John F. Kennedy
Some of the key events about John F. Kennedy
- 1941Volunteered for U.S. Navy service after the attack on Pearl Harbor
- 1941Cheated on an exam at Harvard University, resulting in expulsion
- 1943Saved the crew of PT-109 after a Japanese destroyer rammed and sank it
- 1943Engaged in an affair with a suspected Nazi spy named Inga Arvad
- 1946Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts' 11th district
- 1947Diagnosed with Addison's disease, which he kept secret from the public
- 1952Elected to the United States Senate
- 1955Voted against the Civil Rights Act of 1957
- 1957Won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography for "Profiles in Courage"
- 1960Elected as the 35th President of the United States
- 1961Established the Peace Corps to promote international goodwill and development
- 1961Committed to landing a man on the Moon before the end of the decade
- 1961Authorized the failed Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba
- 1961Escalated U.S. involvement in Vietnam by increasing the number of military advisors
- 1962Successfully resolved the Cuban Missile Crisis through diplomacy
- 1962Authorized Operation Mongoose, a covert operation to overthrow Fidel Castro
- 1962Approved wiretapping of Martin Luther King Jr. by the FBI
- 1962Engaged in extramarital affairs, including a relationship with Marilyn Monroe
- 1963Proposed and promoted the Civil Rights Act to Congress
- 1963Authorized the coup against South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem, leading to Diem's assassination
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