2 January 1961Ella German Marriage ProposalLee Harvey Oswald
After spending New Year's Day with Ella German's family, Lee proposed marriage to her the following evening and was rejected.
Historical records for United States of America in 1961, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
After spending New Year's Day with Ella German's family, Lee proposed marriage to her the following evening and was rejected.
On January 4, 1961, Oswald told Soviet officials that he no longer wanted Soviet citizenship and requested only an extension of his residence permit.
The White House Conference on Aging opens as the administration addresses policy for an expanding elderly population.
Cabell is briefed on unresolved Defense Department support problems affecting the Cuban project.
Dulles briefs a closed Senate Foreign Relations Committee session on the Cuban exile programme.
Delivers his Farewell Address, warning of the potential influence of the military-industrial complex and emphasizing balanced national policy.
Rusk receives a CIA briefing on the basic Cuban covert-action plan before taking office.
McCone completed his service as Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission at the end of the Eisenhower administration.
Inaugurated President of the USA, 35th President, youngest ever President
Kennedy enters office with the CIA Cuban invasion project already well advanced.
Leaves the presidency and retires to his farm near the Gettysburg battlefield.
Barnes reports that senior Kennedy administration officials generally endorse continuation of preparations.
Arrives in New York and enters the Greenwich Village folk scene.
Cabell joins preparations for the presidential meeting on the strike-force plan and military coordination.
Kennedy directs continuation of propaganda, political action, sabotage, infiltration and overflight activities while military review proceeds.
Bowles argues that the operation threatens United States diplomatic credibility.
Kennedy is briefed on a plan, code-named Operation Pluto, for a ship-borne invasion force to land near Trinidad, Cuba.
McNamara examines the military assumptions behind the proposed exile invasion.
Kennedy is briefed on Operation Pluto, an invasion plan proposing a landing near Trinidad, Cuba.
Announces plans for a corps of volunteers to improve conditions in undeveloped nations
Schlesinger warns that United States responsibility for an invasion would become evident.
Bowles raises objections to the invasion plan within the State Department.
Kennedy reviews a proposed landing near Trinidad at the Escambray Mountains.
Kennedy reviews the proposed landing near Trinidad and the Escambray Mountains.
McNamara receives a briefing on the proposed Trinidad invasion plan.
Rusk participates in the new administration review of the Trinidad landing proposal.
Rusk receives a briefing on the proposed Trinidad landing.
Schlesinger warns that the invasion could seriously damage United States credibility.
Hawkins gives senior CIA and military officers a detailed briefing on the proposed Cuban strike plan.
Gray receives a detailed briefing on the planned exile strike force and its operational concept.
Kennedy inherits a policy intended to remove Castro and reduce Soviet influence in Cuba.
Lemnitzer forwards the Joint Chiefs' favorable evaluation of the proposed exile strike plan to the CIA.
Mann urges officials to proceed cautiously while the administration considers the proposed invasion force.
Berle requests a paper assessing the consequences of disbanding the exile strike force and possible alternatives.
Bissell discusses creation of a Cuban Revolutionary Council to provide political leadership for the anti-Castro operation.
Becomes NASA administrator during Apollo expansion.
Bissell reviews Cuban civilian-military relations and links between exile political leaders, the strike force and Joint Chiefs staff.
Kennedy asked Asks advisers 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 Americas securit
Hunt helped prepare the exile political structure that evolved into the Cuban Revolutionary Council before the Bay of Pigs invasion.
Lemnitzer coordinates military review of the CIA invasion proposal.
In February 1961, Oswald asked the American Embassy to return his passport and said that he wanted to return to the United States.
Announces the Peace Corps has been created
Announces the Peace Corps has been created
Mann hosts an interagency review of the Joint Staff draft plan for operations against Cuba.
The United States Navy begins regular Polaris submarine operations from Holy Loch in Scotland
Mann asks that formation of the Cuban Revolutionary Council not be announced until after the Mexico City peace conference.
Appointed Director of the Peace Corps
Appointed Director of the Peace Corps
Mann argues that the Trinidad concept makes outside sponsorship too visible and presses for a more deniable landing site.
Bundy joins the presidential review of the Trinidad plan as Kennedy demands a less overt American appearance.
Kennedy demands a less conspicuous landing site than Trinidad.
Berle participates in the White House discussion of the Trinidad invasion concept and its political risks.
Bundy meets CIA and military officials and then briefs Kennedy on the revised invasion planning.
