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Birth
John F. Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917 in Brookline, Massachussetts. -
Harvard
John F. Kennedy went to Harvard from 1934-1937 where he studied to become a journalist. -
Europe trip
JFK traveled with his father to Europe to be his secretary. Soon after they had discovered that JFK's brother had pursuaded Kennedy to run for the Senate at 36 years of age in 1952. He got the job. -
Kennedy is disqualified from army service
months before the united states became involved in world war 1, Kennedy requested to be involved in the service, but was disqualifies because of his poor health. -
Family
Shortly after being elected senator, John F. Kennedy married Jacqueline Bouvier in 1953 adn had one girl named Caroline who was born in 1957, and a boy named Jhon Jr. born two weeks after his presidental election. -
Presidency
John F. Kennedy won the election for presidency against Richard Nixon on January 2, 1961. He served for about 3 years; from 1961-1963. His vice president was Lyndon B. Johnson. -
Cuban missle crisis
The cuban missle crisis was between Cuba and the United States. This was a thirteen day political standoff where there was an installation of nuclear armed soviet missles on Cuba. The United states decided to use military force if nessecary to neutralize the perceived threat to the national security. In the end disaster was avoided when the soviet leader offered to remove cuban missles in exchange for the U.S. not to invade cuba. -
death
President Kennedy was assinatted after his third year of presidency.
