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JFK Delivers "New Frontier" Speech
"New Frontier" speechJFK delivered the speech in the 1960 United States presidential election.
The phrase "New Frontier" developed into his administration's domestic and foreign programme.
He called on Americans to be "new pioneers" and explore "uncharted areas of science and space,...unconquered pockets of ignorance and prejudice, unanswered questions of poverty and surplus." -
JFK Speaks at Houston Ministers' Conference
Houston Ministers' Conference speechImportant event in the history of Catholicism in the US.
JFK spoke about his opinion about Catholic religion, and how it would interact with his presidential duties.He explained that he would support freedom of religion, just as it says in the Constitution.
Catholics thought he conceded too much in his profession of belief in an "absolute" separation of church and state. -
JFK Debates Richard Nixon on Television
JFK Debates Richard Nixon on TelevisionNixon, an exoert on foreign policy, wanted to expose Kennedy's inexperience.
Kennedy had been coached by television producers, and he looked and spoke better than Nixon.
Kennedy's success in the debate launched a new era in American politics: the Television age. -
JFK Wins Election in 1960
JFK Wins Election in 1960Kennedy won by fewer than 119,000 votes.
His inauguration set the tone for a new era at the White House: one of grace, elegance, and wit. He invited many writers, artists, and scientists.
Kennedy's inspirint speech called for hope, commitment, and sacrifice. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Kennedy learned of the plan only nine days after his election. He approved it.
Nothing went as planned. An air strike had failed to knock out the Cuban air force. A small advance group sent to distract Castro's fores never reached shore.
The disaster left Kennedy embarrassed. He publicly accepted blame for the fiasco. -
Freedom Riders Attacked in Alabama
Civil rights activists rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States to test the United States Supreme Court case Boynton v. Virginia.
First Freedom Ride left Washington D.C. on this day.
When the bus got to Alabama, a mob of KKK men attacked the first of the two buses and slashed its tires. -
Berlin Wall is Constructed
A concrete wall topped with barbed wire that severed the city in two.
The construction of the Berlin Wall ended the Berlin crisis but further aggravated Cold War tensions.
The wall became an ugly symbol of Communist oppression. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Cuban Missile CrisisKennedy made it clear that any missile attack from Cuba would trigger an all-out attack on the USSR.
US Navy prepared to prevent the ships from USSR coming to Cuba in the Atlantic Ocean.
Khrushchev offered to remove the missiles in return for an American pledge not to invade Cuba. -
Kennedy Addresses the Nation about Civil Rights
President Kennedy addresses the nation on Civil Rights from the Oval Office of the White House.
Kennedy explains that discrimination is a problem that must be fixed.
He explains that we have become one country and therefore, must treat everyone as one. -
JFK Assassinated in Dallas, Texas
President and Mrs. Kennedy had come to Texas to mend political fences with members of hte state's Democratic Party.
As the car approaching a state building known as the Texas School Book Depository, rifle shots rang out, and Kennedy was shot in the head.
Lee Harvey Oswald was charged for the murder.
