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John F Kennedy Elected for President
John F Kennedy beats Richard Nixon by a narrow margin for presidency.
Source; http://www.jfklibrary.org/JFK/JFK-in-History/Campaign-of-1960.aspx -
John F Kennedy Inauguration
JFK gives his famous Inauguration speech, "Do not ask what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country".
Source;http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/20/newsid_2506000/2506929.stm -
Peace Corps Established
JFK establishes the Peace Corps, which continue to help in impoversed countries even today.
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Bay Of Pigs
JFK approves a band of Cubans to try to over throw Castro, the plan failed and turned into an embarassment for the US and the new president.
Source; http://www.lonelyplanet.com/maps/caribbean/cuba/
Dissection;https://docs.google.com/a/sbnt.sbcsc.k12.in.us/document/d/1T1OIlIocIhyrMZotLutpjfbUs1IfCIukbmvvhGvrYKg/edit -
Mission to the Moon
JFK announces that he will "put a man on the moon before the year is out".
Source; http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/07/remembering_apollo_11.html -
Cuban Missle Crisis
Soviet Russia sends Nucular missles into Cuba.
Source;http://www.safestyle-windows.co.uk/news/green-issues/cumbria-to-develop-larger-nuclear-waste-facilities-50000292.news -
Soviet Union pulls missles out of Cuba
After negotiations, the missles are taken out of Cuba.
Source;http://www.sfgate.com/news/slideshow/Remembering-JFK-37947.php -
Civil Rights Movement
John announces his support for the civil rights movement and people such as Martin Luther King Jr.
Source;http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1964/king-bio.html
Dissection;https://docs.google.com/a/sbnt.sbcsc.k12.in.us/document/d/1p7UrSde_swW8FkSgC6TuZy-T16EcLaUdVixxUC3gCJ4/edit -
Limited Ban on Nuclear Testing
JFK presuades the Soviets to sign a treaty saying that there will be no nuclear testing in air, space, or water
Source;http://www.wpclipart.com/signs_symbol/assorted/assorted_5/Anti_Nuclear_Weapons_Sign.png.html
Dissection;https://docs.google.com/a/sbnt.sbcsc.k12.in.us/document/d/196zd_LRd_uQx4n707fjmlE2n1w3QwBj-hHmAy8udXmc/edit -
John F Kennedy Assassinated
Lee Harvey Oswald shoots John F Kennedy as he is campaining in Dallas.
Source;http://www.federaljack.com/?p=175852
