New Frontier: New Frontier was President Kennedy's legislative agenda focused on social welfare programs, civil rights legislation, education initiatives, and economic reforms.
Bay of Pigs Invasion: The Bay of Pigs Invasion was a failed CIA-led attempt by Cuban exiles to overthrow Fidel Castro's communist government in Cuba during April 1961.
Cuban Missile Crisis: The Cuban Missile Crisis was a 13-day confrontation in October 1962 between the United States and the Soviet Union over the presence of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba, which nearly escalated into a full-blown nuclear war.