U.S. Army Helicopters Assist South Vietnamese in Heavy Fighting
Apr. 1, 1962 - South Vietnam’s 42nd Regiment was engaged in heavy fighting today after a penetration deep into a Communist guerrilla...
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Mar 31, 2022
Steel Industry and Union Announce New Contract, President Calls Terms "Noninflationary"
Mar. 31, 1962 - The steel industry and the United Steelworkers of America announced agreement today on new contract terms. President...
Mar 30, 2022
Edward M. Kennedy Admits Cheating at Harvard in 1951, Was Asked To Leave
Mar. 30, 1962 - Edward M. Kennedy, a candidate for a Democratic Senate nomination, admitted today that he had withdrawn from Harvard...
Mar 30, 2022
Cuba's Prisoner Trial Continues
Mar. 30, 1962 - Sitting on benches on an outdoor basketball court, nearly 1,200 prisoners captured in the invasion of Cuba last April...
Mar 30, 2022
President Nominates Byron White to Supreme Court
Mar. 30, 1962 - President Kennedy today nominated Byron R. White (left), the Deputy Attorney General, to be an Associate Justice of the...
Mar 29, 2022
First Lady Comes Home
Mar. 29, 1962 - Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy arrived home tonight from her journey abroad. The President was at National Airport to meet her...
Mar 29, 2022
Highlights of President Kennedy's Press Conference
Mar. 29, 1962 - Following are the main points of President Kennedy’s press conference today: Supreme Court — He announced the retirement...
Mar 29, 2022
President Kennedy Will Be "Glad To Debate" in 1964
Mar. 29, 1962 - President Kennedy apparently disposed today of any doubts that he planned to seek a second term in 1964. At the...
Mar 29, 2022
2,000 Persons Leave Cuba Every Week
Mar. 29, 1962 - Approximately 2,000 people a week are leaving Cuba. All commercial planes bound for Miami, Mexico City and Kingston,...
Mar 29, 2022
Trial Begins for 1,182 Cuban Prisoners
Mar. 29, 1962 - The Castro Government put 1,182 prisoners on trial today behind closed doors at Principe Prison, in Havana’s suburbs. The...
Mar 29, 2022
Supreme Court Justice Whittaker Retires on Doctors' Advice
Mar. 29, 1962 - Justice Charles Evans Whittaker (pictured) retired from the Supreme Court today on his doctors’ advice. He said in a...
Mar 28, 2022
General Lemnitzer Visits Vietnam
Mar. 28, 1962 - The Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Lyman Lemnitzer, flew to the village of Binh Hung in South Vietnam...
Mar 28, 2022
Mrs. Kennedy Visits Buckingham Palace
Mar. 28, 1962 - Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy was greeted with cheers and wolf whistles today when she drove to Buckingham Palace for lunch...
Mar 27, 2022
Democrats Plan Birthday Salute to President Kennedy at Madison Square Garden
Mar. 27, 1962 - Democrats are planning a May 19 New York Birthday Salute to the President that is expected to wipe out the last $500,000...
Mar 26, 2022
Mrs. Kennedy Arrives in London
Mar. 26, 1962 - Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy arrived in London by air tonight for a three-day private visit. She was accompanied by her...
Mar 26, 2022
RNC Criticizes President Kennedy's Request for More Secret Service
Mar. 26, 1962 - The Republican National Committee criticized today a Secret Service request for 58 more agents to protect President...
Mar 26, 2022
VIDEO: President Kennedy Receives Book from Robert Frost
Mar. 26, 1962 - Here is video of President Kennedy receiving a book of new poems today from poet Robert Frost. Mr. Frost turned 88 today....
Mar 26, 2022
South Vietnamese Troops Try to "Pacify" Villages North of Saigon
Mar. 26, 1962 - A comprehensive plan to pacify South Vietnam has started modestly in the forests north of Saigon. Last Thursday,...
Mar 26, 2022
50 Deaths in Algerian Violence
Mar. 26, 1962 - At least 50 French civilians were killed and about 150 wounded in Algiers today as French Army forces clashed with...
Mar 25, 2022
President Attends Mass in Palm Desert, California
Mar. 25, 1962 - A little old lady in black almost asked President Kennedy to move over at church this morning in Palm Desert, Calif. The...
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