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Address at Rice University on the Nation's Space Effort, commonly known by the sentence in the middle of the speech "We choose to go to the Moon", was a speech on September 12, 1962, by John F. Kennedy, the President of the United States.
President John F. Kennedy with the Boston Celtics, January 1963 Kennedy was a fan of Major League Baseball 's Boston Red Sox and the National Basketball Association 's Boston Celtics . [ 454 ] [ 455 ] Growing up on Cape Cod, Kennedy and his siblings developed a lifelong passion for sailing . [ 456 ]
In November 1960, John F. Kennedy was elected president after a campaign that promised American superiority over the Soviet Union in the fields of space exploration and missile defense. Up to the election of 1960, Kennedy had been speaking out against the " missile gap " that he and many other senators said had developed between the Soviet ...
It was January 1961, and NASA was in its early years of existence. John F. Kennedy would soon declare the nation's goal of landing a man on the moon in that decade. But the country's best ...
Jackie Kennedy Onassis, Caroline Kennedy, and Senator Ted Kennedy join John F. Kennedy Jr. for his graduation from Phillips Academy at Andover in 1979. Bettmann - Getty Images
January 20:John F. Kennedy is inaugurated as the 35th president of the United States. January 20 – John F. Kennedy's presidency begins with his inauguration at the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C; the oath of office is administered by Chief Justice Earl Warren.
English: Video of the National Aeronautic Space Administration's coverage of President John F. Kennedy's address at Rice University, Houston, Texas, concerning the nation's efforts in space exploration. In his speech the President discusses the necessity for the United States to become an international leader in space exploration and famously ...
Nearly 100 years ago, one of the most fondly remembered U.S. presidents was born. John F. Kennedy was born May 29, 1917, in Brookline, Massachusetts, a little town just outside of center Boston.