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John F. Kennedy

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    John F. Kennedy

  • JFK and Nixon Debate

    JFK and Nixon Debate
    On this date, John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon took part in the first televised presidential campaign.

  • John F. Kennedy won the election

    John F. Kennedy won the election
    John F. Kennedy beat Richard Nixon and became the 35th president of the United States in 1960.

  • JFK gives his inaugural address

    JFK gives his inaugural address
    John F. Kennedy's inaugural address is a speech that has great importance today. " ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country."

  • Peace Corps is established

    Peace Corps is established
    John F. Kennedy finalized the establishment of the Peace Corps.

  • Man on the Moon Mission

    Man on the Moon Mission
    President John F. Kennedy announces the mission where the US would be the first country to land a man on the moon.

  • Cuban Missle Crisis

    Cuban Missle Crisis
    John F. Kennedy launches a "blockade" of Cuba after viewing pictures of Soviet nuclear missile sites being established in Cuba.

  • JFK's assassination

    JFK's assassination
    President John F. Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald during his re-election campaign through Dallas.