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JFK Speaks at Houston Ministers' Conference
He was given the chance to be the first Catholic president of the United States, and he had to put the issues of religion aside with the meeting with the Baptist ministers.
This was viewed as one of the best speaches regarding religious indifferences ever given.
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JFK Debates Richard Nixon on Television
70 million viewers watched Senator John Kennedy and Vice President Richard Nixon's debate on television.
This event marked the beginning of televisions grand entrance into politics. -
JFK Wins Election in 1960
It was the cosest presidential election in American history, and Kennedy won by roughly 100,000 votes.
One of the main reasons Kennedy won the election of 1960 was because he used political advertising and television much more than Nixon did. -
JFK Delivers "New Frontier" Speech
Kennedy was nominated as the Democratic President in the 1960 election, defeating Nixon.
He would be elected as the youngest president in US history, at the age of 43. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
The Bay of Pigs Invasion was an unsuccessful attempt by United Statesa and Cuban exiles to overthrow the gov of the Cuban dictator Fidel Castro.
The main invasion was a beach landing located at the mouth of the Cuban Bay of Pigs.
Around 300 total casualties. -
Freedom Riders Attacked in Alabama
The Riders were civil rights activists who rode buses into segregated areas in the south to test the US Supreme Court of Boynton v. Virginia.
The riders rode various forms of public transportation in the South to challenge local laws or customs that enforced segregation. -
Berlin Wall is Constructed
Was constructed to provide a physical barrier between East and West Berlin.
It was refered to as the "Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart" by the German Democrats, saying how the West were still Nazis. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Was the confronation between the USSR and Cuba against the United States during the Cold War.
Cuban and Soviet governments were beginning to build nuclear bases in order to strike most of the Unites States. -
Kennedy Addresses the Nation about Civil Rights
Civil Rights SpeechHe talks about how we must treat everyone equally in order to strive as an American society.
Marked the first time that a president called on Americans to recognize civil rights as a moral cause to which people should cntrubute. -
JFK Assassinated in Dallas, Texas
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He was assassinated in Dealey Plaza while traveling with his wife and the Texas Govenor in a motorcade.
Was shot three different times in the chest, from three different snipers.
Lee Harvey Oswald was one of the shooters.
