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1961-1963 JFK John F. Kennedy Vice President was Lyndon B. Johnson. John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address.
Approved the unsuccessful Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba (April 1961). He provided armed helicopters and crews to fight Communists in South Vietnam, expanding U.S. involvement. In October 1962 he ordered air and naval blockade of Cuba, forcing the Soviet Union to remove all nuclear missiles from the island. JFK set up the first hotline and teletype link between the White House and the Kremlin. In October 1963 he signed a nuclear test ban treaty with Britain and the Soviet Union. About his private life: Would anyone have listened to any young woman if John F. Kennedy would have had a casual affair with her?
35 John F. Kennedy Born: May 29, 1917, Brookline, Massachusetts. Died: November 22, 1963. Party: Democratic. Age when inaugurated: 43. Term: 1961-1963. In 1962, the U.S. and the Soviet Union hovered on the brink of nuclear war during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Kennedy eventually forced the Soviets to back down. He was assassinated in the third year of his term.
John F. Kennedy
Presidential Debate
October 21, 1960
Famous Fact: Kennedy is the only Roman Catholic to become President. (Source: scholasticnetwork.com)
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