| 11 Dec 1943 |
John Forbes Kerry born at the Fitzsimmons Military Hospital in Denver, Colorado. |
| 28 Feb 1969 |
Shoots and kills a Vietcong. Later receives the Silver Star. |
| 23 May 1970 |
Marries first wife, Philadelphia heiress Julie Thorne. |
| 13 Jun 1971 |
Speaks at the Register for Peace Rally at Mineola, New York. Despite a doctored photograph surfacing 33 years later, Jane Fonda is not present at the event. |
| 25 Jul 1988 |
After a six-year separation, divorces first wife Julia Thorne (two daughters: Alexandra and Vanessa). |
| 26 May 1995 |
Marries second wife Teresa Heinz in Nantucket. |
| 7 May 1997 |
Publicly admits that he has requested that the Catholic church grant him an annulment for his 18-year marriage to Julia Thorne, by whom he has two daughters. |
| 31 Aug 2003 |
On Meet the Press, interviewer Tim Russert asks senator John Kerry about he and President Bush's Skull and Bones membership:
| RUSSERT: |
You both were members of Skull and Bones, a secret society at Yale. What does that tell us? |
| KERRY: |
Uh, not much, 'cause it's a secret. [Laughs.] |
| RUSSERT: |
Is there a secret handshake? Is there a secret code? |
| KERRY: |
I wish there were something secret I could manifest... |
| RUSSERT: |
322—a secret number? |
| KERRY: |
There are all kinds of secrets, Tim. But one thing that's not a secret: I disagree with this President's direction that he's taking the country. |
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