President Kennedy Meets with General Eisenhower in Palm Desert
Mar. 24, 1962 - President Kennedy and General Dwight D. Eisenhower met in Palm Desert, Calif., today for a 51-minute chat that ended with...
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Mar 24, 2022
Mrs. Kennedy Explores Pakistan, Receives Two Sheep
Mar. 24, 1962 - Two live sheep were presented to Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy today by tribal chieftains at the foot of the historic Khyber...
Mar 23, 2022
VIDEO: President Kennedy's Berkeley Address
Mar. 23, 1962 - Here is video of President Kennedy’s address today at Memorial Stadium at the University of California at Berkeley. #JFK...
Mar 23, 2022
300 Demonstrators Picket Kennedy at Berkeley
Mar. 23, 1962 - Critics and defenders of Administration policies stuck to plans to picket President Kennedy’s visit to the University of...
Mar 23, 2022
President Kennedy Speaks at University of California, Berkeley
Mar. 23, 1962 - President Kennedy said today that the democratic world could look forward to the future with “a new confidence.” The tide...
Mar 23, 2022
President Witness Missile Launch at Vanderberg Air Force Base
Mar. 23, 1962 - President Kennedy witnessed a successful launching of an Atlas-D missile at Vanderberg Air Force Base in California...
Mar 23, 2022
De Gaulle: Smash the Terrorists
Mar. 23, 1962 - President de Gaulle ordered today the “pitiless” repression of “the armed insurrection” in Algeria. He declared that...
Mar 22, 2022
Contralto Marian Anderson Meets President, Performs for Washington Officials
Mar. 22, 1962 - Marian Anderson, the contralto, exchanged mementos with President Kennedy today. Their meeting preceded a concert she...
Mar 22, 2022
VIDEO: "Airport in the Jet Age"
Mar. 22, 1962 - "Airport in the Jet Age" is an educational film about modern airplane travel. #history #1960s #historyinpictures...
Mar 22, 2022
Air Force Ejects Bear from B-58 At Altitude of 35,000 Feet
Mar. 22, 1962 - The Air Force ejected a bear strapped inside a capsule from a B-58 traveling 870 miles an hour at an altitude of 35,000...
Mar 22, 2022
Mrs. Kennedy Receives Horse in Pakistan
Mar. 22, 1962 - Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy received a horse today from President Mohammad Ayub Khan of Pakistan. She also saw the Shalamar...
Mar 22, 2022
East German Police Fire at Car of U.S. Military Mission in Berlin
Mar. 22, 1962 - East German policemen fired at a car of the U.S. military mission attached to Soviet forces in East Germany, an Army...
Mar 21, 2022
Nixon Rejects Kennedy's Denial of 1960 Cuban Invasion Briefing
Mar. 21, 1962 - Richard M. Nixon declined today in the face of a Presidential denial to alter his contention that Senator John F. Kennedy...
Mar 21, 2022
President Reflects on Plight of Reservists
Mar. 21, 1962 - President Kennedy (pictured aboard the PT-109 in the South Pacific in 1943) commiserated today with impatient Reservists...
Mar 21, 2022
President Optimistic on Health Care Bill for Aged
Mar. 21, 1962 - The Administration bill to add medical care for the aged to the Social Security system has a “good chance” of passage...
Mar 21, 2022
Highlights From President Kennedy's Press Conference
Mar. 21, 1962 - Following are some of the highlights of President Kennedy’s press conference:
Space — The President said he was...
Mar 21, 2022
Kennedy Sees No Evidence of Impending Cuban Attack
Mar. 21, 1962 - President Kennedy said today that he had no evidence of an impending Cuban attack on the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo...
Mar 21, 2022
First Lady Arrives in Pakistan
Mar. 21, 1962 - Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy arrived in Pakistan today to a rousing welcome in which the accent was on the nation’s friendly...
Mar 21, 2022
French Battle Right-Wing Terrorists in Algeria
Mar. 21, 1962 - French military policemen battled with Right-Wing terrorists in the center of Oran, Algeria, for two hours today....
Mar 21, 2022
Khrushchev Agrees to Talks on Cooperative Space Ventures
Mar. 21, 1962 - Premier Khrushchev accepted today President Kennedy’s proposal for talks between the two countries on practical...
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