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Kennedy won election
John F. Kennedy won a close presidential election in 1960, defeating Richard M.Nixon -
The United States invaded Cuba's Bay of pigs
The invasion, conceived by the CIA to overthrow Fidel Castro, involved Cuban exiles who had fled Castro's rule and settled in the United States. -
West Berlin
In 1961 Khrushchev insisted the United States end its military presence in west Berlin. Kennedy refused -
cuban missile crisis
1962 conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union resulting from Soviet installation of nuclear missiles in Cuba. -
Nixon visited China
In February 1972, President Nixon visited China and met with Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai -
Nixon met with Brezhnev
In May 1972, Nixon met with Brezhnev in Moscow.
