1960s Timeline

Mar. 5, 1962 - Enrique Lister (pictured left with Ernesto “Che” Guevara), who led a Communist corps in the Spanish civil war and served...

Mar. 5, 1962 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy said facetiously last night that any future comments he might make about Texas would be...

Mar. 4, 1962 - President and Mrs. Kennedy attended noon mass today at the Middleburg Community Center in Virginia. They are spending the...

Mar. 3, 1962 - Former President Harry S. Truman said today that President Kennedy was “on the right track” in his decision to resume...

Mar. 2, 1962 - Here is a brief video excerpt from President Kennedy’s televised address this evening on nuclear tests. #JFK #jfkfiles...

Mar. 2, 1962 - President Kennedy said tonight he had ordered a resumption of nuclear tests in the atmosphere in late April unless the...

Mar. 2, 1962 - Here is a documentary narrated by Ronald Reagan called “The Truth About Communism.” #Podcast #podcasts #podcasting...

Mar. 1, 1962 - President Kennedy will address the nation tomorrow night on “nuclear testing and disarmament,” the White House announced...

Mar. 1, 1962 - President Kennedy warned Americans today that they must bear the heavy burden of protecting freedom throughout the world...

Mar. 1, 1962 - Some of the nation’s leaders gathered for a prayer breakfast in Washington today. They heard President Kennedy say that...

Feb. 28, 1962 - Thirty years ago tonight, Charles A. Lindbergh Jr., 19 months old, was abducted from his crib on the second floor of his...

Feb. 28, 1962 - President Kennedy called on all Americans today to contribute generously to the Red Cross “in these difficult times.” In...

Feb. 28, 1962 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy (pictured at Idlewild Airport) returned from his month’s tour around the world today...

Feb. 27, 1962 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy spent 40 minutes with President de Gaulle in Paris today. Mr. Kennedy said later it...

Feb. 27, 1962 - A special board of inquiry has concluded that Francis Gary Powers, the U-2 pilot whose plane was downed over the Soviet...

Feb. 26, 1962 - President Kennedy told employees of the Voice of America today that their job was to tell the truth about the United...

Feb. 25, 1962 - The travels of the Kennedy brothers resulted in a violent denunciation from Moscow today. Attorney General Robert F....

Feb. 25, 1962 - Edward M. Kennedy, the youngest brother of President Kennedy, arrived in Dublin from London today on what he described as...

Feb. 24, 1962 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy (pictured with Mayor Willy Brandt of West Berlin) predicted today that Eastern Europe...

Feb. 24, 1962 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy told a group of university students in Bonn today that the U.S. would not go to war to...