JFK

By mpalombo

  • The birth of John Fitzgerald Kennedy

    The birth of John Fitzgerald Kennedy
    John was born in Brookline, Massachusetts on the 29th of May, 1917.

  • JFK attends Harvard University

    JFK attends Harvard University

  • JFK joins armed forces

    JFK joins armed forces
    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

  • JFK awarded Purple Heart

    JFK awarded Purple Heart
    JFK is awarded the Purple Heart for his heroics onboard a Major Torpedo Boat in the South Pacific.

  • JFK's first political win

    JFK's first political win
    JFK wins the Democratic primary for Massachusetts' Eleventh Congressional District.

  • JFK wins Senate election

    JFK wins Senate election
    In the 1952 U.S. Senate election, Kennedy defeated Republican candidate Henry Cabot Lodge II for the seat

  • Marries Jacqueline Bouvier

    Marries Jacqueline Bouvier

  • JFK's first child is born

    JFK's first child is born
    JFK becomes father to Caroline Bouvier Kennedy

  • JFK re-elected to U.S. Senate

  • JFK wins Democratic nomination

    JFK wins Democratic nomination
    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

  • JFK defeats Nixon and becomes president

    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.

  • JFK sworn in as President

    JFK sworn in as President

  • Bay of Pigs Invasion

    Bay of Pigs Invasion
    JFK claimed responsibility for the CIA's failed Bay of Pigs operation

  • JFK and Nikita Khrushchev hold summit

    JFK and Nikita Khrushchev hold summit

  • JFK commits USA to the Space Race

    JFK commits USA to the Space Race
    "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

  • Cuban Missile Crisis begins

    Cuban Missile Crisis begins

  • Soviet Union remove missles from Cuba

  • US naval blockade of Cuba

    US naval blockade of Cuba

  • Civil Rights

    Civil Rights

  • US and Soviet Union agree to a nuclear test-ban treaty.

  • Governernment of South Vietnam overthrown

  • JFK assassinated

    JFK assassinated
    JFK is assassinated on Elm St in Dallas, Texas. Tje assassination is still aurrounded in conspiracy to this day