Bissell works with CIA planners to prepare a revised military plan meeting White House political restrictions.
1st introduced to Lee Harvey Oswald
Oswald met Marina Prusakova at a trade-union dance in Minsk around March 17, 1961, and began seeing her soon afterward.
"the security of South East Asia will be endagered if Laos loses its independence"
"the security of South East Asia will be endagered if Laos loses its independence"
"the security of South East Asia will be endagered if Laos loses its independence"
Departs Stock Island aboard Blagar to help direct the landing phase of the invasion
Departs Stock Island aboard Barbara J to help direct the landing phase of the invasion
CIA helps Cuban exiles create the Cuban Revolutionary Council.
Hunt continued negotiations among rival Cuban exile leaders as the CIA tried to present a unified political alternative to Fidel Castro.
President Kennedy restores Eisenhower to the active list of the Regular Army with the rank of General of the Army.
Bissell coordinates a twenty-four-hour delay in moving the strike force from Guatemala toward Nicaragua.
Arrives at Puerto Cabezas and prepares small boats for the invasion force
Arrives at Puerto Cabezas and helps prepare landing craft for the invasion force
Braddock receives a briefing on propaganda arrangements intended to accompany the invasion.
Bissell receives a war-room briefing on the main strike force and the separate Diaz diversion.
The CIA-chartered invasion fleet moves toward Cuba before the landing.
Receives final briefings on the Barbara J role in the landing plan
A Radio Moscow broadcast predicts an imminent CIA-supported invasion of Cuba.
Kennedy advisers note a Soviet broadcast predicting an imminent invasion of Cuba.
Goodwin supports exile B-26 crews during the opening air operation.
Stevenson discovers that intelligence officials supplied him with inaccurate information.
Volunteers as an Alabama Air National Guard aircrew member supporting the exile air force.
Volunteers as an Alabama Air National Guard pilot supporting Bay of Pigs air operations.
Volunteers as an Alabama Air National Guard aircrew member supporting the Bay of Pigs operation.
Commands a formation of B-26 bombers during the pre-invasion air strike.
Stevenson later learns that the official account of the air strikes was false.
Stevenson responds after Cuba accuses the United States of directing air attacks.
Stevenson confronts Cuban evidence challenging the defector cover story.
At about 06:00 Cuban time, eight Douglas B-26B Invader bombers attacked three Cuban airfields in three groups.
They struck San Antonio de los Banos, Ciudad Libertad near Havana, and Antonio Maceo International Airport at Santiago de Cuba.
Stevenson publicly denies that United States forces will intervene in Cuba.
Operation Puma calls for sustained strikes against Cuban aircraft and airfields.
Exile B-26 aircraft attack three Cuban airfields before the main landing.
Kennedy is informed that strikes hit airfields near Havana and Santiago de Cuba.
Stevenson states that United States armed forces will not intervene in Cuba.
Stevenson presents the administration claim that Cuban defectors conducted the attacks.
Cabell goes to Rusk with Bissell to challenge cancellation of the planned D-Day air strikes.
Cancels or limits further overt air strikes before the landing phase of the operation
Supports caution over additional air strikes because of diplomatic and deniability concerns
Bissell joins Cabell in arguing that cancellation of the dawn strikes leaves Castro's remaining aircraft able to attack the brigade.
Bundy informs Cabell that dawn air strikes are not to proceed until they can be launched from the beachhead.
Bundy confirms that no presidential diversion order has been issued, allowing the landing operation to proceed.
Rusk explains the political reasons preventing the planned dawn strikes before the beachhead airfield is secured.
Robertson helps direct the landing phase from the Barbara J during the opening hours of the invasion.
Lynch helps direct the landing from the Blagar and remains involved as Cuban aircraft repeatedly attack the vessel.
McNamara participates in discussions as Cuban forces attack the landing area.
Clark positions destroyers offshore to provide early warning for the Cuban Expeditionary Force ships.
Bomber aircraft displaying Cuban Fuerza Aerea Revolucionaria markings bomb the Cuban airfields of San Antonio de Los Bacos, Antonio Maceo International Airport, and the airfield at Ciudad Libertad
Kennedy decides against giving the faltering invasion US air support (though four US pilots were killed in Cuba during the invasion) because of his opposition to overt intervention.
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.
Dulles is briefed late on the invasion crisis, including men ashore, undelivered supplies and two ships lost to Cuban aircraft.
