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John F. Kennedy

By Matthew Duque
  • JFK's Birth

    JFK's Birth

    John F. Kennedy is born in Brookline, Massachusetts
  • JFK Graduates From Harvard University

    JFK Graduates From Harvard University

    JFK Graduates from Harvard University and enters the navy.
  • Led Survivors To Safety

    Led Survivors To Safety

    John F. Kennedy's PT boat was rammed and sunk by a Japanese destroyer, Kennedy, despite grave injuries, led the survivors through perilous waters to safety.
  • JFK Gets Into Politics

    JFK Gets Into Politics

    Back from the war, he became a Democratic Congressman from the Boston area, soon advancing to the Senate. He also married his wife Jacqueline Bouvier
  • JFK Almost Became Vice President

    JFK Almost Became Vice President

    Kennedy almost gained the Democratic nomination for Vice President.
  • JFK Becomes President

    JFK Becomes President

    JFK was a first-ballot nominee for President. Millions watched his television debates with the Republican candidate, Richard M. Nixon. Winning by a narrow margin in the popular vote, Kennedy became the first Roman Catholic President
  • JFK Signs Cuba Quarantine Order

    JFK Signs Cuba Quarantine Order

    October 1962, Kennedy imposed a quarantine on all offensive weapons bound for Cuba. While the world trembled on the brink of nuclear war, the Russians backed down and agreed to take the missiles away. The American response to the Cuban crisis evidently persuaded Moscow of the futility of nuclear blackmail.
  • JFK's Death

    JFK's Death

    Shortly after noon on November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald as he rode in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas, Texas