12:51 p.m.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy is inaugurated 35th President of the United States
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President Kennedy delivers his Inaugural Address in which he challenges Americans to “ask not what your country can do for you-- Ask what you can do for your country.”
President Kennedy formally nominates his 10 member Cabinet plus Adlai Stevenson as Chief Delegate to the United Nations.
President Kennedy receives a message from Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev congratulating him on his inauguration and expressing the hope that both sides can "attain a radical improvement of relations."
President Kennedy attends the Inaugural Balls