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Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
1917/05/29 John Fitzgerald Kennedy is born at home in Brookline, Massachusetts. Born John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site Brookline, MA John F Kennedy's Birthday
1917/06/19 John Kennedy is baptized at Saint Aidans Roman Catholic Church Faith Saint Aidan's Church and Rectory Brookline, MA
1920/07/00 Young Jack and the Kennedy clan summer in Hull at 940 Nantasket Ave. Pencil marks remain on a living room wall that mark JFK's and his brothers and sisters heights during their summer visits. Home Hull Shore Drive, Nantasket Avenue District Hull, MA
1923/00/00 Jack Kennedy makes his first public speech during a party in honor of his grandfather, John "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald. The young Kennedy reportedly called his grandfather the best grandfather a child ever had. Speaker Parker House Boston
1925/00/00 JFK attends Edward Devotion School from kindergarten until the beginning of 3rd grade, 1921-1925 (middle section of school, behind Devotion House, is from from JFKs time. Education Edward Devotion School Brookline, MA
1928/07/00 Kennedy Family summer at Malcolm Cottage in Hyannis Port. Home Kennedy Compound Barnstable
1935/09/00 Despite his father's desire that he attend to Harvard, Jack Kennedy enters Princeton University as a member of the class of 1939. Education
1935/12/00 John Kennedy leaves Princeton due to a gastrointestinal illness that requires hospitalization. Education
1936/00/00 Jack Kennedy enters Harvard College as a freshman. Education
1938/06/00 Joseph P Kennedy and family take a second floor room at the Gramercy Park Hotel for several months, before leaving for London, England. Visitor Gramercy Park Hotel New York City
1940/06/00 John F Kennedy lives in Harvard's Winthrop House in Room 14 with roommate Torbert MacDonald from his sophomore to his senior year. JFK graduated from Harvard in June 1940. Education Gore Hall, Harvard Cambridge, MA
1946/04/16 John F Kennedy hangs with Ted Williams, Eddie Pellagrini and Hank Greenberg at Opening Day in Fenway Park, Boston. Candidate Fenway Park Boston John F Kennedy bids for the United States Congress
1946/04/22 Jack Kennedy announces his bid for Congress at The Parker House. Candidate Parker House Boston John F Kennedy bids for the United States Congress
1947/00/00 While campaigning for Congress, JFK admitts, "I'm a stranger in the city of my birth." His father rents an apartment at 122 Bowdoin St to establish residency in Massachusetts. It would be JFK's legal voting address for the rest of his life. Home Address Bowdoin Street Apartments, Boston Boston John F Kennedy bids for the United States Congress
1950/00/00 John Kennedy stays at The Brinkerhoff while in public office Visitor The Brinkerhoff Grand Teton National Park
1950/00/00 On his weekly return to Boston, JFK is a Sunday afternoon regular at the Union Oyster House. At Booth 18 on the 2nd floor, he sits alone and orders the usual: Lobster stew - a simple dish of milk, butter and lobster. Guest Union Oyster House Boston American lobster
1953/00/00 Kennedy reaches into his pocket to reveal a small, velvet box. Nestled inside the box is a glittering emerald and diamond ring, Jack Kennedy (possibly) proposes to Jackie Bouvier at Table 40 in Parker's Restaurant. Groom Parker House Boston Marriage of Jacqueline Bouvier and John F Kennedy
1953/00/00 Jack Kennedy (possibly) proposes to Jackie Bouvier at table 3 in Martin' Tavern in Georgetown. Groom Georgetown Marriage of Jacqueline Bouvier and John F Kennedy
1953/08/11 Gunilla von Post spends an evening with JFK at Antibes: dining, dancing and a moonlit stroll to the beach. Kennedy said "I fell in love with you tonight" but, about to be married, "If I had met you one week before, I would have cancelled the whole thing." Life Antibes Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur John F Kennedy and Ms Von Post Affair
1953/09/03 John F Kennedy's bachelor party is held in The Press Room of The Parker House. Groomsman, George Smathers, reportedly broke his leg falling out the second-floor window during the bachelor party. Groom Parker House Boston Marriage of Jacqueline Bouvier and John F Kennedy
1953/09/12 Jacqueline Bouvier marries John F Kennedy at St Mary's Church in Newport, Rhode Island. Torbert MacDonald serves as an usher. Groom St Mary's Church Newport, RI Marriage of Jacqueline Bouvier and John F Kennedy
1953/09/12 Jacqueline Bouvier marries John F Kennedy at St Mary's Church in Newport, Rhode Island. Torbert MacDonald serves as an usher. Groom St Mary's Church Newport, RI John F Kennedy and Ms Von Post Affair
1953/12/10 JFK speaks to the Rotary Club of Chattanooga at the Patten: tax subsidies are no foundation on which to build stable industries. Virginia repealed its tax exemption law in 1946, on grounds that it meant unstable industry and an unstable tax base. Speaker Patten Towers Chattanooga
