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| 1961 |
| | | President Kennedy commits the US to placing a man on the moon and bringing him back safely by 1970 | |
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| 1962 |
| | | US intelligence reveals nuclear missile bases under construction in Cuba, causing an international crisis | |
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| 1962 |
| | | President Kennedy sends the US navy to prevent delivery of Soviet missiles to Cuba | |
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| 1962 |
| | | A deal between President Kennedy and Soviet premier Khrushchev defuses the Cuban missile crisis | |
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| 1963 |
| | | President Kennedy, in divided Berlin, makes the dramatic declaration: Ich bin ein Berliner ('I am a Berliner') | |
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| 1963 |
| | | The Partial Test Ban Treaty, signed by the USA, USSR and UK, is the first of many international attempts to limit the threat of nuclear war | |
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| 1963 |
| | | A massive civil rights march in Washington 'for Jobs and Freedom' wins the support of President Kennedy | |
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| 1963 |
| | | President Kennedy is shot in a motorcade driving through downtown Dallas, in Texas | |
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| 1963 |
| | | On the death of John F. Kennedy, Vice-president Lyndon Johnson succeeds him as president of the USA | |
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| 1963 |
| | | Chief suspect Lee Harvey Oswald is shot by night-club owner Jack Ruby just two days after the assassination of President Kennedy | |
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