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John F Kennedy's Birth
John F. Kennedy was born In Brookline, Massachusettes. He was raised in a Catholic family. His parents were Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy. -
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The Start of a Great Career
John F Kennedy began his political career as a Congressman in Massachusetts' eleventh congressional district. -
Kennedy starts a family of his own
John Kennedy marries Jaqueline Lee Bouvier. -
First Child
Jaqueline and Kennedy had their first child Arabella Kennedy who was a stillborn baby. -
The Election
President Kennedy is elected. He became the 35th president of the United States. He was the first Catholic President and the second youngest president in U.S history. -
First step Into Space Travel
Gus Grissom and Alan Shepard succeeded in becoming the first two Americans to travel into space. -
"Urgent National News"
John F. Kennedy stood before Congress to deliver a special message on "urgent national news." He then asked for seven to nine billion dollars over the following five years for the space program. He claimed in his message " This nation should commit itself to achieving the goal before the decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and landing him safely back on the earth." -
Another Step in to Space
John Glenn Jr. became the first American to orbit the Earth and return. -
Start of a Crisis
An American spy plane photographed nuclear missile sites being built on the island of Cuba by the Soviet Union -
A Speech.
President Kennedy spoke to the nation about the crisis in a televised address. -
The End of a Crisis
Treaty between the Soviet Union and the United States is signed by John Kennedy -
A Sad Day
John Kennedy was shot and killed in Dallas Texas. -
The Start of Something New
Apollo 11 was launced by the Saturn V rocket into space. -
A Dream come true
The deceased President Kennedy's dream was turned into a reality by astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin Jr. who became the first men to travel to the moon and back.
