US president and World War II navy hero - AsNotedIn
| Notable Position | Organization | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts | 1956 | ||
| Catholic Church | 1963 |
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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| 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 | 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 | ||
| 1950/00/00 | John Kennedy stays at The Brinkerhoff while in public office | Visitor | The Brinkerhoff | Grand Teton National Park | |||
| 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 | Sioux City 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 | White House Executive Residence | The White House | 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 | White House Executive Residence | The White House | |||
| 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 | White House Oval Office | The White House | ||
| 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 | White House Executive Residence | The White House | 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 |
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| Profiles in Courage (book) | Author | Biography | 1956/00/00 |
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