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Kennedy is born
He was born in Brookline, Massachusetts. -
Kennedy graduated from Harvard
He wrote While England Slept for his senior paper which was about the start of world war two and became a best-selling book. -
Kennedy joined the Navy
In 1943, his PT boat was sunk by a Japanese submarine. He saved one of his crew members a received the Navy and Marine Corps Medal. -
Kennedy is elected to the House of Representatives
He was a representative of his home state of Massachusetts. and served three terms. -
Kennedy is elected to the U.S. Senate
He defeated the incumbant Henry Cabot Lodge famous for stopping the ratification of the Treaty of Versailles. Kennedy served for two terms. -
Kennedy becomes the U.S. president
He defeated Republican Richard Nixon. -
Kennedy meets with Nikita Khruschev
Held in Vienna to discuss what to do with Berlin. -
Cuban Missile Crisis Begins
Soviet missiles were being held in Cuba as a deterent to war. Kennedy blockaded Cuba and an agreement was reached to have the Soviets pull missiles from Cuba and have Americans pull missiles from Turkey. -
Kennedy is assassinated
He was shot while driving through Dallas by Lee Harvety Osward ending his life and upseting the nation.
