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Kennedy was born in Massachusetts to Rose and Joseph Kennedy.
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Kennedy contracted scarlet fever and was hospitalized
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Kennedy begins high school at Choate, an elite boarding school in Connecticut. He earns only mediocre grades.
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Kennedy graduates from Harvard with a degree in International Affairs.
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Kennedy was enlisted in the Navy
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Kennedy is assigned to take command of a patrol boat stationed in the South Pacific. Arrives on the Solomon Islands in month and a half.
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Kennedy's boat was rammed by a Japanese destroyer. Kennedy orders all the men to abandon ship and leads them to shore on a nearby island.
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Kennedy's brother, Joe Jr., was killed in Europe.
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Kennedy is elected to the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts.
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At the age of 30, Kennedy is diagnosed with Addison's disease, a potentially fatal disorder. Kennedy is prescribed a strict regimen of medications.
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Kennedy's sister, Kathleen, is killed in a plane crash and her death inspires him to pursue politics with greater fervor and dedication.
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Kennedy is elected to the United States Senate.
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Kennedy marries Jacqueline Bouvier, a beautiful young journalist.
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Kennedy undergoes risky back surgery to address his excruciating and constant back pain, During his recovery, he begins work on Profiles in Courage.
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At the Democratic National Convention, Jack unsuccessfully vies for the vice presidential spot on Adlai Stevenson's ticket.
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Kennedy joins the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
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Kennedy and Jackie's first child, Caroline Kennedy.
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John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon participate in the first-ever televised presidential debate. The debate marks a turning point in the campaign.
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Kennedy is elected the 35th President of the United States.
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Kennedy and Jackie's second child is born, named after his father.
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Kennedy is sworn into the Presidency and delivers his inaugural address, a speech.
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Kennedy establishes the Peace Corps.
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A group of CIA-trained Cuban exiles attempts to invade Cuba at the Bay of Pigs. The Cuban army quickly thwarts their efforts, and the Kennedy-approved fiasco becomes a major embarrassment for the new president.
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Kennedy announce his goal of putting a man on the moon.
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JFK discovers Soviet nuclear missile sites being installed in Cuba. In order to minimize Soviet power in the West, the president "qurantines" Cuba the following week. The Cuban Missile Crisis will bring the world closer to nuclear war than ever before or after.
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The Cuban Missile Crisis ends when Soviet Leader Khrushchev finally agrees to remove the missiles from Cuba.
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U.S. and Soviet officials sign the Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, agreeing not to test nuclear bombs.
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Kennedy proposes the enactment of civil rights legislation, marking his first decisive action on civil rights.
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Kennedy and Jackie's third child, Patrick, dies only two days after his birth.
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Lee Harvey Oswald shoots and kills John F. Kennedy in Dallas, where the president is campaigning for re-election.
