JPK

Timeline of JPK

1915

July 25: Joseph Patrick Kennedy Jr. is born.

1944

July 23: Lieutenants Joe Kennedy Jr. and Wilford Willy successfully complete a hazardous mission over Mimoyecques, France (within seconds of their balling out the drown they were flying explodes).

October 1: Kennedy and Willy are awarded the Navy Cross by Admiral King in Washington. Thier fathers and President Roosevelt are also present.

1946

Joe Kennedy Jr. is elected to the House of Representatives from Massachusetts 11 District. Joe's little brother Jack works as his campaign spokesman and decides to become a carrer journalist.

1952

November 4: Joe Kennedy Jr. is elected to the United States Senate, defeating Republican incombent Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.

Jack Kennedy moves to California to pursue a carrer in Hollywood.

1953

September 11: Senator Joe Kennedy Jr. marries Jacqueline Lee Bouvier.

Also, Jack Kennedy becomes Marilyn Monroe's press agent. within mouths the two will began an affair that will last six years.

1955

August 23: Joe and Jacqueline Kennedy's first child Arabella is stillborn.

1956

August: Joe Kennedy Jr. is briefly a candidate for Vice President at Democratic National Convention. He loses however to Tennessee Senator Estes Kefauver.

1957

November 27: Joe and Jackie Kennedy's second child Caroline is born

1958

November 4: Senator Joe Kennedy Jr. is re-elected in a landslide over Republican Vincent Celeste.

1959

December 23: Jack Kennedy marries Mariln Monroe.

1960

July 15: Joe Kennedy Jr. is nominated for President at the Democratic National Convention. Kennedy choses Texas Senator Lyndon Johnson for his running mate.

November 8: Kennedy beats Republican Richard Nixon in a very close election.

TO BE CONTINUED