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2 days ago · On Monday, October 22, 1962, President Kennedy appeared on television to inform Americans of the recently discovered Soviet military buildup in Cuba including the ongoing installation of offensive nuclear missiles.
3 days ago · John F. Kennedy, 35th president of the United States (1961–63), who faced a number of foreign crises, especially the Cuban missile crisis, but managed to secure such achievements as the Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty and the Alliance for Progress.
1 day ago · John F. Kennedy. Kim Philby. Ronald Reagan. Recent News. Apr. 30, 2024, 7:16 AM ET (ABC News (U.S.)) The US is in a Cold War with China over Taiwan, expert says. Apr. 25, 2024, 3:20 AM ET (Jerusalem Post) US Congress passes Ukraine, Israel foreign aid bill. Apr. 24, 2024, 3:50 AM ET (BBC)
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4 days ago · Description. Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s remarks concerning President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s 1941 State of the Union address (also known as the Four Freedoms speech) during which President Roosevelt identified four fundamental freedoms that everyone ought to enjoy, including freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom ...
4 days ago · Description: CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System) video of President John F. Kennedy in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C., delivering a radio and television address to the American people on the passage of a treaty banning atmospheric nuclear weapons tests, later known as the Partial Test Ban Treaty (PTBT) or Limited Test Ban Treaty ...
1 day ago · The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc, that started in 1947, two years after the end of World War II and lasted to 1991, the fall of the Soviet Union.
1 day ago · President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy greeting 2506 Brigade members, 1962. Only 3 percent of Americans supported military action in 1960. According to Gallup, 72% of people had a negative view of Fidel Castro in 1960. After the conflict, 61% of Americans approved of the action, while 15% disapproved and 24% were unsure.