John F. Kennedy

Some of the key events about John F. Kennedy

• 1941

  Volunteered for U.S. Navy service after the attack on Pearl Harbor
• 1941

  Cheated on an exam at Harvard University, resulting in expulsion
• 1943

  Saved the crew of PT-109 after a Japanese destroyer rammed and sank it
• 1943

  Engaged in an affair with a suspected Nazi spy named Inga Arvad
• 1946

  Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts' 11th district
• 1947

  Diagnosed with Addison's disease, which he kept secret from the public
• 1952

  Elected to the United States Senate
• 1955

  Voted against the Civil Rights Act of 1957
• 1957

  Won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography for "Profiles in Courage"
• 1960

  Elected as the 35th President of the United States
• 1961

  Established the Peace Corps to promote international goodwill and development
• 1961

  Committed to landing a man on the Moon before the end of the decade
• 1961

  Authorized the failed Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba
• 1961

  Escalated U.S. involvement in Vietnam by increasing the number of military advisors
• 1962

  Successfully resolved the Cuban Missile Crisis through diplomacy
• 1962

  Authorized Operation Mongoose, a covert operation to overthrow Fidel Castro
• 1962

  Approved wiretapping of Martin Luther King Jr. by the FBI
• 1962

  Engaged in extramarital affairs, including a relationship with Marilyn Monroe
• 1963

  Proposed and promoted the Civil Rights Act to Congress
• 1963

  Authorized the coup against South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem, leading to Diem's assassination

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