John F. Kennedy
US president who in May 1961 committed the nation to landing a man on the Moon before the decade was out.
Person29 May 1917 – 22 Nov 1963
- Identifiers
- Wikidata Q9696
Sources
Appears in33 items
- The Civil Rights Movement4 items
- The Cold War4 items
- The Cuban Missile Crisis19 items
- Kennedy draws a line4 Sep 1962
- Photo-interpreters find the missiles15 Oct 1962
- The thirteen days16 Oct 1962, 13:00
- Bundy tells the President16 Oct 1962, 13:00
- The ExComm first meets16 Oct 1962, 15:50
- Gromyko at the White House18 Oct 1962, 21:00
- LeMay: “almost as bad as the appeasement at Munich”19 Oct 1962, 13:45
- Kennedy chooses a blockade20 Oct 1962, 18:30
- No guarantee from the air21 Oct 1962
- The Presidium sits through the night22 Oct 1962, 19:00
- Kennedy tells the world22 Oct 1962, 23:00
- Kennedy signs the quarantine proclamation23 Oct 1962, 23:06
- The naval quarantine24 Oct 1962, 14:00
- Maultsby’s U-2 strays over Siberia27 Oct 1962, 15:59
- The ExComm argues over the Jupiters27 Oct 1962, 20:00
- Kennedy answers the first letter28 Oct 1962, 00:05
- Air reserves called up28 Oct 1962, 01:00
- The quarantine is lifted20 Nov 1962, 23:00
- “We all breathe the same air”10 Jun 1963
- The Space Race2 items
- The US Presidency3 items
- The Vietnam War1 item
