11:05 - 11:43 a.m.
Meeting with Ambassador of Mauritania, Souleymayne Ould Cheikh Sidya
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Breakfast meeting with Democratic legislative leaders.
Meeting with Ambassador of the Soviet Union Mikhail Menshikov who delivers a message to the President from Premier Nikita Khrushchev.
President and Mrs. Kennedy arrive in Ottawa, Canada for a two day state visit. The trip is the President’s first outside the U.S. as President.
President Kennedy suffers severe back pain during a tree planting ceremony in Ottawa on the grounds of Government House.
President Kennedy sends to the Congress draft legislation to implement the 23rd amendment to the Constitution giving citizens of the District of Columbia the right to vote in Presidential elections.
President Kennedy announces the second project of the Peace Corps to assist rural communities in Colombia to develop economic resources and educational and sanitary facilities.
President Kennedy names John S. Badeau Ambassador to the United Arab Republic.