2.  May 29 th ~Born in Brookline, Massachusetts ~He was the son of Joe and Rose Kennedy

3.  In June he graduates cum laude (with honors) with a bachelor of science degree from Harvard University.

4.  September ~He is sworn in as an ensign in the U.S. Navy at age 24.

5.  March ~He was given command of PT-109 as a lieutenant.  August 3 rd ~When PT-109 was on active duty in the Blackett Strait, North Solomon Islands in the Pacific Ocean it was sunk by the Japanese and Kennedy rescued he crew like a hero.

7.  June 11 th ~JFK was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal and Purple Heart for his actions while in command of PT-109.  August 12 th ~Joe Kennedy Jr., John Kennedy’s brother, is killed when his Air Force plane explodes shortly after he took off.

9.  March 1 st ~He was honorably discharged from the Navy with full rank of lieutenant.

10.  November 5 th ~Was elected as a U.S. representative for the 11 th Congressional District in Boston at age 29.

11.  He was re-elected as U.S. representative.

12.  November 4 th ~Elected as senator from Massachusetts and was re-elected in 1958.

13.  September 12 th ~He and Jacqueline Lee Bouvier get married in Newport, R.I. She was the daughter of John Vernon Bouvier III and Janet Lee Bouvier.

15.  October 21 st ~He had to undergo surgery for a back injury he received during the PT-109 incident.

16.  February ~Undergoes a second back operation, when he almost dies ~While he is recovering from that he writes Profile in Courage, and that won a Pulitzer Prize for biography in 1957.

17.  August 17 th ~Loses his bid for the Democratic nomination for vice president

18.  August 23, 1956 ~Daughter, Arabella, is stillborn in Newport, R.I.  November 27, 1957 ~Daughter Caroline Bouvier Kennedy is born at Cornell Medical Center, New York.

19.  January 2 nd ~Announced his candidacy for president of the United States.  July 13 th ~Received the democratic nomination for president.

20.  November 8 th ~JFK defeats Richard M. Nixon to become the 35 th president of the U.S. He win by a margin of 2/10 of 1% with 49.75% of the votes. Nixon receives 49.55%. ~John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr. is born at Georgetown University Hospital.

22.  January 20 th ~At age 43, takes the oath of office to become the 35 th president of the United States. ~He is the youngest elected president and the first president to be Roman Catholic.

23.  March 1 st ~Signs bill creating the Peace Corps  April 17 th ~The Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba occurs, Kennedy supports it, and it fails so then he gets heavily criticized.

24.  September 12 th ~He delivers a speech at Rice University, pledging that the United States will put a man on the moon “before the end of this decade.” ~Seven years later, on July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong walks on the moon.

25.  June 11 th ~He sent National Guard to the University of Alabama to protect two African American students who won a court order to attend the college. ~Then later in the day he expressed his support for the civil rights movement on television.

26.  August 7 th ~His second son, Patrick was born five weeks premature and dies August 9 th.  October 7 th ~Signs the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty in Washington, D.C.

27.  November 22 ~John Fitzgerald Kennedy was shot at 12:30p.m. while riding in an open-top limousine in a motorcade through downtown Dallas. ~He was pronounced dead a 1 p.m. at Parkland Memorial Hospital and 8 minutes after the assassination, Lee Harvey Oswald is arrested and later charged with murder.

28.  November 24 ~Jack Ruby fatally shoot Lee Harvey Oswald  November 25 ~JFK is buried in Arlington National Cemetery with his son Patrick and daughter Arabella.  November 29 ~President Lyndon B. Johnson appoints Warren Commission to investigate the assassination.