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John F. Kennedy Illustrated TimelineMaggie SalemPd. 5

+1917

JFK is born on May 29th 1917 in Massachusetts.

1931: After being forced to withdraw from school due to appendicitis, he begins attending the Choate School.

1934: During his junior year there, he becomes ill and is hospitalized at Yale-New Haven Hospital.

+1935

Graduates from the Choate School.

Enrolls at Princeton University but is forced to withdraw after 6 weeks when he is hospitalized for two months with potential leukemia.

+1936-1940

1936:Kennedy enrolls in Harvard College. During the next 4 years, he spends time with his family going to different part of Europe.

1940: Kennedy gets done with his senior thesis at Harvard. Graduates from Harvard with a degree in international affairs.

1941: Kennedy is accepted by the U.S Navy. Becomes junior naval officer.

+1943

1943: While sailing in a PT-109 with his crew in the Solomon Islands, Kennedy’s boat gets attacked by a Japanese destroyer. He swims an injured crew member to two different islands until they were safe.

He receives the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for his actions. He also gets award the Purple Heart, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, and World War 2 Victory medal.

+1945-1946

1945: Honorably discharged from the Navy.

1946: He runs for the U.S. Representative seat in Massachusetts. He wins by a landslide.

He’s a congressman of the state for 6 years.

+1947-1952

1947: Kennedy is diagnosed with Addison’s Disease. This is mostly kept private during his political career.

1952: Kennedy wins the U.S. Senate seat.

+1953

Kennedy gets married to now Jackie Kennedy on September 12th.

Had a wedding even that was called the event of the season.

Over the next couple years, he undergoes spinal operations.

+1956

1956: Kenney finishes in second place for the Vice President spot in Adial Stevenson’s presidential campaign.

+1960-1962

1960: He announces his intent to run for President of the U.S. Asks Lyndon Johnson to run as Vice President.

On November 8th, he defeats Richard Nixon.

1961: He is sworn in as President of the U.S. He gives one of his most famous speeches of his career.

+1963

November 21st: He begins his tour of Texas.

November 22nd: He is shot at 12:30 p.m. while riding in an open top limo in downtown Dallas.

Pronounced dead at 1 p.m. 80 minutes later he Lee Harvey Oswald is arrest.

Lee Harvey Oswald is shot by Jack Ruby.

Buried in Arlington National Cemetery.