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John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917 to the proud parents, Joe & Rose Kennedy.
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Jack Kennedy contracted a case of Scarlet Fever shortly before his third birthday. He was hospitalized for two months.
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John F. Kennedy attends Choate Boarding School in Connecticut.
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In the fall of 1931, Jack enrolled in Choate Boarding School. Even though Jack was very smart and had wonderful grades previously, he only received mediocre grades while in boarding school.
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John F. Kennedy graduated 64 out of 112 in his class at Choate Boarding School.
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JFK enrolls at Harvard University after having enrolled the previous year at Princeton. He dropped out of Princeton after becoming very ill.
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JFK Graduates from Harvard University cum laude with a degree in International Affairs. His thesis concerning Britian's prepardeness for WWII aids in his writing of his first book, "Why England Slept."
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John F Kennedy wrote a book heavily aided by his thesis paper, "Appeasement in Munich" about Britain's failure to prepare itself from Nazi Germany. It was punblished in July of 1940.
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The day before America entered into WWII, JFK enlisted into the Navy. He was 24.
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John F. Kennedy was given command of the PT-109 as a lietenant. He and his crew did not reach their destination, the Solomon Islands, for another month and a half.
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JFK's PT-109 collided with a Japanese Destroyer. Two of his mend died instantly. He and the rest of his crew men were injured severely, but JFK managed to lead his men back to the island.
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JFK was elected as a U.S. representative for the 11th Congressional District in Boston at the age of 29. He was re-elected in 1948 and 1950.
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John F. Kennedy was diagnosed with Addison's disease at the age of 30. Addison's Disease is a potentially fatal disorder of the adrenal glands. In order to manage the illness, Jack was given a strict regimen of medications.
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John F. Kennedy was elected to a second term in the House of Representatives.
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JFK's daughter, Arabella, was stillborn.
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Jack and Jackie's first child, Caroline Kennedy was born.
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John F. Kennedy beats Richard Nixon in the running for the 35th President of the United States.
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John F. Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy's second child and first son was born, John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr. (aka John John).
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John F. Kennedy was sworn in as the 35th President of the United States.
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John and Jackie's second son, Patrick was born with 5 weeks premature and died two days later of a lung ailment.
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John F. Kennedy was shot at 12:30pm by who is thought to be Lee Harvey Oswald.
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Little John John salutes his father at his funeral, just three short days before Little John's birthday.
