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On this day, Kennedy offically accepted the nomination for running for president.
-- During his speech, Kennedy claimed that the New and Fair Deals - although very helpful in their own time - could not help the country anymore -
On September 16th, John F. Kennedy spoke at the Houston Minister's Confrence, on religion.
-- during this speech, he not only spoke on his own beliefs as a Roman Catholic, but also on how he believed that everyone should have freedom of religion -
The very first televised presidental debate was held on September 26th, between Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy.
-- the radio listeners thought that Nixon was the better candidate, becasue they felt that he had stronger arguments and more knowledge
-- the television viewers thought that Kennedy was the better candidate, simply because he looked good -
On this day, the United States had nuclear missles aimed at Cuba, in hopes to overthrow their leader.
-- The USSR - Union of Soviet Socialist Republics - had already placed their own nuclear weapons in Cuba, before we aimed -
Although the Soviet Union had already planted it's weapons in Cuba by this time, the Cuban Leader (Fidel Catro) welcomed any of them into his country.
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On this historical day, John F. Kennedy offically won the Presidental Race to become our 35th President.
-- not only did this make Kennedy our youngest president elected, but also our first - and only - Roman Catholic president
-- it was actually a very close election
+ Kennedy won by less than 120,000 votes, overall -
Kennedy agreed to let the CIA train Cuban Exiles, officially.
-- Cuban Exiles were people who fled the island in search of a better life somewhere else
-- thia agreement would have never been made if the Eisenhower Administration hadn't already wanted Castro overthrown -
On this day, the United States invaded Cuba, in the hopes of being able to overthrown the reigning leader, Fidel Castro.
-- Although this mission was carefully planned, it ultimately failed when they put it into action -
On May 4th, the "Freedom Riders" were attacked while going through Alabama. This caused much comotion afterwards.
-- the Freedom Riders were a large group of Civil Rights Activists who rode interstate buses into segregated parts of the South
+ they were part of the Civil Rights Movement -
A speech was made by John F. Kennedy in the intrest of putting a man on the moon, before Russia did.
-- although Kennedy showed much intrest in this subject, it was unfortunately not a reality until 6 years after his assassination -
The Berlin Wall - a wall constucted to keep all of the people fleeing communism in Berlin - was finally completed.
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On the day that the Berlin Wall was completed, the USSR was put on guard to keep the United States out of the western part of Berlin.
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on this day, Kennedy informed the people of his plan to get rid of the missiles that were still in Cuba.
--Even though it was the Soviets who had placed the weapons there, we felt as though we were the ones who needed to take them away -
JFK stated that he was going to put a naval block around Cuba, for extra protection, on this day.
-- this block made the Soviets inable to enter at any part of the Cuban Island
-- after Castro was overthrown, America backed off of Cuba - we chose then to try and protect them from the Soviet Union -
Only 4 days after the US put up the naval blockade around Cuba, Russia informed everyone of their plan to get rid of the missiles that they had placed in Cuba.
-- this was announced in a speech made by a Russian Leader, Khrushchev -
On June 16th, Kennedy gave aspeech on his opinion of Civil Rights. This speech was heard by the entire nation - via radio or television.
-- During this speech, Kennedy informed everyone that he was a strong supporter of black and white equality -
On this day, John F. Kennedy traveled all the way to West Berlin, to talk about communism to the people.
-- during his speech, he openly critisized communism, which led the people to think twice about how they were livng -
Kennedy officially made a treaty, which stated that there would be a ban placed on nuclear testing in the United States. He invited the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union, also, to sign - they did.
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On this fateful day, just hours after Kennedy's assassination, the government were forced to elect a new president, up until the next election time. They appointed Lyndon B. Johnson, who was Kennedy's Vice President, for the job.
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Kennedy's assassination happened when he was driving through Dallas, TX for his Electoral Tour through the south. He was shot in the head, and it ended up killing him instantly.
-- Kennedy was actually shot in the throat first, before the killing blow of the head shot
-- the killer of Kennedy was never actually found, but the police charged Lee Harvey Oswald with the crime
