Timeline: timeline: John F Kennedy

May 29, 1916

1917

He was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S.A. on Tuesday, May 29.
His parents were Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. and Rose Fitzgerald. The couple had nine children. John was the second of them.
During his first ten years of life, he lived in Brookline. He attended Edward Devotion School from kindergarten through the beginning of the third grade. During the fourth grade he attended a private school for men called Noble and Greenough, which was later renamed the Dexter School.

1927

moved with his family to a rented mansion in Riverdale, in the Bronx borough of New York City.

1929

Was a scout, a member of Bronxville Scout Troop 2, from 1929 to 1931, and was the first scout to become president of the United States.

1935

Graduated in June from Choate (in American law meaning completed or perfected in himself, or perfected, complete or certain) Kennedy in the college's end-of-year magazine was described as “The one most likely to become president.”

1937

He accompanied his father, who was appointed ambassador, to Great Britain and traveled to several countries. There he became interested in politics.

1940

Graduated in Political Science with the thesis Why England slept, on the attitude of Great Britain in the face of Hitler's warmongering.

1942

1942-1943

He joined the Navy and participated in World War II as a torpedo boat commander. He was wounded in combat with the Japanese and was decorated as a war hero.