| 1920 |
Born July 10 in Brookline, Massachusetts |
| 1946 |
Runs Juvenile agency |
| 1960 |
Eunice's brother, John F. Kennedy presides as president |
| 1961 |
Works with brother John F. Kennedy to establish Presidential Committee on Mental Retardation |
| 1962 |
Creates Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Awards in Mental Retardation |
| 1962 |
Creates the National Institutes for Child Health and Human Development |
| 1963 |
Runs summer day camp at Timberlawn for mentally retarded |
| 1963 |
Brother John F. Kennedy is shot and killed |
| 1964 |
Initiates five-year public information campaign by the National Advertising Council to promote acceptance of people with metal retardation |
| 1964 |
Influences changes in Civil Services regulations to allow persons with mental retardation to be hired on ability rather than test scores |
| 1968 |
Helps organize the first international competition for mentally challenged, calling it the Special Olympics |
| 1968 |
Special Olympics becomes an official nonprofit organization |
| 1969 |
Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center founded |
| 1970 |
Summer Special Olympics World Games held for first time in Chicago, IL |
| 1977 |
First Winter Special Olympics World Games held in Steamboat Springs, CO |
| 1981 |
Creates "Community of Caring" concept for the reduction of mental retardation among babies of teenagers |
| 1982 |
Establishes sixteen "Community of Caring" model centers |
| 1999 |
Home burns down causing over $600,000 worth of damage as well as loss of family heirlooms |
| 2000 |
Undergoes surgery to remove benign pancreatic tumor |
| 2001 |
Attends Winter Special Olympics World Games held in Anchorage, AK |
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