newport, Rhode Island and became Jacqueline Kennedy. -
Had her first child
Born Caroline Lee Kennedy to parents John and Jacqueline Kennedy on November 27, 1957 in New York, their first child. -
Had a second and third child
In late November of 1960 the Kennedy's welcomed a new family member John Jr. the younger brother to Caroline Kennedy. A third child Patrick was also born but died 2 days later. -
Became the First Lady
In 1960 after John F. Kennedy won the presidential election and took office Jacqueline was soon to become one of the most iconic First Ladies. -
JFK's Assassination
On November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas America witnessed a tragic ending to a president, John F. Kennedy. A tape has been released of the shooting and Jacqueline can be seen climbing onto the trunk shortly after her husband was shot again, he died in the Emergency Room 20 minutes later. -
Got Remarried
After John F. Kennedy's assassination in 1963 the widowed Jacqueline Kennedy got remarried to Aristotle onassis in late October of 1968. -
Continuing her career
Following her husbands death she continued her career in wirting. She was an editor at Viking Press then Doubleday. -
Jacqueline's Death
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis dies on May 19, 1994 of lymphoma at the age of 64 at her apartment in New York, New York.
