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1940 |
John F. Kennedy was educated at Harvard College (graduated 1940) |
1941 |
Attack on Pearl Harbor |
1945 |
Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki |
1946 |
The Cold Warbegan between the United States and the Soviet Union |
1947-53 |
JFK became a Member of U.S. House of Representatives, 1947-53 |
1949 |
NATO formed |
1950 |
Senator Joseph McCarthy gains power and start Communist witch hunts (1950-1954) |
1953 |
Armistice in Korea |
1953 |
John F. Kennedy (JFK) was married to Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedyon September 12, 1953. Children: Only Caroline and John Jr survived infancy |
1953-61 |
JFK became a United States Senator, 1953-61 |
1954 |
SEATO alliance |
1955 |
Warsaw Pact |
1956 |
US installs Diem as leader of South Vietnam |
1957 |
Civil Rights Act of 1957 |
1958 |
NASA formed |
1959 |
Cuban Revolution |
1960 |
Greensboro sit-in |
1961 |
JFK became the President of the United States of America |
1961 |
The Peace Corps were created (1961) |
1962 |
Cuban Missile Crisis(1962) |
1963 |
John F. Kennedy was assassinated and died on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas. The assassin was believed to be Lee Harvey Oswald who was killed two days later in the Dallas city jail by Jack Ruby. |
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