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JFK Timeline


Short Biography of President JFK
Lifespan: 1917 - 1963
Born on May 29, 1917 in Brookline, Massachusetts
John F. Kennedy was assassinated and died on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas
Thirty-fifth President of America - His term in office was from 1961 to 1963

Why was JFK famous?
JFK was famous as the Thirty-fifth President of the United States of America. John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. During his term in office he forced the Russians to back down during the Cuban Missile Crisis when the world was on the brink of nuclear war.

The next US President was Lyndon Johnson.
 

1917

 

John F. Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917 in Brookline, Massachusetts

1934

 

Dust Bowl begins

1939

 

Germany invades Poland; World War IIbegins

1940

 

John F. Kennedy was educated at Harvard College (graduated 1940)

1941

 

Attack on Pearl Harbor
U.S. enters World War II

1945

 

Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Germany and Japan surrender, ending World War II

1946

 

The Cold Warbegan between the United States and the Soviet Union

1947-53

 

JFK became a Member of U.S. House of Representatives, 1947-53

1949

 

NATO formed

1950

 

Senator Joseph McCarthy gains power and start Communist witch hunts (1950-1954)
Korean War begins

1953

 

Armistice in Korea

1953

 

John F. Kennedy (JFK) was married to Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedyon September 12, 1953. Children: Only Caroline and John Jr survived infancy

1953-61

 

JFK became a United States Senator, 1953-61

1954

 

SEATO alliance

1955

 

Warsaw Pact

1956

 

US installs Diem as leader of South Vietnam

1957

 

Civil Rights Act of 1957
Russians launch Sputnik

1958

 

NASA formed

1959

 

Cuban Revolution

1960

 

Greensboro sit-in
Civil Rights Act of 1960

1961

 

JFK became the President of the United States of America

1961

 

The Peace Corps were created (1961)
Bay of Pigs (1961)
Berlin Wall built (1961)
Alan Shepard became the first American in space (1961)

1962

 

Cuban Missile Crisis(1962)

1963

 

John F. Kennedy was assassinated and died on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas. The assassin was believed to be Lee Harvey Oswald who was killed two days later in the Dallas city jail by Jack Ruby.

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