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John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917 in Brookline, Massachusetts.
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In 1929 there was a sudden dramatic decline of stock prices that results in a great loss of paper wealth.
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Choate Rosemary Hall is a private boarding scholl in Connecticut. Even with his high level of intelligence, John recieves only below average grades.
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JFK enrolls at Princeton University buts drops out due to an illness
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In 1936, Jack enrolled at Harvard where his brother Joe was already a student. He played football on the junior varsity team. During a game he ruptured a disk in his spine and never fully recovered from it.
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JFK graduates from Harvard University with his Masters Degree in Law and a background in political science
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Shortly after graduating from Harvard Jack and his brother Joe. Joe was a pilot and was sent to Europe and Jack was assigned to the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific
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Jack wins his first political election by being elected to the House of Representatives
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JFK marries Jacqueline Bouvier in St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church in Newport, Rhode Island. More than 800 people attended.
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Jack wins the Democratic Nomination for President.
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JFK wins the Presidential Election in 1960 over Republican opponant Richard Nixon
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President Kennedy was assassinated on Nov. 22, 1963 while riding through the streets of Dallas, Texas with his wife Jackie during a parade campaigning for the president
