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| Adviser Bundy, McGeorge |  |
| Appointed military adviser to President Kennedy & later to President Johnson |
| Aid to Kennedy, John Fitzgerald | |
| Washington Commits $20 billion to the "sister republics" in aid to Latin America over 10 yrs |
| Aid to Latin America Kennedy, John Fitzgerald | |
| Washington Commits $20 billion to the "sister republics" in aid to Latin America over 10 yrs |
| Aid to Vietnam Kennedy, John Fitzgerald | |
| 11th Oct Bien Hoa Kennedy authorizes fighter bomber trainers to the Bien Hoa Air Base |
| 11th Oct Saigon Kennedy sends General Taylor & advisers to discuss troop support for Diem |
| Dec 300 USAhelicopter pilots in "Eagle Flight" units arrive in Vietnam |
| Aid to Vietnam Taylor, Maxwell | |
| June Saigon Kennedy sends General Taylor & advisers to discuss troop support for Diem |
| Ambassador Kennan, George | |
| Belgrade Appointed Ambassador to Yugoslavia |
| Ambassador Nolting, Frederick | |
| Appointed Ambassador to Sth Vietnam |
| Arrest of Hendrix Hendrix, John Allen | |
| Arrested for stealing a car & given a choice between spending two years in prison or joining the army, Hendrix chooses the latter and enlists |
| Assassination of Kennedy Walker, Edwin | |
| Sep Mississippi Organizes the protests against the enrollment of James Meredith at the University of Mississippi |
| Atlantic Free Trade Zone Kennedy, John Fitzgerald | |
| Washington Passes the Trade Expansion Act to try & establish an Atlantic Free Trade Zone |
| Attorney General Kennedy, Robert Francis | |
| Washington Appointed Attorney General |
| Bay of Pigs Eisenhower, Dwight David | |
| The Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations had judged that Castro's policies including the expropriation of USAassets on the island and Cuba's increasing ties with the Soviet Union could not be tolerated |
| Bay of Pigs Hunt, Everette Howard | |
| Hunt helps plan the abortive, semi- farcical invasion of Cuba by a group of Florida exiles during the Bay of Pigs fiasco |
| Bay of Pigs Kennedy, John Fitzgerald | |
| The Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations had judged that Castro's policies including the expropriation of USAassets on the island and Cuba's increasing ties with the Soviet Union could not be tolerated |
| Vetoes the CIA plan to provide air support for the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba |
| 17th April Bomber aircraft displaying Cuban Fuerza Aerea Revolucionaria markings bomb the Cuban airfields of San Antonio de Los Ba¤os, Antonio Maceo International Airport, and the airfield at Ciudad Libertad |
| 17th April Bombing prior to the Bay of Pigs landing fails because the airstrikes are not continued as originally planned, limited by decisions at the highest level of USAgovernment |
| 17th April Four 2,400-ton chartered transports (named the Houston, Rio Escondido, Caribe, and Atlantico) transported 1,511 Cuban exiles to the Bay of Pigs on the Southern coast of Cuba |
| 17th April Kennedy decides against giving the faltering invasion USAair support (though four USApilots were killed in Cuba during the invasion) because of his opposition to overt intervention |
| 17th April Operation Puma, the code name given to the offensive counter air attacks against the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces, called for 48 hours of air strikes |
| Beach Boys Jardine, Alan | |
| Hawthorne The original group comprises singer-musician-composer Brian Wilson, his brothers Carl and Dennis, their cousin Mike Love & friend Alan Jardine |
| Beach Boys Wilson, Brian | |
| Hawthorne The original group comprises singer-musician-composer Brian Wilson, his brothers Carl and Dennis, their cousin Mike Love & friend Alan Jardine |
| Helps form the Beach Boys |
| Beach Boys Wilson, Carl | |
| Hawthorne The original group comprises singer-musician-composer Brian Wilson, his brothers Carl and Dennis, their cousin Mike Love & friend Alan Jardine |
| Beach Boys Wilson, Dennis | |
| Hawthorne The original group comprises singer-musician-composer Brian Wilson, his brothers Carl and Dennis, their cousin Mike Love & friend Alan Jardine |
