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1	1972: Nominated by the Democratic Party as a candidate for Vice President with Senator George McGovern.	SHRIVER, Robert Sargent Jr. (I8)
2	According to legend, Patrick was driven out of Ireland by starvation. This was untrue. He believed that America offered economic opportunity and political freedom and therefore set out to a new land.	KENNEDY, Patrick (I21)
3	After dropping out of the University of London, he enrolled in Princeton. Dropped out on December 5, 1935 due to a recurrence of jaundice.	KENNEDY, John Fitzgerald (I4)
4	After her husband died, she opened up a “Notions Shop” to provide for her family.	MURPHY, Bridget (I22)
5	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Living (I11)
6	As a young man, Patrick dropped out of school to work on the docks of Boston. Patrick was able to work his way from being a SaloonKeeper to becoming a Ward Boss, helping out other Irish immigrants. His popularity rose and at the age of thirty he had become a power in Boston politics. In 1892 and 1893 he was elected to the Massachusetts Senate. Patrick later became a very successful businessman getting into wholesale liquor sales, owning a coal company and becoming the president of a bank. His personality was mild-mannered, quiet ,and reserved, and he was viewed as a man of moderate habits.	KENNEDY, Patrick Joseph (I23)
7	Assassinated while riding in a motorcade in downtown Dallas. Shots were fired from the Texas School Book Depository at 12:30 PM.	KENNEDY, John Fitzgerald (I4)
8	Before marrying JFK, Jackie worked as a photo journalist in Washington DC. While dating JFK, Jackie did not want him to know that she was not rich and think that she was only marrying him for his money. So, she went to great lengths to appear rich. She was said to be the only First Lady to resemble royalty. She shunned the media and never publicly discussed the assassination of JFK, how she felt about it, or the alleged affairs of her first husband.	BOUVIER, Jacqueline Lee (I17)
9	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Living (I18)
10	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Living (I18)
11	Died in an airplane crash with her lover in France three years after her older brother Joseph’s death. Served with the Red Cross in England during the war.	KENNEDY, Kathleen (I6)
12	Died in his home after a yearlong batter with brain cancer.	KENNEDY, Edward Moore (I12)
13	Edward M. Kennedy was the only surviving Kennedy brother for many years. Following family tradition, he graduated from Harvard University. Was known as “Teddy” or "Ted."	KENNEDY, Edward Moore (I12)
14	Elected President of the United States.	KENNEDY, John Fitzgerald (I4)
15	From the time he was a school boy he was interested in making money. He had an interesting hobby of tinkering with clocks. Joe was a poor student, but good at athletics and had an attractive personality. He was able to overcome many ethnic barriers during his school years at Boston Latin, a protestant and primarily Yankee school. Was one of the youngest Bank Presidents in US history. He was fiercely proud of his family. He was quoted as having said his family was the finest thing in his life.	KENNEDY, Joseph Patrick (I1)
16	Graduated from Choate School -- voted most likely to succeed.	KENNEDY, John Fitzgerald (I4)
17	He defeated three-term Republican incumbent Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. in the race for senator from Massachusetts. Kennedy becomes only the third Democrat ever elected to a Senate seat from the state.	KENNEDY, John Fitzgerald (I4)
18	He died at 11:55 P.M. with his wife and sons by his side.	FITZGERALD, John Francis (I25)
19	He died at the Good Samaritan Hospital at 1:44 AM, almost twenty-five and a half hours after being shot by Sirhan Bishara Sirhan in the kitchen of the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California.	KENNEDY, Robert Francis (I10)
20	He enrolled in graduate classes in business and political science at Stanford University. He was registered on a permit-to-attend-classes basis only.	KENNEDY, John Fitzgerald (I4)
21	He entered Harvard University as a freshman. Studies include economics, history, and French.	KENNEDY, John Fitzgerald (I4)
22	He graduated cum laude from Harvard with a bachelor of science degree in political science.	KENNEDY, John Fitzgerald (I4)
23	He took the oath of office from Chief Justice Earl Warren and became, the thirty-fifth president of the United States. Lyndon Baines, Johnson was sworn in as vice-president.	HANNON, Mary Josephine (I26)
24	He was baptized a Roman Catholic by the Rev. Msgr. John T. Creagh in St. Aidan's Catholic Church at 158 Pleasant Street.	KENNEDY, John Fitzgerald (I4)
25	He was born at 3:00 PM in the master bedroom of the family home at 83 Beals Street. Named after his grandfather, John “Honey Fitz,” Fitzgerald, the former mayor of Boston.	KENNEDY, John Fitzgerald (I4)
26	He was elected to the office of U.S. Representative from the 11th Congressional District of Massachusetts. He received 71.9 percent of the popular vote.	KENNEDY, John Fitzgerald (I4)
27	He was named after Edward Moore, his father's personal aide and close, friend. Rose came to Boston from New York so that the baby could be, delivered by Dr. Good.	KENNEDY, Edward Moore (I12)
