The president had confidence NASA could win the race to the moon, despite the Soviet Union's previous successes. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. President John F. Kennedy speaks before a joint session of Congress, Ma...
Even many of 1964’s top grossing films were essentially dream fantasies. Walt Disney’sMary Poppins, starring Julie Andrews as the nanny who can fly, andMy Fair Ladywith Audrey Hepburn as fetching Eliza Doolittle, were among Hollywood’s biggest successes in 1964. The Beatles were a good fit...
Alongside the successes, there were some glaring failures as federal district judges, some of them appointed by Kennedy, proved less than diligent about securing voting rights. Meanwhile, voting rights workers were sometimes victims of violence at the hands of vigilantes and local officials. ...
When Frank had finished, there was a brief moment of silence and then a stir as the Cubans realized it was over. The plan sounded so good, the Cubans were so confident, that no one asked any questions. As Pepe said, "We didn't want to ask these men we knew any embarrassing question...
In 1957 the Soviet Union launched the first satellite into orbit, known as Sputnik, which raised grave concerns in the United States and accelerated the "space race." [1] Having won election in 1960, President John F. Kennedy entered office the following year determined to increase U.S. inv...