Gray relays the urgent request for carrier air protection after cancellation of the planned Cuban exile air strikes.
Kennedy permits the exile operation but refuses deployment of conventional United States forces.
Hunt helps organise the political component of the failed exile operation.
Wheeler orders restricted carrier air cover for Cuban Expeditionary Force shipping outside Cuban territorial waters.
Clark sends aircraft to locate the distant Caribe and persuade its master to turn north toward the operational area.
Clark works to turn surviving Cuban Expeditionary Force ships back toward Point Zulu after the landing force comes under heavy attack.
Kennedy authorises a limited one-hour Navy fighter cover mission for the brigade's final B-26 operation.
Kennedy tells Khrushchev that the United States intends no military intervention while defending the aspirations of anti-Castro Cubans.
Kennedy denies intended United States military intervention while defending Cuban exiles.
Shamburger is killed when a Cuban fighter shoots down his B-26.
Clark sends destroyers toward the beaches to attempt evacuation of brigade survivors.
Clark sends destroyers toward the beaches in an effort to evacuate surviving brigade members.
Ray flies an American-crewed B-26 during the final mission.
Baker is killed after surviving the crash of his B-26.
Gray dies when his B-26 crashes after being hit by Cuban fire.
Kennedy authorises limited fighter protection for the final exile B-26 mission.
Killed after surviving the crash of a B-26 bomber during the final Bay of Pigs air mission.
Killed when his B-26 bomber crashed into the ocean after being hit by Cuban air defense.
Killed after his B-26 bomber was shot down during the final air mission of the Bay of Pigs operation.
Killed when his B-26 bomber was shot down by a Cuban T-33 fighter.
The invasion force of Cuban exiles has been killed or captured by Castro
Kennedy states that responsibility for the operation rests with the President.
Dennison continues naval and aerial searches for scattered brigade survivors.
President Kennedy asked General Maxwell D. Taylor, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, Admiral Arleigh Burke and CIA Director Allen Dulles to form the Cuba Study Group, to report on lessons to learn from the failed operation
Serves on the Cuba Study Group even as CIA leadership comes under criticism for the failed invasion
Kennedy forms the Cuba Study Group to review the failed invasion.
President Kennedy asked General Maxwell D. Taylor, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, Admiral Arleigh Burke and CIA Director Allen Dulles to form the Cuba Study Group, to report on lessons to learn from the failed operation
Robert Kennedy serves on the inquiry reviewing the failed operation.
Taylor chairs the presidential inquiry into the planning and execution of the invasion.
Burke serves on the presidential group examining the failed invasion.
President Kennedy asked General Maxwell D. Taylor, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, Admiral Arleigh Burke and CIA Director Allen Dulles to form the Cuba Study Group, to report on lessons to learn from the failed operation
Taylor begins examining decisions, intelligence and military assumptions behind the failure.
Oswald married Marina Prusakova in Minsk on April 30, 1961, after completing the required civil registration procedures.
Dennison directs Atlantic Fleet support positioned outside Cuban waters.
Robert Kennedy participates in administration discussions about the invasion.
Kennedy suggests reconnaissance spying flights using Laotian markings
Lemnitzer represents the Joint Chiefs during reviews of the operation.
Burke oversees naval advice and support arrangements for the operation.
Clark commands the naval task group assigned to support and monitor the operation.
The Act provides loans and assistance to regions experiencing persistent unemployment.
Patrice Lumumba Friendship University rejected Lee's application because the institution was reserved for students from developing regions.
Lynch submits an after-action report describing the landing operation and the rapid deterioration of the invasion.
Robertson submits his after-action account of the Bay of Pigs landing operation to the Taylor inquiry.
Shepard pilots Freedom 7 on the first crewed American suborbital spaceflight, demonstrating the basic Mercury spacecraft and recovery system.
Cabell gives Taylor a detailed statement explaining the circumstances surrounding cancellation of the D-Day air strike.
Death of Frank James "Gary" Cooper
Death of Gary Cooper
Schlesinger advises Kennedy on intelligence organisation after the failure.
Commits the United States to landing a man on the Moon.
The American Embassy received Lee's letter announcing his marriage and asking about possible prosecution if he returned to the United States.
Testifies or is questioned during post-invasion reviews of CIA planning
Defends CIA organization and planning before post-invasion reviewers
Taylor's study group examines command, intelligence, air support and policy decisions that contributed to the Bay of Pigs defeat.