28	Her father, Joseph Kennedy was in New York and was not present at the, birth.	KENNEDY, Patricia (I9)
29	His body was moved from Lot 45-A, Section 30, where it was temporarily, interred, to a permanent grave in the cemetery.	KENNEDY, Robert Francis (I10)
30	In 1960 he became President of the United States. He wrote 2 books, including Profiles in Courage, which won him a Pulitzer Prize. He had personal finances that were estimated to be around $10 million while in the Presidency. He was assassinated in Dallas, TX.	KENNEDY, John Fitzgerald (I4)
31	It was an 11:00 AM nuptial mass at St. Mary's Church performed by, Archbishop Richard J. Chushing. Before the mass, a special blessing, from Pope Pius XII was read: "Holy Father on occasion of marriage, cordially imparts Hon. John F. Kennedy and, Mrs. Kennedy his paternal, apostolic blessing in ple,	Family: John Fitzgerald KENNEDY / Jacqueline Lee BOUVIER (F8)
32	Joseph Patrick was well liked, quick to smile, and had a tremendous dose of Irish charm. He enlisted in the Navy during World War II, and died during a naval flight. He was known as Jack.	KENNEDY, Joseph Patrick Jr. (I3)
33	Kennedy attended Brown University in Rhode Island, graduating with a history major in 1983. After graduation, he appeared to be without direction -- trying his hand at theater, traveling the world and helping in his mother's urban improvement charity. Loyal son, lawyer, journalist. John F. Kennedy Jr. wore many hats. His charisma and sex appeal were the subject of many newspaper and magazine articles as well as books -- including one titled "Prince Charming."	KENNEDY, John Fitzgerald Jr. (I16)
34	Lot 45-A, Section 30, is part of a parcel of land that was assigned in 1963 in honor of the late John F. Kennedy. President and Mrs. Johnson joined members of the Kennedy family at the service.	KENNEDY, Robert Francis (I10)
35	Lt. Kennedy went on a special mission to pilot an unmanned robot plane, that will be later piloted by radio from another aircraft. Joe and his, co-pilot were to parachute out and be recovered on the ground while, the other planes guided the drone, to a German V-2 rocket-launching, site in Normandy. T, Kennedy and his co-pilot Lt. Willy.	KENNEDY, Joseph Patrick Jr. (I3)
36	Robert Francis was assassinated in California during his 1968 presidential campaign. He was very dedicated to his children and every evening had prayers with them, each of them saying the Rosary.	KENNEDY, Robert Francis (I10)
37	She died of uremia at New England Baptist Hospital.	HICKEY, Mary Augusta (I24)
38	She helped in the many political campaigns of her brother, John Fitzgerald. After her mother, Eunice was considered the family’s model woman. In the early 1960’s Eunice Kennedy Shriver held a day camp at her home for people with mental retardation. She organized the First International Special Olympics Games , which were held in 1968 at Soldier Field in Chicago. More than 1,000 athletes from the US and Canada competed in track and field and aquatics.	KENNEDY, Eunice Mary (I7)
39	She was born severely mentally retarded. For years her parents were ashamed of her and never told anyone about her problems. In 1946 her father gave $600,000 for the construction of the Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Convalescent Home for disadvantaged children, because of Rosemary’s condition.	KENNEDY, Rosemary (I5)
40	She was considered the flower of Boston Irish society. She graduated from high school, one of the three highest in a class of 285. She was then sent to finish school in Europe for two years. She was courted by some of the finest young men, not only Boston’s Irish, but members of the English nobility as well. She was very dedicated to her family, which was evident by the strong support she gave her sons in their political campaigns.	FITZGERALD, Rose Elizabeth (I2)
41	The birth place 4 Garden Court Street is in the North End of Boston up the street from the Paul Revere House.	FITZGERALD, Rose Elizabeth (I2)
42	The ceremony took place in the private chapel connected to the, residence of Cardinal O’Connor. The bride wore a white satin gown. Following the cermony, the wedding party traveled to a reception at, the Fitzgerald home at 39 Wells Avenue.	Family: Joseph Patrick KENNEDY / Rose Elizabeth FITZGERALD (F1)
43	The death certificate gives the cause of death as consumption, but the family records indicate that he died of cholera.	KENNEDY, Patrick (I21)
44	The only member of Kathleen's family to attend the wedding was her, brother Joe. A reception was held at the home of Viscountess, Hambledon.,	Family: William John Robert CAVENDISH / Kathleen KENNEDY (F2)
45	The potato famine of 1845-48, plagued the country of Ireland and pushed many Irishmen to flee to the land of promise, the USA. Patrick Kennedy was among those to leave his home in Wexford County, Ireland, in 1848, in hopes of finding a better life in the US. Once he arrived in the US, he settled in East Boston, where he remained for the rest of his life. Upon Patrick's arrival in Boston, he immediately became involved in politics. He was known as a Ward Boss in Boston, looking out for the other Irish immigrants and trying to improve the conditions in the community.	KENNEDY, Patrick (I21)