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Mar 31

Che Guevara Speaks Out

Mar. 31, 1964 - Ernesto (Che) Guevara, Minister of Industry in Cuba, welcomed today a declaration last week by U.S. Senator J.W....

Nov 27, 2023

Castro Promotes Conspiracy Theory

Nov. 27, 1963 - Premier Fidel Castro of Cuba said tonight that the Dallas nightclub operator Jack Ruby probably killed Lee Harvey Oswald...

Nov 25, 2023

Guevara Sees “Dark and Shadowy Forces” Behind Killing of Oswald

Nov. 25, 1963 - Ernesto “Che” Guevara says that with the new Administration in Washington, Cuba would have to be “alert as always and...

Nov 23, 2023

Castro Voices Disapproval of Kennedy Assassination

Nov. 23, 1963 - Premier Fidel Castro, voicing disapproval of President Kennedy’s assassination, told Cuba tonight that the late President...

Sep 12, 2023

Highlights of President Kennedy’s Press Conference

Sept. 12, 1963 - Following are highlights of President Kennedy’s news conference today: Test ban: He urged the Senate to give the “widest...

Jul 28, 2023

Anti-Castro Demonstrators Converge on Cuban Pitcher at Yankee Stadium

July 28, 1963 - Eight anti-Castro demonstrators ran out on the field at Yankee Stadium today and wrapped a Cuban flag around the...

Jul 16, 2023

Castro Takes Soviet Line on Peaceful Coexistence

July 16, 1963 - Premier Fidel Castro declared himself a supporter of peaceful coexistence at a French Embassy reception last night. This...

May 22, 2023

Highlights of President Kennedy’s Press Conference

May 22, 1963 - Following are the highlights of President Kennedy’s news conference today: Alabama — The President said he hoped the...

May 22, 2023

JFK Hits Back at GOP

May 22, 1963 - President Kennedy charged today that the Republicans “know it is untrue” when they raise the possibility that he plans to...

Apr 27, 2023

Ike Speaks Out on Cuba

Apr. 27, 1963 - Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower said yesterday that only a “genius and prophet” could have known for sure that...

Apr 26, 2023

Castro Arrives in Soviet Union

Apr. 26, 1963 - Premier Fidel Castro of Cuba arrived in the Soviet Union early today on Premier Khrushchev’s personal invitation. Tass,...

Apr 25, 2023

Goldwater: JFK Peddling “Fear-of-War Psychosis”

Apr. 25, 1963 - Senator Barry Goldwater (R-Ariz.), in reply to a challenge from President Kennedy, said today he was not afraid of going...

Apr 24, 2023

JFK Hits Back at Nixon on Cuba

Apr. 24, 1963 - Replying at his news conference to a speech last Saturday by former Vice President Richard M. Nixon, President Kennedy...

Apr 20, 2023

Castro Accuses of U.S. of Assassination Plots

Apr. 20, 1963 - Premier Fidel Castro said today the U.S. had abandoned plans for a second invasion of Cuba in favor of a plot to...

Apr 10, 2023

Rockefeller Hits JFK on Cuba

Apr. 10, 1963 - New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller today assailed the Kennedy Administration for “holding back” Cuban exile raiders. He...

Apr 7, 2023

Goldwater Talks Tough on Cuba

Apr. 7, 1963 - Sen. Barry Goldwater (R-Ariz.) said today the U.S. should couple an economic blockade of Cuba with support for an exile...

Mar 21, 2023

Castro on Khrushchev: “I Would Have Boxed His Ears”

Mar. 21, 1963 - Premier Fidel Castro (pictured right in 1960) said in an interview published in Paris today that if Premier Khrushchev...

Mar 11, 2023

Bay of Pigs Pilots Recruited by CIA During Eisenhower Administration

Mar. 11, 1963 - The Chicago Sun-Times said today most of the American pilots who volunteered for the Cuban Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961...

Mar 11, 2023

McNamara Talks Cuban Invasion

Mar. 11, 1963 - Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, declaring the U.S. has not written off Cuba, indicated today this country might...

Feb 15, 2023

Rep. Ford Speaks Out on Cuba

Feb. 15, 1963 - Congressman Gerald R. Ford (pictured third from right), chairman of the House GOP caucus, said today the U.S. should...