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New Frontier speech
JFK gives his New frontier speech, electrifying the nation and reasurred people across the nation.
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JFK Speaks at Houston Ministers' Conference
JFK Speaks at Houston Ministers' Conference -
Election of JFK
John F. Kennedy becomes the 35th presidant of the United States of America -
First Live telivised press confrence
Kennedy holds his first regular live televised press conference in the State Department Auditorium. -
State of the Union adress
Kennedy delivers his first State of the Union address. -
Bay of Pigs mission failed
air strikeAn air strike had failed toknock out the Cuban air force, although the CIA reported that it had succeeded. A small advance group sent to dis- tract Castro’s forces never reached shore. When the main commando unit landed, it faced 25,000 Cuban troops backed up by Soviet tanks and jet aircraft. Some of theinvading exiles were killed, others imprisoned. -
Freedom Riders Attacked in Alabama
Freedom riders were civil rights activists that rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States to test the United States Supreme Court decision Boynton v. Virginia -
The Berlin Wall
Berlin wall begins construction in 1961 and was later torn down in the 1980's. -
Tensions in Cuba increase
during th summer of 1962, cuban forces increased their firepower -
Photographs of missles revealed
photographs taken by American planes revealed Soviet missile bases in Cuba—and some contained missiles ready to launch. They could reach U.S. cities in minutes. -
Kennedy informs the nation of missles
JFK informed an anxious nation of the existence of Soviet missile sites in Cuba and of his plans to remove them.
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Cuba is quarantined
Kennedy implements a naval are approximate. “quarantine” of Cuba, blocking Soviet ships from reaching theisland. -
Soviet ships approaching Cuba stop
Soviet ships approaching Cuba come to a halt. -
Russian and Cuba
Khrushchev announces plan to remove missiles from Cuba. -
Cuba halts flights
Cuba banns all flights to and from miami
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Kennedy Addresses the Nation about Civil Rights
Kennedy Addresses the Nation about Civil Rights in a speech -
"Ich Bin ein Berliner" Speech
JFK gives this speech to the people of Berlin. "I am a Berliner"
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JFK is assinated
John F. Kennedy is assinated by Lee Harvey Oswald while touring in Dallas, Texas. -
Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in
Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in while aboard Air Force one.
