The Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act of 1961 (P.L. 87-128) authorized a major expansion of USDA lending activities, which at the time were...

the Consolidated Farmers Home Administration Act of 1961 (P.L. 87-128). In 1972, this title was changed to the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act...

Public Law 87-293, the Peace Corps Act of 1961. The main house remained in the Auchincloss family until the 1976 death of Hugh Auchincloss. Janet Lee Auchincloss...

continuation of the Apollo spaceflight program with the goal of landing a man on the Moon, and the introduction of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to Congress...

to eliminate Silver Certificates and use Federal Reserve Notes. On November 28, 1961, President Kennedy halted sales of silver by the Treasury Department...

"mentally retarded". In 1961, after Joe Sr. had a stroke that left him unable to speak and walk, Rosemary's siblings were made aware of her location. Rosemary's...

housing for the elderly were increased. Title V of the Housing Act was amended (1961) to make nonfarm rural residents eligible for direct housing loans from...

(b. 1961). Patricia and Peter (who was a member of Frank Sinatra's "Rat Pack") held lavish parties at their Malibu mansion during the 1950s and early...

American journalist and author. She is a daughter of Caroline Kennedy, the U.S. Ambassador to Australia, and the second granddaughter of John F. Kennedy,...

House: Family Life and Pictures, 1961–1963 Touchstone. ISBN 0743222210 Smith, Sally Bedell (2004) Grace and Power: The Private World of the Kennedy White...

School and Harvard Business School. Schlossberg is a member of the John F. Kennedy Library New Frontier Award Committee, for which he has acted as the...

other two, but in 1961 sold it to Robert and his wife Ethel. Edward lived in the main house at the compound until his death. In 2019, one of Robert Kennedy's...

award should come in two degrees, and hence any decision to award the higher degree is entirely at the discretion of the president. In 2017, President...

Francisco, Kennedy returned to New York and earned $20,000 a year in a position at the Office of Business Development, where his boss reflected that he worked...

the use of Army Air Corps Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and Navy Consolidated PB4Y-1 Liberator bombers that were converted into flying bombs and deliberately...

businessman and politician from Boston, Massachusetts. He and his wife Mary were the parents of four children, including future U.S. Securities and Exchange...

Kennedy was concerned with racial equality and was the first to propose what would be the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Both married in their 30s to women who...

the oldest child of Caroline Kennedy, and first-born grandchild of John F. Kennedy. She is a 2010 graduate of Harvard University and has been described...

half of all U.S. foreign assistance—the highest in the world in absolute dollar terms. Congress passed the Foreign Assistance Act on September 4, 1961, which...

does the income of Michigan. As the income of Michigan rises, so does the income of the United States. A rising tide lifts all the boats and as Arkansas becomes...

original performance of the song Problems playing this file? See media help. "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" is a song sung by actress and singer Marilyn Monroe...

a program of sabotage and terrorist attacks against civilian and military targets in Cuba.: 175–176  In November 1961, Robert Kennedy and Richard Goodwin...

between the leaders of the United States and the Russian Federation (formerly the Soviet Union). This hotline was established in 1963 and links the Pentagon...

(1953–1960), and as 35th president of the United States (1961–1963), Robert F. Kennedy (1925–1968) served as U.S. attorney general (1961–1964) and as a U.S...

daughter of Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. and Rose Fitzgerald, a sister of U.S. President John F. Kennedy and Senators Robert F. Kennedy and Ted Kennedy, and the wife...

layers of copper-nickel on each side of a layer of pure copper. The half dollar was changed from 90% silver to 40%. Congress passed the Coinage Act of 1965...

and Senior Corps received increases in their funding levels. VISTA is an anti-poverty program created by Lyndon Johnson's Economic Opportunity Act of...

Apollo 11 mission. When John F. Kennedy became President of the United States in January 1961, many Americans perceived that the United States was losing...

political adviser and a longtime member of the prize board, to persuade others to vote for it. The book returned to the bestseller lists in 1961 after Kennedy...

remove the missiles but avoid an act of war. They reject a blockade, as this is formally regarded as an act of war, and settle on what they publicly describe...