Speaker Rayburn is Buried in Texas
Nov. 18, 1961 - House Speaker Sam Rayburn was buried today in the rich Texas earth that nurtured him. Funeral services were held in the...
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Nov 18, 2021
President Kennedy Honors Sen. Hayden in Arizona
Nov. 18, 1961 - President Kennedy declared last night that the nation should regard with pride the “heavy burden” of preserving freedom...
Nov 16, 2021
President Kennedy Honors Senator Magnuson
Nov. 16 - After his speech at the University of Washington, President Kennedy paid high tribute to Senator Warren G. Magnuson (left),...
Nov 16, 2021
Secretary Freeman Talks Agriculture's Value in Cold War
Nov. 16, 1961 - Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman (right) said today that agriculture was this country’s “strongest deterrent”...
Nov 16, 2021
Sen. Carl Hayden Next in Line for Presidency after Johnson
Nov. 16, 1961 - The death of Speaker Sam Rayburn places Senator Carl Hayden (right), Democrat of Arizona, behind Vice President Johnson...
Nov 16, 2021
Vice President Johnson's Tribute to Sam Rayburn
Nov. 16, 1961 - Here is Vice President Johnson’s statement on the passing of his friend and colleague of long standing, Speaker Sam...
Nov 16, 2021
President Speaks at University of Washington
Nov. 16 - President Kennedy declared today that it was “a test of our national maturity” to accept the prospect that negotiations on...
Nov 16, 2021
President Kennedy's Tribute to Sam Rayburn
Nov. 16, 1961 - Following is President Kennedy’s expression of tribute and statement of regret at the death today of Sam Rayburn (left),...
Nov 16, 2021
Speaker Sam Rayburn Dead at 79
Nov. 16, 1961 - House Speaker Sam Rayburn died of cancer in his sleep today. He was 79 years old. President Kennedy led the nation —...
Nov 14, 2021
President Welcomes Two Special Girls to White House
Nov. 14, 1961 - President Kennedy told two little White House visitors today that they were better behaved than his own children. Sheila...
Nov 13, 2021
President Kennedy Receives Gift of Torah
Nov. 13, 1961 - President Kennedy received the gift of a Sacred Torah from the Union of American Hebrew Congregations in the Rose Garden...
Nov 11, 2021
Rayburn's Doctor Issues Dire Bulletin
Nov. 11, 1961 - Speaker Sam Rayburn’s physician, Dr. Joe Risser (pictured), issued a bulletin this afternoon on the condition of his...
Nov 11, 2021
Nixon Predicts No War with Soviets
Nov. 14, 1961 - Richard M. Nixon (pictured with Premier Nikita Khrushchev in 1959) predicted today that the Soviet people’s “obsession...
Nov 11, 2021
VIDEO: President Kennedy's Remarks on Veterans Day
Nov. 11, 1961 - Here is video of President Kennedy’s remarks today at the Veterans Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery. WATCH:...
Nov 11, 2021
President Kennedy Speaks on Veterans Day
Nov. 11, 1961 - President Kennedy made a Veterans Day plea today for peace, but he assured the world that this country was prepared to...
Nov 10, 2021
Truman and Eisenhower Break the Ice
Nov. 10, 1961 - Former Presidents Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower broke a long period of coolness today when they chatted...
Nov 10, 2021
Kennedy to Campaign in '62
Nov. 10, 1961 - President Kennedy will take to the road in the 1962 Congressional campaign to the exent that international problems...
Nov 9, 2021
Scarbeck Gets 30 Years for Passing Classified Material to Communists
Nov. 9, 1961 - Irvin C. Scarbeck, former secretary in the U.S. Embassy in Warsaw, was sentenced to 30 years in prison today for having...
Nov 8, 2021
President Kennedy Reflects on the First Anniversary of Election
Nov. 8, 1961 - On the first anniversary of his election, President Kennedy looked back upon some of his accomplishments in office and...
Nov 8, 2021
President Kennedy on Women's Rights
Nov. 8, 1961 — President Kennedy smiled his way out of a bristling question on women’s rights at his news conference today. A woman...
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