| Birth of Lewis, Frederick Carlton "Carl" Lewis, Frederick Carlton "Carl" | |
| 1st July Birmingham Birth of Frederick Carlton "Carl" Lewis |
| Chief of Staff Lemay, Curtis | |
| Appointed USAAir Force Chief-of-Staff |
| Composition of Pitney Pitney, Gene | |
| 1st success as a songwriter with "Rubber Ball," a Top 10 hit for Bobby Vee |
| Ricky Nelson has a hit with Pitney's "Hello Mary Lou" |
| Conference of Vienna Kennedy, John Fitzgerald | |
| June Vienna Kennedy attends a summit with Premier Khrushchev in Vienna to discuss cold war confrontations between the east & west, in particular the situation in Berlin |
| June Vienna The failure of the two leaders to resolve any of their differences during the summit led Khrushchev to view Kennedy as a weak president |
| June Vienna Kennedy & Khrushchev meet to avoid direct confrontation between USA & Russia |
| June Vienna Russia & the USA agree to enforce a truce within their areas of influence |
| Cuban Missile Crisis Kennedy, John Fitzgerald | |
| Washington B-52 & B-47Nuclear bombers placed on crisis footing & half are on a 15 minute alert |
| Cuban Project Kennedy, John Fitzgerald | |
| 5th June The Kennedy administration continues covert operations against Cuba, later launching the Cuban Project to "help Cuba overthrow the Communist regime". |
| Death of Hemingway, Ernest Miller Hemingway, Ernest Miller | |
| 2nd July Ketchum Death of Ernest Miller Hemingway, suicide |
| Defection Oswald Oswald, Lee Harvey | |
| Feb Minsk Oswald writes to the USAEmbassy wanting to return to the US |
| Feb Moscow Writes a letter to the USAEmbassy asking to return to America |
| 25th Dec The Russian authorities approve exit visas for both Lee and Marina to live in the USA |
| Diplomacy Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
| Saigon Visits President Diem in Saigon & offers him America's support |
| Diplomacy Kennedy, John Fitzgerald | |
| Washington Commits $20 billion to the "sister republics" in aid to Latin America over 10 yrs |
| 23rd Mar "the security of South East Asia will be endagered if Laos loses its independence" |
| 5th June London Elizabeth II entertains President Kennedy |
| 5th June London The Kennedy administration continues covert operations against Cuba, later launching the Cuban Project to "help Cuba overthrow the Communist regime". |
| Director CIA McConone McConone, John | |
| Appointed Secretary of the Central Intelligence Agency |
| Director Peace Corps Shriver Shriver, Sargent | |
| 4th Mar Appointed Director of the Peace Corps |
| Discovery of Moon Kennedy, John Fitzgerald | |
| Washington "The goal, before the decade is out, of landing a man on the moon" |
| Dismissal Walker, Edwin | |
| Dallas Dismissed for circulating racist literature to his troops |
| Doctrine Domino Theory Bundy, McGeorge | |
| If Vietnam falls it will be impossible to hold Sth East Asia |
| Election Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| Defeated by John F Kennedy in the Presidential elections |
| Farm Gate Kennedy, John Fitzgerald | |
| Oct Bien Hoa B-26s & SC-47s are redesignated as "reconnaissance bombers" |
| 16th Dec Bien Hoa Farm Gate aircraft are authorized to fly combat missions |
| General Counsel to the Pentagon Vance, Cyrus | |
| Appointed General Counsel to the Pentagon |
| General Taylor, Maxwell | |
| Washington Appointed special military adviser to President Kennedy |
| Gerde's Folk City Zimmerman, Robert Allen | |
| New York Plays at Gerde's Folk City |
| Government Eisenhower, Dwight David | |
| Breaks off diplomatic relations with Cuba |
| Government Hodges, Luther | |
| Washington Appointed Secretary of Commerce |
| Government Kennan, George | |
| Belgrade Appointed Ambassador to Yugoslavia |
| Government Ribicoff, Abraham | |
| Washington Appointed Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare |
| Government Rusk, David Dean | |
| Washington Appointed Secretary of State |
| Government Udall, Stewart | |
| Washington Appointed Secretary of the Interior |
| Inauguarion of Kennedy Kennedy, John Fitzgerald | |
| 20th Jan Washington Inaugurated President of the USA, 35th President, youngest ever President |
