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John was born in Brookline, Massachusetts on the 29th of May, 1917.
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John joins the navy at the outbreak of World War Two like many fellow patriots did. He was stationed in the South Pacific on a Major Torpedo Boat
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JFK is awarded the Purple Heart for his heroics onboard a Major Torpedo Boat in the South Pacific.
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JFK wins the Democratic primary for Massachusetts' Eleventh Congressional District.
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In the 1952 U.S. Senate election, Kennedy defeated Republican candidate Henry Cabot Lodge II for the seat
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JFK becomes father to Caroline Bouvier Kennedy
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JFK beat Senator Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota and Senator Wayne Morse of Oregon to take the Democratic seat, choosing Lyndon B Johnson(Senator of Texas) as his running mate, as he need the support of the Southern States to win the election
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JFK's charisma in front of the first televised Presidential debate, his distancing from his Catholic and his support from Southern States from LBJ were important factors in his Presidential win.
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JFK claimed responsibility for the CIA's failed Bay of Pigs operation
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"I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to earth.” - President John F. Kennedy, May 25, 1961
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JFK is assassinated on Elm St in Dallas, Texas. Tje assassination is still aurrounded in conspiracy to this day