1954/03/00 John Kennedy writes his first of eleven letters to Gunilla von Post: "Do you remember our dinner and evening together this summer at Antibes and Cagnes." Lover John F Kennedy and Ms Von Post Affair
1954/11/00 JFK writes Gunilla von Post "I am still in the hospital Hospital for Special Surgery, NYC after two months. I was terribly disappointed that at the last moment I was not able to come to Europe, especially when ... we could have had such a good time..." Lover John F Kennedy and Ms Von Post Affair
1955/00/00 Irene Jackson sells Hickory Hill to United States Senator John F Kennedy and his wife, Jacqueline. Home Hickory Hill McLean
1955/08/00 Ms Von Post and John Kennedy secretly meet at an old castle in Sweden. "I borrowed him for a week, a beautiful week that no-one can take away from me." - Ms Von Post Lover John F Kennedy and Ms Von Post Affair
1956/00/00 "Profiles in Courage" by John F Kennedy and Ted Sorensen is published. Author Profiles in Courage (book)
1957/01/02 Joe Kennedy sells the Worthen residence to his son and daughter-in-law with a no-interest, 5 year mortgage for the purchase price, thus saving them the interest over the years. Home John Kennedy Summer Home, Hyannis Barnstable
1957/04/00 John F Kennedy is awarded a Pulitzer Prize for "Profiles in Courage". Author Profiles in Courage (book)
1958/00/00 Von Post, with husband Anders Ekman, encounters Senator Kennedy and his wife Jacqueline during a gala at the Waldorf Astoria. Life Waldorf Astoria New York New York City John F Kennedy and Ms Von Post Affair
1958/00/00 Senator John F Kennedy visits the Abigail Adams Birthplace and presents the organization an autographed copy of "Profiles in Courage". Visitor Profiles in Courage (book) Abigail Adams Birthplace Weymouth
1958/06/08 As commencement speaker at Smith College, Senator JFK encourages women to become more active in politics and discusses a need for greater scholarship among politicians. Speaker Smith College Northampton, MA
1959/11/21 Senator John F Kennedy attends a reception attended by 1,500 people in the Iowa Memorial Union, University of Iowa. Life University of Iowa Campus Iowa City
1959/11/21 Senator John F Kennedy address the Carroll Chamber of Commerce in Carroll, Iowa. Life Carroll Iowa
1960/00/00 Jack Kennedy uses the family Compound as a base for his 1960 US Presidential campaign and later as a summer White House and presidential retreat until his assassination in November 1963. Politics Kennedy Compound Barnstable JFK Presidential Election
1960/00/00 Jack Kennedy uses the family Compound as a base for his 1960 US Presidential campaign and later as a summer White House and presidential retreat until his assassination in November 1963. Politics John Kennedy Summer Home, Hyannis Barnstable JFK Presidential Election
1960/09/21 Democrat candidate for US President, John F Kennedy stays with Arthur and Stella Sanford in Sioux City, Iowa. Canidate Arthur and Stella Sanford House Sioux City
1960/09/21 At Municipal Auditorium, John Kennedy speaks on why an Iowa farmer might vote for an East Coast candidate, the Cold War and global prosperity. "We are not finished. We are on the way in this country. We have more to offer than any society ever developed." Canidate Municipal Auditorium Sioux City
1960/09/22 Senator John F Kennedy speaks on American foreign policy and a need to re-establish the US as a world leader to fight the growing threat of communism in Sioux City, Iowa Candidate Kennedy also rides a mule at the Sioux City stockyards. Canidate Sioux City Iowa
1960/09/22 Seated in the back of a convertible, Presidential Candidate John F Kennedy converses with farmers in Fort Dodge, Iowa. Canidate Fort Dodge, IA Iowa
1960/09/22 Senator Jack Kennedy addresses the national plowing contest in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The Presidential canidate proposes a farm program to stabilize the agricultural industry through loans and credit to farmers, parity prices and production controls. Canidate Sioux Falls, SD South Dakota
1960/11/07 Democrat candidate for US President, John F Kennedy speaks from the steps of Providence City Hall to a crowd assembled on the plaza. Politician Providence City Hall Providence, RI JFK Presidential Election
1960/11/09 John F Kennedy makes his US Presidential acceptance speech Politician Hyannis National Guard Armory Battery D of the 685th AAA Battalion Barnstable JFK Presidential Election
1961/01/00 While meeting with other future advisers, JFK dashes up the stairs to take a phone call in Schlesinger sewing room. Politician Mark-Schlesinger Residence, Cambridge Cambridge, MA JFK Presidential Election
1961/01/19 JFK and LBJ's Inaugural Dinner on the eve of the inauguration includes Shrimp Lamaze, Blue Point Oysters, Prime Filet Mignon and a selection of fine wines. JFK and Mary Hemingway discus Porter's "Ship of Fools". US President Ship of Fools (Porter book) Willard Hotel Washington, DC JFK Presidential Election