| Independence Kennedy, John Fitzgerald | |
| 23rd Mar "the security of South East Asia will be endagered if Laos loses its independence" |
| Invasion of Cuba Bissell, Richard | |
| As a result of the failure, CIA director Allen Dulles , deputy CIA director Charles Cabell, and Deputy Director of Operations Richard Bissell were all forced to resign |
| Invasion of Cuba Cabell, Charles | |
| As a result of the failure, CIA director Allen Dulles , deputy CIA director Charles Cabell, and Deputy Director of Operations Richard Bissell were all forced to resign |
| Invasion of Cuba Dulles, Allen Welsh | |
| As a result of the failure, CIA director Allen Dulles , deputy CIA director Charles Cabell, and Deputy Director of Operations Richard Bissell were all forced to resign |
| Assures Kennedy that invasion of Cuba will result in the overthrow of Castro |
| Invasion of Cuba Hunt, Everette Howard | |
| Hunt helps plan the abortive, semi- farcical invasion of Cuba by a group of Florida exiles during the Bay of Pigs fiasco |
| Invasion of Cuba Kennedy, John Fitzgerald | |
| As a result of the failure, CIA director Allen Dulles , deputy CIA director Charles Cabell, and Deputy Director of Operations Richard Bissell were all forced to resign |
| Permits the CIA invasion of Cuba but refuses to supply conventional USAforces |
| Vetoes the CIA plan to provide air support for the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba |
| 17th Feb Kennedy asked Asks advisors whether the toppling of Castro might be related to weapon shipments and if it was possible to claim the real targets were modern fighter aircraft and rockets which endangered America's securit |
| 17th April Bomber aircraft displaying Cuban Fuerza Aerea Revolucionaria markings bomb the Cuban airfields of San Antonio de Los Ba¤os, Antonio Maceo International Airport, and the airfield at Ciudad Libertad |
| 17th April Bombing prior to the Bay of Pigs landing fails because the airstrikes are not continued as originally planned, limited by decisions at the highest level of USAgovernment |
| 17th April Four 2,400-ton chartered transports (named the Houston, Rio Escondido, Caribe, and Atlantico) transported 1,511 Cuban exiles to the Bay of Pigs on the Southern coast of Cuba |
| 17th April Kennedy decides against giving the faltering invasion USAair support (though four USApilots were killed in Cuba during the invasion) because of his opposition to overt intervention |
| 17th April Operation Puma, the code name given to the offensive counter air attacks against the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces, called for 48 hours of air strikes |
| 20th April The invasion force of Cuban exiles has been killed or captured by Castro |
| Invasion of Kennedy, John Fitzgerald | |
| April Kennedy suggests reconnaissance spying flights using Laotian markings |
| John Birch Society Walker, Edwin | |
| Dallas Accused of indoctrinating his troops with right-wing literature from the John Birch Society |
| Marriage of Oswald, Lee Harvey Oswald, Lee Harvey | |
| Minsk Oswald meets Marina Alexandrovna Prusakova, a 19-year-old pharmacology student from Leningrad |
| 30th April Minsk Lee Harvey Oswald marries Marina |
| Marriage of Oswald, Marina Oswald, Marina | |
| 17th Mar Minsk 1st introduced to Lee Harvey Oswald |
| McCloy Zorin Accords Eisenhower, Dwight David | |
| 20th Sep The United States and the Soviet Union sign a "Joint Statement of Agreed Principles for Disarmament Negotiations ," the McCloy-Zorin Accords |
| 20th Dec The United Nations General Assembly adopts the McCloy-Zorin Accords |
| Military Aid Sth Vietnam Bundy, McGeorge | |
| Reccomends a "hard hitting operation" to support President Diem |
| Minuteman Kennedy, John Fitzgerald | |
| Washington Announces doubled Minuteman production |
| Mobilization Ball, George | |
| Kennedy accepts Ball's reccomendation to increase the Saigon Army by 20,000 |
| Mobilization Bundy, McGeorge | |
| Reccomends sending 8,000 troops to Vietnam |
| Mobilization Kennedy, John Fitzgerald | |
| USAbacking includes new equipment and more than 3,000 military advisors |
