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...
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Nov 12, 2021
Air Force Flies Reconnaissance Missions over South Vietnam
Nov. 12, 1961 - Reliable informants said today that U.S. Air Force jets were flying reconnaissance missions over South Vietnam to...
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
Viet Cong Have Bases in Cambodia
Nov. 11, 1961 - Military intelligence sources in South Vietnam estimate that 6,000 Communist troops occupy a number of bases in Cambodia....
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 9, 2021
Air Force Strengthens South Vietnam's Defenses against Reds
Nov. 9, 1961 - The U.S. Air Force has begun a huge supply and training program in Saigon to strengthen South Vietnam’s defenses against...
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...
Nov 8, 2021
Highlights of President Kennedy's Press Conference
Nov. 8, 1961 - Following were the highlights of President Kennedy’s news conference today: Nuclear Testing — The Soviet Union holds the...
Nov 7, 2021
Wagner Re-elected Mayor of New York
Nov. 7, 1961 - New York City Mayor Robert F. Wagner won re-election for a third term today. Despite opposition from two major...
Nov 6, 2021
Viet Cong Terrorize Malaria-Control Teams
Nov. 6, 1961 - The Government’s malaria-control teams have taken heavy losses in South Vietnam’s protracted jungle war with Communist...
Nov 6, 2021
President Kennedy Meets Prime Minister Nehru of India
Nov. 6, 1961 - President Kennedy and Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru of India conferred today at Newport, R.I., on the problems of...
Nov 5, 2021
Former President Truman Grateful to President Kennedy
Nov. 5, 1961 - Former President Harry S. Truman was grateful for the White House hospitality shown to him a few days ago. President...
Nov 5, 2021
Nine Escape East Berlin, Family Left Behind
Nov. 5, 1961 - Thirty East Germans attempted to break through the barbed wire to reach West Berlin today. The fire of an East German...
Nov 4, 2021
President Kennedy Tangles with Texas Newspaper Publisher
Nov. 4, 1961 - President Kennedy rejected a charge by a guest at a White House luncheon (pictured) recently that much of the public...
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