A Jewish defector, Benjamin Freedman, warned America about the Pagan conspiracy to take over the world; the CIA-directed murder of Patrice Lumumba, the first elected Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo who sought independence from Belgium; President Eisenhower warns of the military-industrial complex; John F. Kennedy is inaugurated as President declaring, “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country!”; FBI Director, J. Edgar Hoover, gave this testimony on 6 March 1961 before the House Committee on Appropriations regarding the communist conspiracy: “They have infiltrated every conceivable sphere of activity: youth groups; radio, T.V. and motion picture industries; church, school, educational and cultural groups; the press; nationality minority groups and civil and political units.” Russia claims Yuri Gagarin was the first man in space; Student activists from the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) launched the Freedom Rides to challenge segregation on interstate buses and bus terminals; the failed Bay of Pigs invasion; JFK’s “Man on the Moon”speech; athiests gain right to hold government office; and the CIA proposed killing Americans or Cuban refugees to blame Castro and provoke an invasion.
As MAD Magazine pointed out on its cover for the March 1961 issue, this was the first “upside-up” year — i.e., one in which the numerals that form the year look the same as when the numerals are rotated upside down, a strobogrammatic number — since 1881. The next such year will be 6009.
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The Bay of Pigs Invasion: A Failed Attempt to Invade Cuba by the CIA. Did JFK Lose His Nerve or Did the CIA Sabotage the Mission to Force JFK Into a Full Invasion of Cuba?
The 1st Freedom Ride Left Washington DC to Challenge the Southern States’ Non-Enforcement of the Supreme Court’s ruling that Segregation on Buses was Unconstitutional
JFK: “The Very Word “Secrecy” is Repugnant in a Free and Open Society; and We Are as a People Inherently and Historically Opposed to Secret Societies, to Secret Oaths…”
Russian Hoax: Was Yuri Gagarin the First Man in Space or was it a Provable Fraud?
FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover on Communists: “They have infiltrated every conceivable sphere of activity: …T.V. and motion picture; church, …educational…; the press…”
John F. Kennedy Presidential Inaugural Address: “Ask Not What Your Country Can Do for You; Ask What You Can Do for Your Country!”
Eisenhower “In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex.”
The CIA-Directed Murder of Patrice Lumumba, the First Elected Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo who Sought Independence from Belgium
