November 22, 1963: The 1963 coup in which President Kennedy is murdered in the US

[Peter Dawson]

That's the size of it Myra. November 22 is a sad day and should be commemorated.

Personally I doubt JFK was ever a cold war warrior. In 1960 he exploited public fear of the missile gap because he wanted to win the Presidency. He couldn't implement changes if he lost the election.

According to Douglass in his book, when Kennedy got his first briefing on the status of the missile gap after arriving in office, his response at being told by an advisor that there actually was no missile gap was a "single word expletive," said in annoyance/anger.