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Born in Brookline, Mass., the son of Joe and Rose Kennedy
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Graduates college
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Kennedy joins the US Navy
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Heroicly saves his crew in the Navy
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Kennedys brother dies in a plane crash
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Honorably discharged from the Navy
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Elected as senator for massachusetts
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Marries Jacqueline Lee Bouvier in Newport, R.I. She is the daughter of John Vernon Bouvier III and Janet Lee Bouvier.
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Undergoes first back surgery
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loses his bid for vice president
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Becomes president of the United States
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Signs bill creating peace corps
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy is shot at 12:30 p.m. while riding in an open-top limousine in a motorcade through downtown Dallas. He is pronounced dead at 1 p.m. at Parkland Memorial Hospital.
