Birth of Edward Moore Ted Kennedy
Birth of Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy
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Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy Biography and Timeline
Follow Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy through 13 dated historical records for United States of America.
Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1932–2009Years on this page
1932
1962
Election
Kennedy is sworn in to the Senate
Election
Elected to the Senate in a special election to fill the seat once held by his brother John
1963
Election
Flies to the family home in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, to tell his stroke-afflicted father the news
1964
Election
Elected to a full six-year term and reelected seven more times
1969
Scandal
Mary Jo Kopechne drowns but Kennedy does not report his companions death for 10 hrs. Drives off Dike Bridge into Pucha Pond, Chappaquidick. Chappaquiddick incident resulted in the death of automobile passenger Mary Jo Kopechne; Kennedy pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident, and the incident significantly damaged his chances of ever becoming President of the United States
1971
Kennedy made his first speech about The Troubles in Northern Ireland: he
Kennedy made his first speech about The Troubles in Northern Ireland: he said that "Ulster is becoming Britains Vietnam", demanded that British troops leave the northern counties, called for a united Ireland
1980
Election
Ted Kennedys only attempt, in the 1980 US presidential election, resulted in a primary campaign loss to incumbent Democrat Jimmy Carter
1996
Legislation
Kennedy secures an increase in the minimum wage law, a favorite issue of his
1999
Death of Edward Moore Ted Kennedy
Tragedy struck the Kennedy family again when a Piper Saratoga light aircraft crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off Marthas Vineyard, the accident killed its pilot John F. Kennedy, Jr., his wife and sister-in-law
2008
Election
Kennedy gave an endorsement to Obama despite appeals by both Clintons not to do so
Health of Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy
Diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor
2009
Death of Edward Moore Ted Kennedy
Death of Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.