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John F. Kennedy is inaugurated as the thirty-fifth President of the United States.
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John F. Kennedy Key Events
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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.
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The Geneva conference, with the United States, Soviet Union, and the United Kingdom participating, adjourns without reaching an agreement on a nuclear test ban.
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Kennedy halts virtually all trade with Cuba.
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Kennedy is informed of the existence of Soviet missile installations in Cuba.
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Kennedy signs a limited nuclear test-ban treaty with the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom.
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South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem is assassinated in U.S.-supported coup.
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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.
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Jack Ruby shoots and kills Lee Harvey Oswald.
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Kennedy is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.