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Early life
Born on May 29, 1917, in Brookline, Massachusetts -
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“Jack”
This was how quickly called his family, studied at Harvard. He makes several trips to Britain, where his father was appointed ambassador in December 1937. -
Kennedy is hero
Then Lieutenant Kennedy saves one of his badly burned during the sinking of a gunboat, sunk by a Japanese destroyer comrades. -
His older brother dies.
Joe, intended by his family to politics, dies in combat mission. -
JFK’S BEGINNINGS IN POLITICS
Abandoning plans to be a journalist, Jack left the Navy by the end of 1944. -
Reelected in 1948 and 1950.
He is first elected as a Democrat representative from Massachusetts. -
The general election
He entered the 80th Congress in January 1947 -
Kennedy won reelection.
Kennedy won reelection to the House of Representatives in 1948 and 1950, and in 1952 ran successfully for the Senate -
Reelected in 1958.
He was elected to the Senate -
Married
Kennedy married the beautiful socialite and journalist Jacqueline (Jackie) Lee Bouvier. -
Lyndon Johnson of Texas
John F Kennedy defeated the more liberal Hubert Humphrey and chose the Senate majority leader. -
KENNEDY’S ROAD TO PRESIDENCY
After nearly earning his party’s nomination for vice president (under Adlai Stevenson) -
Kennedy is sworn in as president of the United States
After narrowly defeating Richard Nixon and he becomes the youngest president of the United States and the first Catholic. -
Creates the “Peace Corps”
A volunteer agency in developing countries. -
Cuban landings
Authorizing the landing of Cubans opposed to Fidel Castro at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba, ending in failure. -
Launches Apollo space program,
Whose aim is sending Americans to the moon. The number of troops, equipment and military advisers in Vietnam. -
"Missile crisis"
Apogee of tension between the United States and the Soviet Union -
Struggle for civil rights
A speech in which he is actively engaged in the struggle for civil rights for blacks in the United States. -
End the Cold War
A few months before his assassination, he gave a speech in which he defended unequivocally the need to end the Cold War. -
Berlin support
Declares its support for West Berliners saying "Ich bin ein Berliner" ("I am a Berliner") in the western part of Berlin. -
JFK’S ASSASSINATION
He was assassinated in Dallas (Texas, south central) and three days later buried in the military cemetery in Arlington, near Washington.
