Many years ago today, Senator John F. Kennedy defeated Vice President Richard Nixon to win the 1960 election.
VP Nixon conceded the next day despite this election being very close. Wonder how many people know how close that JFK-Nixon election was? The two men were separated by about 113,000 votes, or 49.72% to 49.55%!
The Kennedy “mystique” is such that many people assume that he was elected by a landslide. On the contrary, it was a very close election and one wonders what would have happened if Nixon had insisted on a recount.
Down in Cuba, the election was followed with great interest, especially the second debate when they spoke about the situation in the island.
In less than 6 months, now President Kennedy dropped the ball at the The Bay of Pigs. It changed Cuban history forever.
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