Robert Kennedy participates in the presidential inquiry examining responsibility for the failed invasion.
Khruschev threatens to settle with East Germany if a peace Treaty is not agreed
The Kennedy administration continues covert operations against Cuba, later launching the Cuban Project to "help Cuba overthrow the Communist regime"
The Kennedy administration continues covert operations against Cuba, later launching the Cuban Project to "help Cuba overthrow the Communist regime"
The Kennedy administration continues covert operations against Cuba, later launching the Cuban Project to "help Cuba overthrow the Communist regime". Elizabeth II entertains President Kennedy
Taylor submits findings and recommendations from the presidential review.
Kennedy sends General Taylor & advisers to discuss troop support for Diem
Kennedy attends a summit with Premier Khrushchev in Vienna to discuss cold war confrontations between the east & west, in particular the situation in Berlin
The failure of the two leaders to resolve any of their differences during the summit led Khrushchev to view Kennedy as a weak president. Kennedy attends a summit with Premier Khrushchev in Vienna to discuss cold war confrontations between the east & west, in particular the situation in Berlin
Russia & the USA agree to enforce a truce within their areas of influence. Kennedy & Khrushchev meet to avoid direct confrontation between USA & Russia
Kennedy sends General Taylor & advisers to discuss troop support for Diem
Hunt advises exile contacts that military training must occur outside United States territory.
Birth of Frederick Carlton "Carl" Lewis.
Death of Ernest Miller Hemingway, suicide
Found shot through the head by his own gun. Death of Ernest Miller Hemingway, suicide
Lee appeared unexpectedly at the closed American Embassy on July 8 and contacted consul Richard Snyder by telephone.
Grissom pilots Liberty Bell 7 on the second American crewed suborbital flight under Project Mercury.
After Grissom's successful Mercury flight, Liberty Bell 7 sinks following premature opening of the spacecraft's explosive hatch.
Calls for an extra $3.25 billion in defense spending & an increase in US & NATO forces
Calls for an extra $3.25 billion in defense spending & an increase in US & NATO forces
Announces on TV Berlin had become "the great testing place of Western courage & will"
After an embassy interview in July 1961, officials concluded that Oswald had not expatriated himself and returned his American passport.
Lee and Marina submitted the numerous certificates, photographs, and forms required for Soviet permission to leave the country.
Kennedy receives authority to impose broader trade restrictions against Cuba.
The United States nuclear testing moratorium ends
NASA Administrator James E. Webb announced the site of the NASA centre dedicated to human space flight would be Houston, Texas, this becomes the Manned Spacecraft Center, renamed the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in 1973
The United States and the Soviet Union sign a "Joint Statement of Agreed Principles for Disarmament Negotiations," the McCloy-Zorin Accords
The United States and the Soviet Union sign a "Joint Statement of Agreed Principles for Disarmament Negotiations," the McCloy-Zorin Accords
Signs a law making the Peace Corps permanent
Signs a law making the Peace Corps permanent
Signs legislation creating the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.
President Kennedy announced that he intended to appoint McCone to succeed Allen Dulles as Director of Central Intelligence.
Publishes a New York Times review that helps Dylan's reputation.
Increases the US garrison in Berlin by 1,500
Kennedy authorizes fighter bomber trainers to the Bien Hoa Air Base
Kennedy sends General Taylor & advisers to discuss troop support for Diem
Kennedy sends General Taylor & advisers to discuss troop support for Diem
McCone began serving as a consultant so he could familiarize himself with CIA and the wider Intelligence Community before formally taking office.
John Hammond signs Dylan to Columbia Records
Signs Bob Dylan to Columbia Records.
The Cuban Democratic Revolutionary Front was absorbed by the Cuban Revolutionary Council, and Arcacha moved the office to 544 Camp Street for several months
The Cuban Democratic Revolutionary Front was absorbed by the Cuban Revolutionary Council, and Arcacha moved the office to 544 Camp Street for several months
The Cuban Democratic Revolutionary Front was absorbed by the Cuban Revolutionary Council, and Arcacha moved the office to 544 Camp Street for several months
B-26s & SC-47s are redesignated as "reconnaissance bombers"
Kennedy authorises development of a new covert programme against Castro.
Chief Justice Earl Warren administered McCone's oath as Director of Central Intelligence in the White House Cabinet Room.
McCone was sworn in as Director of Central Intelligence and became the fourth Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
President Kennedy authorized Operation Mongoose, a covert programme directed against Fidel Castro's government.
