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JFK is inaugurated as the 35th president.
March 1st 1961 Kennedy creates the peace corps which was temporarily at the time.
April 12th 1961 Yuri Gagarin (Soviet) becomes first man in space
April 15th 1961 Kennedy sponsors invasion of Cuba; April 17th Invasion; April 18th Invasion of Bay of Pigs fails
May 4th 1961:Freedom Rides begin
May 5th 1961 Alan Sheppard becomes first American in space
May 25th 1961 JFK pledges to land a man on the moon by the end of the decade
June 3rd 1961Vienna Summit: JFK meets with Krushchev (Soviet) in Vienna
August 13th 1961 East Germany begins construction of the Berlin Wall that stopped the flow of refugees JFK is inaugurated as the 35th president.
March 1st 1961 Kennedy creates the peace corps which was temporarily at the time.
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March 1st 1961 Kennedy creates the peace corps which was temporarily at the time.
April 12th 1961 Yuri Gagarin (Soviet) becomes first man in space
April 15th 1961 Kennedy sponsors invasion of Cuba; April 17th Invasion; April 18th Invasion of Bay of Pigs fails
May 4th 1961:Freedom Rides begin
May 5th 1961 Alan Sheppard becomes first American in space
May 25th 1961 JFK pledges to land a man on the moon by the end of the decade
June 3rd 1961Vienna Summit: JFK meets with Krushchev (Soviet) in Vienna
August 13th 1961 East Germany begins construction of the Berlin Wall that stopped the flow of

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