| 11th Oct Saigon Kennedy sends General Taylor & advisers to discuss troop support for Diem |
| 11th Dec USAhelicopters arrive at docks in South Vietnam along with 400 USApersonnel |
| Mobilization Taylor, Maxwell | |
| June Saigon Kennedy sends General Taylor & advisers to discuss troop support for Diem |
| Moon Landing Kennedy, John Fitzgerald | |
| "The goal, before the decade is out, of landing a man on the moon" |
| NATO Kennedy, John Fitzgerald | |
| 25th July Calls for an extra $3.25 billion in defense spending & an increase in USA& NATO forces |
| Nobel Prize Calvin, Melvin | |
| The Winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry |
| Nuclear Warfare Eisenhower, Dwight David | |
| 15th Sep The United States Nuclear testing moratorium ends |
| 20th Sep The United States and the Soviet Union sign a "Joint Statement of Agreed Principles for Disarmament Negotiations ," the McCloy-Zorin Accords |
| 20th Dec The United Nations General Assembly adopts the McCloy-Zorin Accords |
| Nuclear Warfare Kennedy, John Fitzgerald | |
| Announces doubled Minuteman production |
| B-52 & B-47Nuclear bombers placed on crisis footing & half are on a 15 minute alert |
| Oscar Lancaster, Burt | |
| Winner of the best male actor for "Elmer Gantry" |
| Peace Kennedy, John Fitzgerald | |
| 28th Jan Announces plans for a corps of volunteers to improve conditions in undeveloped nations |
| 1st Mar Announces the Peace Corps has been created |
| 22nd Sep Washington Signs a law making the Peace Corps permanent |
| Polaris Kennedy, John Fitzgerald | |
| Announces the Polaris building program will be doubled for the year |
| Postmaster General Day, John Edward | |
| Appointed Postmaster General |
| Publication of Heller Heller, Joseph | |
| Publication of, "Catch 22" |
| Puma Kennedy, John Fitzgerald | |
| 17th April Bombing prior to the Bay of Pigs landing fails because the airstrikes are not continued as originally planned, limited by decisions at the highest level of USAgovernment |
| 17th April Operation Puma, the code name given to the offensive counter air attacks against the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces, called for 48 hours of air strikes |
| Resignation of Dulles Dulles, Allen Welsh | |
| Bay of Pigs Resigns after the failure of the the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba |
| Secretary Agriculture Freeman, Orville | |
| Appointed Secretary of Agriculture |
| Secretary Airforce Zuckert, Eugene | |
| Appointed Secretary of the Airforce |
| Secretary Commerce Hodges, Luther | |
| Washington Appointed Secretary of Commerce |
| Secretary Defense McNamara, Robert | |
| Washington Appointed Secretary of Defense, 1st term |
| Secretary Defense Nitze, Paul | |
| Appointed Assistant Secretary of Defense |
| Secretary Labor Goldberg, Arthur | |
| Washington Appointed Secretary of Labor |
| Secretary Treasury Dillon, Douglas | |
| Appointed Secretary of the Treasury |
| Siege of Berlin Kennedy, John Fitzgerald | |
| 3rd June Berlin Khruschev threatens to settle with East Germany if a peace treaty is not agreed |
| 25th July Berlin Announces on TV Berlin had become "the great testing place of Western courage & will" |
| Sep Berlin Increases the USAgarrison in Berlin by 1,500 |
| Southern Christian Leadership Conference King, Martin Luther | |
| The FBI begins wiretapping King fearing that Communists are trying to infiltrate the Civil Rights Movement, when no such evidence emerges, the bureau uses incidental details caught on tape over six years in attempts to force King out of the SLCLC |
| Sucide of Hemingway Hemingway, Ernest Miller | |
| 2nd July Ketchum Found shot through the head by his own gun |
| Task Force Ball, George | |
| Runs Kennedy's task force for economic, political & military programs in Vietnam |
| Trade Expansion Act Kennedy, John Fitzgerald | |
| Washington Passes the Trade Expansion Act to try & establish an Atlantic Free Trade Zone |
| United Nations Eisenhower, Dwight David | |
| 20th Dec The United Nations General Assembly adopts the McCloy-Zorin Accords |
| Visa Oswald Oswald, Lee Harvey | |
| 25th Dec The Russian authorities approve exit visas for both Lee and Marina to live in the USA |