Increases the number of US advisers sent to South Vietnam
Cabell leaves his CIA deputy-director post following the Bay of Pigs failure and the administration's leadership changes.
Dulles leaves the CIA after the Bay of Pigs failure and the administration's subsequent review of Agency leadership.
Kennedy changes senior CIA leadership after the Bay of Pigs inquiry and reassessment of covert operations.
Bissell leaves senior CIA operational leadership after criticism of the planning and execution of the Bay of Pigs invasion.
Lansdale is given a leading role in the new covert Cuba programme developed after the Bay of Pigs failure.
McCone established a working group led by Inspector General Lyman Kirkpatrick to examine CIA organization and the case for a separate scientific directorate.
US helicopters arrive at docks in South Vietnam along with 400 US personnel
Farm Gate aircraft are authorized to fly combat missions
The United Nations General Assembly adopts the McCloy-Zorin Accords
The United Nations General Assembly adopts the McCloy-Zorin Accords
The United Nations General Assembly adopts the McCloy-Zorin Accords
The United Nations General Assembly adopts the McCloy-Zorin Accords
On December 25, 1961, Marina was informed that Soviet exit visas would be granted to her and Oswald.
300 US helicopter pilots in "Eagle Flight" units arrive in Vietnam
Lee wrote Senator John Tower seeking help because Soviet authorities had not yet allowed him and Marina to leave.
Leads a fact-finding mission to South Vietnam for President Kennedy
Co-authors recommendations for greater US support to South Vietnam
Co-authors recommendations for increased US support to South Vietnam
Increases the number of US military advisers in South Vietnam
The Cuban Revolutionary Council delegation headed by Arcacha Smith operated for a period from offices associated with 544 Camp Street.
Winner of the best male actor for "Elmer Gantry"
Appointed military adviser to President Kennedy & later to President Johnson
Appointed military adviser to President Kennedy & later to President Johnson
Commits $20 billion to the "sister republics" in aid to Latin America over 10 yrs
Commits $20 billion to the "sister republics" in aid to Latin America over 10 yrs
Appointed Ambassador of South Vietnam
Appointed Ambassador of South Vietnam
Appointed Ambassador of Yugoslavia
Sturgis maintained contacts with armed anti-Castro activists during the period surrounding the Bay of Pigs invasion and subsequent exile operations.
Helps organise NASA management for the lunar landing goal.
Arrested for stealing a car & given a choice between spending two years in prison or joining the army, Hendrix chooses the latter and enlists
Appointed Assistant Secretary of State for Defence
Passes the Trade Expansion Act to try & establish an Atlantic Free Trade Zone
Appointed 5th Chairman of the AEC
Appointed Attorney General
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
The original group comprises singer-musician-composer Brian Wilson, his brothers Carl and Dennis, their cousin Mike Love & friend Alan Jardine
Works at Paul Buff's Pal Recording Studio while composing and recording material for film and independent music projects.
Born at the Kapiolani Medical Center for Women & Children in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Barack Hussein Obama, Sr., a Luo from Nyangoma Kogelo, Nyanza Province, Kenya, & Ann Dunham, a white American from Wichita, Kansas[ of English and Irish descent
Breaks off diplomatic relations with Cuba
Stars in, "Breakfast at Tiffanys"
Plays harmonica on Carolyn Hester's third album.
Bob Dylan plays harmonica on folk singer Carolyn Hesters eponymous third album, which brings his talents to the attention of the albums producer John Hammond
Hears Dylan's harmonica work on Carolyn Hester's album.
Bob Dylan plays harmonica on folk singer Carolyn Hesters eponymous third album, which brings his talents to the attention of the albums producer John Hammond
Publication of "Catch 22"
The Interpen group of experienced soldiers are involved in training members of the anti-Castro groups funded by the CIA in Florida in the early 1960s
Appointed US Air Force Chief of Staff
Appointed US Air Force Chief of Staff
Commits $20 billion to the "sister republics" in aid to Latin America over 10 yrs
Dicke revives interest in detecting relic radiation from a hot early universe
Assures Kennedy that invasion of Cuba will result in the overthrow of Castro
Sturgis became a recurring figure in federal records concerning independent and exile-backed operations directed against Castro's Cuba.
Arcacha Smith served as the Cuban Revolutionary Council's New Orleans delegate while exile organizations prepared political and military opposition to Castro.
