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Born in Brookline, Mass
Born in Brookline, Mass., the son of Joe and Rose Kennedy (Fitzgerald) and the great-grandson of Irish immigrants. -
U.S. Navy.
at age 24, he is sworn in as an ensign in the U.S. Navy. -
Elected as a U.S. representative
Elected as a U.S. representative for the 11th Congressional District in Boston at age 29. He is re-elected in 1948 and 1950. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
U.S. intelligence discovers that the Russians are building missile sites in Cuba, beginning the Cuban Missile Crisis. Kennedy orders a naval and air quarantine on all shipments of weapons to Cuba. Armed conflict seems imminent; however, the Soviets retreat and promise not to set up the missiles. The United States agrees not to attack Cuba. -
Kennedy's' second son
The Kennedy's' second son, Patrick, is born five weeks premature and dies Aug. 9. -
Tour of Texas
Kennedy begins his tour of Texas. His destinations are San Antonio, Houston, Fort Worth, Dallas and Austin -
John F. Kennedy is shot at 12:30 p.m.
John F. Kennedy is shot at 12:30 p.m. while riding in an open-top limousine in a motorcade through downtown Dallas. He is pronounced dead at 1 p.m. at Parkland Memorial Hospital. Eighty minutes after the assassination, Lee Harvey Oswald is arrested. Later Oswald is charged with murder. -
Arlington National Cemetery
John F. Kennedy is buried in Arlington National Cemetery with his son Patrick and his daughter Arabella. -
Jack Ruby fatally shoots
Jack Ruby fatally shoots Lee Harvey Oswald. -
President Lyndon B. Johnson
President Lyndon B. Johnson appoints the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination.
