Learning the alphabet occurs over time; a child must learn each letterâs name, shape (upper-and lowercase letters) and common sound. This typically occurs in stages, beginning with a toddler singing the alphabet song.
Rosemary Kennedy, the third child and first daughter of Rose and Joseph P. Kennedy, was born in the middle of a virulent Spanish influenza sweeping the country in September 1918. Pregnant women had feared the influenza affecting their unborn children.
Early life and family. John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, on May 29, 1917. He was the second son of nine children born to the multimillionaire business executive and financier Joseph P. Kennedy (1888â1969) and his wife, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy (1890â1995).