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Cuban Missile Crisis
The Communist leader of Cuba welcomed the Soviet Union into his country-The Soviet Union brought nuclear weapons into Cuba. Kennedy would not stand for this and planned to remove the Soviet missile sites in Cuba.-The United States, armed with missiles of their own, headed towards Cuba. The Soviet Union stopped their ships and promised to remove their missiles if the U.S. would not invade Cuba. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
The Eisenhower administration ordered the CIA to train Cuban exiles in support of them rebelling and overthrowing Fidel Castro-Kennedy agreed with the terms of this operation just a few days after he was elected-The invasion went from April 17-April 19th and it failed miserably; embarrassment to Kennedy -
JFK wins election
Democrat John F. Kennedy defeats Republican Richard M. Nixon-Kennedy won by fewerd than 119,000 votes-Youngest man elected President-First and only Catholic President -
• JFK Speaks at Houston Ministers' Conference
FK spoke about his Catholic religion how it would interact with his presidential duties-JHe explained that he would support freedom of religion, just as it says in the Constitution-The audience, Protestant clergy, were concerned as to whether Kennedy could make important decisions without using Papal influence -
JFK Wins Election in 1960
The United States presidential election of 1960 was the 44th American presidential election, held on November 8, 1960, for the term beginning January 20, 1961, and ending January 20, 1965. The incumbent president, Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower, was not eligible to run again. The Republican Party nominated Richard Nixon, Eisenhower's Vice-President, while the Democrats nominated John F. Kennedy, Senator from Massachusetts. Kennedy was elected with a lead of 112,827 votes, or 0.1% of the popular -
JFK Delivers "New Frontier" Speech
U.S. President John F. Kennedy delivered his only inaugural address at 12:51 (ET) Friday, January 20, 1961, immediately after taking the presidential oath of office administered by Chief Justice Earl Warren. -
Berlin Wall is Constructed
An overwhelming amount of East Berliners tried to escape the communism to democratic West Berlin-The Soviet Union tried to prevent the U.S. from accessing West Berlin but the U.S. refused to give up their pathways-A concrete wall was constructed to separate West from East Berlin and guards were placed outside to prevent further migration -
Kennedy Addresses the Nation about Civil Rights
-First time a President called on Americans to participate in civil rights in order to achieve equality amongst Americans-Kennedy strongly supported the equality of blacks to whites-Many legislations were passed such as desegregated schools and welfare to help out the blacks in their quest to achieve civil rights -
JFK Assassinated in Dallas
-Kennedy started losing popular vote because of his activities in the civil rights movement-JFK was shot while he was riding through the town of Dallas in an open-air car. Communist supporter, Lee Harvey Oswald was charged with the murder, although there are still many conspiracies to his death and many questions are still left unanswered-Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in after the assassination -
JFK Debates Richard Nixon on Television
The United States presidential election of 1960 was the 44th American presidential election, held on November 8, 1960, for the term beginning January 20, 1961, and ending January 20, 1965. The incumbent president, Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower, was not eligible to run again. The Republican Party nominated Richard Nixon, Eisenhower's Vice-President, while the Democrats nominated John F. Kennedy, Senator from Massachusetts.
