Research by Steven L. Brawley

Key Dates in Jackie's Life

• 1929 Born in Southampton, Long Island on July 28
• 1933 Sister Caroline Lee born March 3
• 1935 Begins school at Miss Chapin's in New York City
• 1938 Wins first equestrian blue ribbon at East Hampton Horse Show
• 1940 Parents divorce
• 1942 Mother marries Hugh Auchincloss
• 1944 Begins Miss Porter's School
• 1947 Named Debutante of the Year; enrolls at Vassar
• 1948 Makes first trip to Europe
• 1949 Attends the Sorbonne for a year as an exchange student
• 1951 Graduates from George Washington University with BA
• 1951 Wins Vogue's Prix de Paris writing contest
• 1952 Announces engagement to John Husted in January; breaks off engagement in March
• 1952 Hiired as Inquiring Camera Girl at Washington Times-Herald
• 1953 Becomes engaged to John F. Kennedy on June 23; marries on September 12
• 1955 Suffers miscarriage after 3 months
• 1956 Stillborn birth of daughter Arabella
• 1957 Father, John “Black Jack” Bouvier, dies August 3
• 1957 Daughter Caroline Bouvier Kennedy born November 27
• 1960 John F. Kennedy elected President; son John Jr. born November 25
• 1961 Becomes nation's third-youngest First Lady on January 20
• 1961 Begins White House restoration
• 1962 Hosts televised tour of the White House on February 14; wins honorary Emmy award
• 1963 Gives birth to son Patrick Bouvier on August 7, who dies two days later
• 1963 John F. Kennedy assassinated on November 22
• 1964 Does oral history for JFK Library
• 1964: Does interview for book "Death of a President"
• 1964: Testifies before Warren Commission
• 1964 Moves to New York with children
• 1966 Files suit against William Manchester concerning his book "The Death of a President"
• 1968 Robert Kennedy assassinated on June 6
• 1968 Marries Aristotle Onassis
• 1972 Wins suit against photographer Ron Galella requiring him to stay 50 feet away from herself, and 75 feet away from her children.
• 1974: Does oral history for LBJ Library
• 1975 Supports saving Grand Central Station from demolition
• 1975 Onassis dies March 15
• 1976 Hired at Viking Press as book editor
• 1978 Begins work at Doubleday
• 1979 John F. Kennedy Library and Museum in Boston dedicated October 20
• 1988 Becomes grandmother for first time to Caroline's daughter Rose Kennedy Schlossberg
• 1994 Dies May 19 in New York City after battle with Non Hodgkins Lymphoma.