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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.
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 ...
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 . [ 452 ] [ 453 ] Growing up on Cape Cod, Kennedy and his siblings developed a lifelong passion for sailing . [ 454 ]
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
The outspoken anti-vaccine activist and nephew of late President John F. Kennedy is expected to impart sweeping changes at the century-old Food and Drug Administration—which is under the HHS ...
March 4 – President Kennedy meets with Council of Economic Advisers chairman Walter Heller and later appoints Sargent Shriver to head the Peace Corps. He also dines at the home of his brother, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and meets with Ambassador to the United Kingdom David K. E. Bruce.
That month, Kennedy gave a speech at Rice University on the U.S. space program. The speech is famous for highlighting the Apollo program, but Kennedy also made reference to the new Center: What was once the furthest outpost on the old frontier of the West will be the furthest outpost on the new frontier of science and space.
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.