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JFK1

By Vivi Bouboureka

  • Birth

  • Period: to

    Harvard University

  • in the army

    JFK enters the U.S. armed forces.

  • JFK is a hero

    JFK's PT boat is rammed by a Japanese destroyer. Under his leadership, most of the crew is eventually rescued. JFK receives the Purple Heart for his heroics.

  • election winning

    JFK wins the Democratic primary for Massachusetts' Eleventh Congressional District.

  • 3rd time election

    JFK is elected to a third term in the House.

  • marriage to Jackie O

    JFK marries Jacqueline Bouvier

  • Peace Corps

    JFK announces the establishment of the Peace Corps.

  • president of USA

    JFK defeats Nixon and becomes president.

  • Cuba quaratine

    JFK announces naval quarantine of Cuba.

  • Assassination

    JFK is assassinated while riding through the streets of Dallas, Texas. Lyndon Johnson becomes president.

  • Agreement with Soviet Union

    U.S. and Soviet Union agree to a nuclear test-ban treaty.