JFK

By loganchadbourne
  • JFK born

    JFK born

    JFK was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, on May 29, 1917.He was the second of Rose Kennedy's nine children.His family nicknames him Jack.
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  • Scarlet Fever

    Jack contracts scarlet fever just before his third birthday and is hospitalized for two months.
  • JFK graduates

    JFK graduates

    On June 1940 JFK graduates from Harvard University
  • Command of PT Boat

    Command of PT Boat

    After an eight-week training course in Rhode Island, Kennedy is assigned to take command of a patrol boat stationed in the South Pacific. He sails west from San Francisco, but does not arrive at his final destination—the Solomon Islands—for another month and a half
  • Sinking of PT 109

    Sinking of PT 109

    Kennedy's patrol boat, (PT 109, collides with a Japanese destroyer. Two of his men are killed instantly; the remaining crewmembers, including Kennedy himself, are severely injured. Jack orders all the men to abandon ship and leads them to shore on a nearby island.

  • Election to Congress

    With the help of his father's campaign financing, Jack is elected to the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts' 11th District.

  • Addison's Disease

    At the age of 30, John F. Kennedy is diagnosed with Addison's disease, a potentially fatal disorder of the adrenal glands.
  • Death of Sister Kathleen

    Death of Sister Kathleen

    Kennedy's sister, Kathleen, is killed in a plane crash.
  • Bobby Kennedy Becomes Campaign Manager

    Bobby Kennedy Becomes Campaign Manager

    Jack Kennedy's younger brother, Bobby, becomes his campaign manager in the 1952 Senate race.

  • Election to US Senate

    John F. Kennedy is elected to the United States Senate. Joe Sr., Jack, and Bobby all consider the Senate seat to be a key step in Jack's political ascendancy.

  • JKF wedding

    JFK married Jacqueline Bouvier on September 12, 1953.
  • JFK president

    JFK president

    John F. Kennedy was the 35th President of the United States.He was the youngest man elected to the office.JFK deffeted his Republican opponent, Richard Nixon, by a slim margin of only 118,000 votes nationwide.
  • Mission to the Moon

    Mission to the Moon

    Kennedy announces his goal of putting a man on the moon
  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis

    JFK is shown photos of Soviet nuclear missile sites being installed in Cuba. To minimize Soviet power in the West, the president initiates a blockade of Cuba the following week. For nearly two weeks, the Cuban Missile Crisis will bring the world closer to nuclear war than ever before or after.
  • JFK died

    JFK died

    Lee Harvey Oswald shoots and kills John F. Kennedy in Dallas, where the president is campaigning for re-election.