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JFK is inaugurated as the 35th President of the United States of America.
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President John f. Kennedy had his first press conference as President was also the first time it was aired on live TV.
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President John F. Kennedy creates the Peace Corps to help promote cultural understanding and to provide support for struggling countries.
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President John F. Kennedy makes long term "Alliance for Progress" with Latin America.
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Fidel Castro's forces repel a U.S. sponsored invasion of Cuba at the Bay of Pigs in an attempt to overthrow Castro's regin. President Kennedy apologizes for the failure of invasion.
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President Kennedy stated, "Urgent call to strengthen all programs that contribute to the progress that contribute to the physical fitness of our youth."
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President Kennedy outlines the military buildup in Germany and elsewhere in response to Khrushchev's threats.
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JFK signs first national seashore park
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JFK chose not to challenge of the construction directly of the Berlin Wall.
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JFK approves an action plan sending of U.S. military advisors to South Vietnam in response to internal corruption, divisiveness and mounting successes by the Viet Cong guerrillas weakening the South Vietnamese government of Ngo Dinh Diem.
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JFK is named "Man of the Year" by Time magazine.
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JFK forces steel companies to stop price increase. In the days following, Kennedy strongly pressures the companies until they retract the increase.
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JFK orders executive departments and federal agencies to end discrimination against women in appointments and promotions.
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JFK issues an executive order to prevent racial discrimination.
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JFK calls for the biggest income tax cut in U.S. history in an effort to strengthen the economy during his State of the Union address.
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JFK sends his first special message on Civil Rights to Congress proposing legislation strengthening the enforcement of the voting rights provisions of the Civil Rights Acts of 1957 and 1960 which aimed to increase minority voting participation.
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FK announces a "strategy of peace" to end the Cold War in a commencement address at American University.
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After Governor George Wallace blocked the doorway for two African American students enrolling at the University of Alabama, JFK issues an executive order placing the Alabama National Guard into Federal service. The troops arrive on campus, and Governor Wallace steps aside.
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JFK signs the instrument of ratification for the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
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JFK signs the Maternal and Child Health and Mental Retardation Planning Amendments to the Social Security Act.
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President Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas, by Lee Harvey Oswald.
