Timeline: John F. Kennedy

May 29, 1917

day he was born

Dec 18, 1936

Grauated

Graduated from princton then transfured to hardvared University

Aug 22, 1940

US Navy

Joined the Us navy and was asined to command a patrol torpito boat in the south pacific

Sep 29, 1940

newspaper

when he was a kid he worked for the hearst newspaper

Oct 28, 1944

parents

Rose Elizabeth Fiitzgerald and Joseph Kennedy Sr.

Sep 4, 1946

US houes of representitives

he serverd in both the U.S House of representitives and U.S senete in 1946 he ran for U.S house of representitives

Oct 28, 1946

when he ran for U.S house

at the age of 29 he ran for the U.S house of representitives from working class district if bostan

Sep 12, 1953

when he was married

J.F.K got married to jacueline bouvier

Oct 28, 1956

selected for democrat

in 1956 he was secected for demorcrat presidentail canident, adlai running mate but untill matly passed over estes icefauver from tennesse. Four years later he decided to run for president

Oct 28, 1956

people

according to one of his aides the decisive factor in kennedys victory was his personality : " he was the new kind of polotical figure that people were looking for that year, dignified and gentlemanly and well-educated and intelligent, without the air of superior condescaion

Nov 27, 1957

kids

the day caroline kennedy was born (his daughter)

Jul 15, 1960

democatic party

July 15 - Senator Kennedy is officially nominated as the Democratic presidential candidate on the last day of the 1960 Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles, California; he chooses Senator Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas as his running mate.

Nov 8, 1960

how old was he

n the general election on November 8, 1960, Kennedy defeated the Republican Vice President Richard M. Nixon in a very close race. At the age of 43, Kennedy was the youngest man elected President and the first Catholic.