JOHN F.

KENNEDY
 Organization of the presentation

Early life Education Experience in the Navy

Political career Personal life

JFK was born in Brookline, Massachusetts,
on May 29, 1917.

Parents: Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose

Fitzgerald.

I rish herritage: all four of his grandparents

were children of Irish immigrants.

Catholic upbringing
Education

1927 to 1931: Riverdale Country School

1931 to 1935: Choate School

1935: London School of Economics (LSE)

1935: Princeton University

1936 to 1940: Hardvard University

Experience in the Navy

Naval Intelligence: ensign in the Naval

Reserves.

Lieutenant Junior Grade (JG)

Assigned to Motor Torpedo Boat

Squadron Two in the Solomon Islands

PT 109 incident

Political career
1946: Democratic Congressman for the
Boston area

1953: Senate.

1960: Campaign for presidency and election.

1960 to 1963: Presidency

Key political events during JFK’s presidency:

1961: Bay of Pigs Invasion - An unsuccessful attempt by a CIA-backed paramilitary group to overthrow the Cuban
government led by Fidel Castro.
1961: Berlin Crisis and the Construction of the Berlin Wall - Tensions escalated between the United States and the
Soviet Union over the status of Berlin, leading to the construction of the Berlin Wall to divide East and West
Berlin.
1962: Cuban Missile Crisis - A major confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union over the
deployment of nuclear missiles in Cuba, which brought the world to the brink of nuclear war.
1963: The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom - A massive civil rights rally in Washington, D.C., where
Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech.
1963: Nuclear Test Ban Treaty - Kennedy signed a treaty with the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom, banning
the testing of nuclear weapons in the atmosphere, outer space, and underwater.
1963: Assassination of President Kennedy - On November 22, 1963, President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas,
Texas, which had a profound impact on the nation and the w orld.
Personal life

1953: married Jacqueline Bouvier

Strong and influential presence in the

media

 our children: Arabella, Caroline, John Jr.

F
and Patrick
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