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August 5 – The United States, United Kingdom, and Soviet Union sign a nuclear test ban treaty. August 18 – James Meredith becomes the first black person to graduate from the University of Mississippi .
The United States threatens to cut off aid to the regime of Ngô Đình Diệm. June 4 – President of the United States John F. Kennedy signs Executive Order 11110, authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to continue issuing silver certificates. June 5 – The first annual National Hockey League Entry Draft is held in Montreal, Canada.
John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, was assassinated while riding in a presidential motorcade through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963. Kennedy was in the vehicle with his wife Jacqueline , Texas governor John Connally , and Connally's wife Nellie , when he was fatally shot from the nearby Texas School ...
Nov. 23, 1963: Dealey Plaza and the Texas State Book Depository building with crowds on street mourning the assassination of President John F. Kennedy the day after the shooting.
Sam Cooke's iconic song 'A Change is Gonna Come' became an anthem for the Civil Rights Movement, speaking to the struggles of Black Americans, echoing Cooke's own feeling sparked by a 1963 ...
The United States helped form a strong military alliance in NATO in 1949 including most of the nations of Western Europe, and Canada. In Asia, however, there was much more movement. The United States failed to negotiate a settlement between its ally, nationalist China under Chiang Kai-shek, and the communists under Mao Zedong.
The United States team won the first ever Federation Cup of tennis, defeating Australia in the finals. Swedish Air Force Colonel Stig Wennerström was arrested as a spy for the Soviet Union . The first dynamic dual-ejection test of the Gemini escape system was run at China Lake . [ 5 ]
Sixty years after his assassination on November 22, 1963, Americans should reflect on John F. Kennedy’s unfinished yet transformational legacy on civil rights, writes historian Peniel E. Joseph.