John F. Kennedy is inaugurated as the thirty-fifth President of the United States.
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John F. Kennedy Key Events
Kennedy, fulfilling a campaign pledge, issues an executive order creating a temporary Peace Corps and asks Congress to authorize the program permanently. He appoints Sargent Shriver to head the organization.
The Geneva conference, with the United States, Soviet Union, and the United Kingdom participating, adjourns without reaching an agreement on a nuclear test ban.
Kennedy halts virtually all trade with Cuba.
Kennedy is informed of the existence of Soviet missile installations in Cuba.
Kennedy signs a limited nuclear test-ban treaty with the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom.
South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem is assassinated in U.S.-supported coup.
Kennedy is assassinated while riding in a motorcade in Dallas, Texas. Lee Harvey Oswald is arrested and accused of the crime. Vice President Lyndon Baines Johnson is sworn in as the thirty-sixth President of the United States following the assassination.