1961/01/20 35th President of the United States 20 January 1961 to 22 November 1963 US President The White House Washington, DC JFK Presidential Election
1961/01/20 John F Kennedy is inaugurated President of the United States on Friday, January 20, 1961 at the eastern portico of the United States Capitol in Washington, DC. President Eastern Portico, US Capitol United States Capitol JFK Presidential Election
1961/01/20 Lunch: cream of tomato soup with crushed popcorn, deviled crab meat imperial, New England boiled stuffed lobster, prime Texas ribs of beef au jus, string beans amandine and broiled tomatoes with grapefruit and avocado sections with poppyseed dressing. US President Old Senate Chamber United States Capitol JFK Presidential Election
1961/02/03 President Kennedy and Paul B Fay go to see "Spartacus". The theater is being picked by the League of Catholic War Veterans due to blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo. Life Spartacus Warner Theatre Washington, DC House Un-American Activities Hearings
1961/03/01 John F Kennedy signs Executive Order 10924, establishing the Peace Corps, which, as TIME put it, "captured the public imagination as had no other single act of the Kennedy Administration." US President
1962/02/20 At 4:10 pm, John Kennedy telephones John Glenn to congratulate him on completing three orbits of Earth. US President
1962/09/00 President and Mrs Kennedy watch the America's Cup Races from the deck of the USS JOSEPH P KENNEDY JR Visitor USS JOSEPH P KENNEDY JR (DD-850) Battleship Cove
1962/10/22 President Kennedy announces that the US is establishing a "strict quarantine of all offensive military equipment under shipment to Cuba" US President Cuban Missile Crisis
1963/00/00 Wexford Weekend home Cromwell's Run Rural Historic District Rectortown
1963/04/09 After a vote of both houses of Congress, President John F Kennedy confers honorary American citizenship on Winston Churchill. Too ill to attend, Churchill's son Randolph accepts on his behalf at a White House ceremony. US President The White House Washington, DC
1963/05/00 President and Jackie Kennedy throw a cocktail party to celebrate Jackie's new social secretary, Nancy Tuckerman and to wish outgoing secretary, Letitia Baldridge a fond farewell. Host Peter-Auchincloss Residence Washington, DC
1963/06/00 Film makers follow JFK during the Integration of the University of Alabama President Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment The White House Washington, DC
1963/06/28 US President John F Kennedy addresses the Oireachtas Eireann, the national parliament of Ireland, at Leinster House in Dublin, Ireland. Speaker Dublin Province of Leinster
1963/09/23 At the field house at the University of Wyoming, JFK speaks before some 12,000 people, the largest crowd ever assembled to hear a speaker in Wyoming. US President Old Main Laramie
1963/10/00 Kennedy writes a love note to Mary Meyer: "Why don't you leave suburbia for once-come and see me-either here-or at the Cape next week or in Boston the 19th". JFK never sent the letter, it was kept by his personal secretary, Evelyn Lincoln. Lover Assassination of John F Kennedy
1963/10/21 While having dinner with Ben Bradlee and his wife Tony, JFK ask Jackie to accompany him on a fund raising trip to Dallas, Texas. President The White House Washington, DC Assassination of John F Kennedy
1963/10/26 On the site of the former Walker Hall, an estimated 10,000 people attend the groundbreaking ceremony of the Robert Frost Library at Amherst College, on the north side of the central campus quadrangle. JFK spoke for four minutes. Dignitary University of Massachusetts Amherst Amherst, MA
1963/10/30 President John F Kennedy rides in a 13-mile open car motorcade from the Philadelphia International Airport to the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel. Dignitary Bellevue Stratford Hotel Philadelphia, PA
1963/11/22 A rifle shot strikes President John F Kennedy's upper back and exits his throat just below his larynx. Died Zapruder film Dealey Plaza Historic District Dallas, TX Assassination of John F Kennedy
1965/00/00 The people of Great Britain give an acre of land to the United States in memory of John F Kennedy. Designed by Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe, the memorial was unveiled by the Queen and Jackie Kennedy. In Memoriam Kennedy Memorial Runnymede Assassination of John F Kennedy
1979/10/20 John F Kennedy Presidential Library is dedicated. Honoree John F Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Boston

1 Creative Work by John F Kennedy »

Title Type Association Y/M/D Moniker
Title Type Association Y/M/D Moniker
Profiles in Courage (book) Author Biography 1956/00/00
  • 1000 Notable Short Stories, True Tales and Mezzobulas
  • 1000 or so Notable Biographies, Histories and Verfabulas
  • Pulitzer Prize for Biography

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