"The goal, before the decade is out, of landing a man on the moon"
Dismissed for circulating racist literature to his troops
If Vietnam falls it will be impossible to hold South East Asia
Starts a new career as a stand-up comedian, debuting in a Greenwich Village club called the Duplex
Passes the Trade Expansion Act to try & establish an Atlantic Free Trade Zone
Stars in, "El Cid"
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
Appointed Secretary of the Treasury
Federal intelligence files documented Sturgis's continuing contact with Cuban exile figures involved in paramilitary training in Florida.
Publication of "Franny and Zooey"
Passes the Trade Expansion Act to try & establish an Atlantic Free Trade Zone
Appointed special military adviser to President Kennedy
Appointed special military adviser to President Kennedy
Appointed General Counsel to the Pentagon
Appointed General Counsel to the Pentagon
Performs at Gerde's Folk City during his early New York breakthrough.
Plays at Gerdes Folk City
Breaks off diplomatic relations with Cuba
Appointed Secretary of State for Commerce
Appointed Secretary of State for Health, Education & Welfare
Appointed Secretary of State
Appointed Secretary of State for the Interior
Ricky Nelson has a hit with Pitneys "Hello Mary Lou". 1st success as a songwriter with "Rubber Ball," a Top 10 hit for Bobby Vee
Federal agencies tracked independent anti-Castro ventures in Florida in which Sturgis appeared as a recurring contact, participant, or subject of reporting.
The first Interpen training camp is established by Gerald Patrick Hemming with Dick Watley and Ed Colby running the camp
The first Interpen training camp is established by Gerald Patrick Hemming with Dick Watley and Ed Colby running the camp
Hemming was a leader of Interpen, or Intercontinental Penetration Force, a group of anti-Castro guerrillas who trained at No Name Key in the early 1960. Hemming joined an American effort to overthrow the Batista regime through the efforts of Fidel Castro.
The Interpen group of experienced soldiers are involved in training members of the anti-Castro groups funded by the CIA in Florida in the early 1960s.
When Castro proved to be a Communist, and subjected some Americans to firing squads, most Americans "switched sides" and this included Gerry Patrick Hemming, who, in 1961, established Interpen as a means to attack and weaken the Castro regime
The first Interpen training camp is established by Gerald Patrick Hemming with Dick Watley and Ed Colby running the camp
Allen Dulles later stated, CIA planners believed that once the troops were on the ground, Kennedy would authorize any action required to prevent failure as Eisenhower had done in Guatemala in 1954 after that invasion looked as if it would collapse.
Accused of indoctrinating his troops with right-wing literature from the John Birch Society
The United States joins European central banks in pooling gold to defend the official price.
Reccomends a "hard hitting operation" to support President Diem
Announces doubled Minuteman production
Kennedy accepts Balls reccomendation to increase the Saigon Army by 20,000
Reccomends sending 8,000 troops to Vietnam
US backing includes new equipment and more than 3,000 military advisers
"The goal, before the decade is out, of landing a man on the moon"
Rusk supports consultation with NATO allies over nuclear strategy and alliance cohesion
B-52 & B-47 nuclear bombers placed on crisis footing & half are on a 15 minute alert. Announces doubled Minuteman production
Announces the Polaris building program will be doubled for the year
Kennedy announces that the Polaris submarine missile building program will be doubled for the year
McNamara supports expansion of Polaris as part of a flexible and survivable strategic nuclear force
Kennedy administration policy treats Polaris submarines as a central part of the American strategic deterrent
After the Bay of Pigs failure, Hunt was reassigned within CIA as the Agency reviewed the operation and reorganized responsibilities.
Appointed Postmaster General
Ricky Nelson has a hit with Pitneys "Hello Mary Lou". 1st success as a songwriter with "Rubber Ball," a Top 10 hit for Bobby Vee
Appointed Secretary of the Airforce
Appointed Secretary of the Airforce
Appointed Secretary of Labor
Appointed Secretary of Agriculture
Appointed Secretary of State for Commerce
Appointed Secretary of State for Defence, 1st term
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
Runs Kennedys task force for economic, political & military programs in Vietnam
Stars in "The Hustler"
Publishes, "The Necessity for Choice: Prospects of American Foreign Policy"
Passes the Trade Expansion Act to try & establish an Atlantic Free Trade Zone
Uses planetary radar to measure Venus more accurately.
Visits President Diem in Saigon & offers him America's support
Visits Woody Guthrie while seeking connection with his folk hero.
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