1963 ⟶ Assassination of President Kennedy
John F. Kennedy is shot and killed in Dallas. There has been...
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🇺🇸 John F. Kennedy Becomes US President
John F. Kennedy becomes President of the United States.⟶
USKennedyPresidentPoliticsCold WarLeadership
🌕 Kennedy Announces Moon Landing Goal
John F. Kennedy announces the US intention to put a man on the Moon – kickstarting Project Mercury, America's first human spaceflight program.⟶
space raceUSJohn F. Kennedymoon landingProject MercuryUnited Statesspace explorationCold War
🇺🇸 Assassination of President Kennedy
John F. Kennedy is shot and killed in Dallas. There has been some speculation over whether communist countries, or even the CIA, were involved in the assassination, but those theories remain controversial. Kennedy's vice-president Lyndon B. Johnson becomes President of the United States.⟶
United StatesJohn F. KennedyAssassinationLyndon B. JohnsonPolitical TurmoilCold WarUS HistoryDallas
🔪 Assassination of South Vietnamese President Diem
South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem is assassinated in a coup. CIA involvement is suspected.⟶
VietnamSouth VietnamNgo Dinh DiemCoupAssassinationUS InvolvementCold WarSoutheast AsiaPolitical Instability
☢️ US and USSR Announce Production Cuts of Nuclear Materials
U.S. President Lyndon Johnson in New York, and Soviet First Secretary Nikita Khrushchev in Moscow, announce simultaneously plans to cut back production of materials for making nuclear weapons.⟶
United StatesUSSRNuclear Arms RaceArms ControlDe-escalationCold WarNuclear WeaponsDisarmamentLyndon B. JohnsonNikita Khrushchev
🇺🇸 Ford Becomes US President
Gerald Ford becomes President of the United States upon the resignation of Nixon.⟶
Gerald FordUS PresidentNixonResignationCold WarPoliticsUnited StatesLeadershipGovernment