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John F. Kennedy. 35th president.
He was 43 years old when he became the youngest man and the first Roman catholic to hold office.
As president , Kennedy confronted mounting cold war tensions in cuba , veitnam and else where.
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First Televised Presidential Debates.
On 26 September 1960, 70 million U.S. viewers tuned in to watch Senator John Kennedy of Massachusetts and Vice President Richard Nixon in the first-ever televised presidential debate. It was the first of four televised "Great Debates" between Kennedy and Nixon.The televised Great Debates had a significant impact on voters in 1960, on national elections since, and, indeed, on our concerns for democracy itself. The impact on the election of 1960 were highly significant. -
Wilt Chamberlain's 100 Point Game
Wilt Chamberlain set the single-game scoring record in the National Basketball Association (NBA) by scoring 100 points for the Philadelphia Warriors in a 169–147 win over the New York Knicks on March 2, 1962, at Hershey Sports Arena in Hershey, Pennsylvania. -
First Person Killed Trying To Cross Berlin Wall
Fechter was 18 years old, an East Berlin bricklayer who was desperate to join his sister in the West. With another teen-ager, he made his dash through a deserted lumberyard that faced a relatively low stretch of the wall. His friend made it across the no-man's-land and over the barbed wire. Fechter wasn't so lucky. Two submachine guns fired. Fechter fell to the ground, bleeding from the bullet wounds in his back. -
Cuban Missile Crisis.
During the cuban missile crissis, learders of the U.S and the soviet union engaged in a tense 13 day political and military standoff. On october 22 ,1962 president John f kennedy notified americans about the presence of the missiles exclaimed his decision to encact a naval blockade around cuba and made it clear the u.s was prepared to use military force if necessary. Many people believed that the world was on the brink of a nuclear war. soviet union leader was Nikita Khrushchevs. -
Martin Luther King Jr. Speech "I Have A Dream'
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered this speech on August 28, 1963, on the steps of the Washington, D.C., Lincoln Memorial during the march on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. "I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal." -
Lyndon B. Johnson.
Lyndon B. Johnson was the 36th president of the United States. Taking office, president Johnson a Texan who had served in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate launched an ambitious slate of progressive reforms aimed at alleviating poverty and creating what he called a "Great Society" for all Americans.Many of the programs he introduced including Medicare and Head Start made a lasting impact in the areas of health, education, & civil rights. -
operation rolling thunder
During the Vietnam War , as part of the strategic bombing campaign known as Operation Rolling Thunder, & U.S. military aircraft attacked targets throughout North Vietnam.This massive bombing was intended to put military pressure on North Vietnam's Communist leaders to reduce their capacity to wage a war against the U.S.-support government with south vietnam. -
New York City Great Blackout
At 5:27 p.m., November 9, 1965, the entire Northeast area of the United States and large parts of Canada went dark. From Buffalo to the eastern border of New Hampshire and from New York City to Ontario, a massive power outage struck without warning. Trains were stuck between subway stops. People were trapped in elevators. Failed traffic signals stopped traffic dead. And, at the height of the Cold War, many thought Armageddon had arrived. One pilot flying over a darkened New York City stated, "I -
The Black Panther Party Is Established
In October of 1966, in Oakland California, Huey Newton and Bobby Seale founded the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense. The Panthers practiced self-defense of black communities against the U.S. government, and fought to establish revolutionary socialism through organizing and community based programs. The party was one of the first organizations in U.S. history to struggle for ethnic minority and working class emancipation -
The First Superbowl
The First AFL-NFL World Championship Game in professional American football, later known as Super Bowl I and known in some contemporary reports as the Supergame was played on January 15, 1967 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California. The National Football League (NFL) champion Green Bay Packers beat the American Football League (AFL) champion Kansas City Chiefs 35-10. -
Three Astronauts Die in Capsule Fire
Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee are killed on the launch pad when a flash fire engulfs their command module during testing for the first Apollo/Saturn mission.They are the first U.S. astronauts to die in the line of duty. Even before tragedy struck, the command module was criticized for a number of potentially hazardous design flaws -
Tent Offensive
Durning the Tet Offensive about 70,000 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces were launched . A coordinated series of fierce attacks on more than 100 cities and towns in South Vietnam. General Vo Nguyen Giap, leader of the Communist People's Army of Vietnam at the time. Despite heavy casualties, North Vietnam achieved a strategic victory with the Tet Offensive. -
Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated
At 6:01 p.m. on April 4, 1968, civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was hit by a sniper's bullet. King had been standing on the balcony in front of his room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, when, without warning, he was shot. The .30-caliber rifle bullet entered King's right cheek, traveled through his neck, and finally stopped at his shoulder blade. King was immediately taken to a nearby hospital but was pronounced dead at 7:05 p.m. -
Neil Armstrong Sets Foot On The Moon
Neil Alden Armstrong (born August 5, 1930) is an American former astronaut. He was the first person to step foot on the moon. Stepping down on the Moon, Armstrong described the event: "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" which was heard by people world-wide a.s the landing was broadcasted on live TV -
Sesame Street First Episode
The preschool educational television program Sesame Street has aired on public broadcasting television stations since its premiere on November 10, 1969.By its 40th anniversary in 2009, Sesame Street was broadcast in over 120 countries, and 20 independent international versions had been produced.
