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The 1960s

  • Kennedy Inaugurated

    Kennedy Inaugurated
    The inauguration of John F. Kennedy as the 35th President of the United States was held on Friday, January 20, 1961, at the East Portico of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. He was fighting against Nixon, Nixon was the vice president.
  • Kennedy Bay of Pigs

    Kennedy Bay of Pigs
    On April 17, 1961, a brigade of about 1,500 Cuban exiles landed at Bay of Pigs on the southern coast of Cuba. Their mission was to over-through. President John F. Kennedy wanted American involvement in the operation to remain covert, signs of CIA sponsorship of the brigade were obvious. In addition, the President's decision not to provide American air support for the and thought at he looked weak. The disastrous invasion stands out as one of the major mistakes of Kennedy's presidency.
  • Kennedy plans a man on the moon

    Kennedy plans a man on the moon
    On May 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy in an address to Congress challenged the nation to commit itself to achieving the goal before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon. He asked Congress to find additional funds to support the nation's space program. President Kennedy was committed to an aggressive space program.
  • An American in Space 1961

    An American in Space 1961
    On May 5th 1961, Alan Shepard Jr. becomes the first American in space. After he orbited the earth for the first time in history The President JKF congratulated him for doing so.
  • The Start of the TWIST the dance move

    The Start of the TWIST the dance move
    “The Twist,” an early 1960s dance hit by Philadelphia singer Chubby Checker (real name Ernest Evans, b. 1941), ushered in a new way of dancing and solidified Philadelphia's role as a major trendsetter in popular music in this period.
  • Kennedy meets with Khrushchev

    Kennedy meets with Khrushchev
    The Vienna summit was a summit meeting held on June 4, 1961, in Vienna, Austria, between President John F. Kennedy of the United States and Premier Nikita Khrushchev of the Soviet Union. The leaders of the two superpowers of the Cold War era discussed numerous issues in the relationship between their countries.
  • East Germany begins Berlin Wall

    East Germany begins Berlin Wall
    On August 13, 1961, the Communist government of the German Democratic Republic (GDR, or East Germany) began to build a barbed wire and concrete “or “antifascist bulwark,” between East and West Berlin.
  • JFK Assassination

    JFK Assassination
    John Fitzgerald Kennedy, often referred to by his initials JFK, was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination in 1963