1960s Timeline

Sept. 25, 1963 - President Kennedy mixed politics and conservation today as he barnstormed westward on his “nonpolitical” tour of the...

Sept. 24, 1963 - The U.S. Senate approved the nuclear test-ban treaty today. By a vote of 80 to 19, it gave its constitutional advice and...

Sept. 22, 1963 - Ten thousand persons in New York City today cheered denunciations of President Kennedy and calls for civil disobedience...

Sept. 21, 1963 - President Kennedy today ordered Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara and General Maxwell D. Taylor, chairman of the...

Sept. 20, 1963 - A graying Englishman born Archibald Alexander Leach fluttered the hearts of government ladies, brought squeals from...

Sept. 20, 1963 - New York Mayor Robert Wagner (right) said today, after a 20-minute talk with President Kennedy, that “of course” there...

Sept. 20, 1963 - President Kennedy (pictured with U.N. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson and Secretary U Thant) suggested today that the U.S....

Sept. 19, 1963 - President Kennedy arrived in New York City tonight to deliver a major address to the U.N. General Assembly at 11:30...

Sept. 19, 1963 - The Soviet Union invited President Kennedy (pictured with Nikita Khrushchev in June 1961) and 16 other heads of...

Sept. 18, 1963 - President Kennedy appealed tonight for support “in the national interest” of a tax reduction he said was both “insurance...

Sept. 18, 1963 - James R. Hoffa, president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, said today he hoped Governor Nelson Rockefeller...

Sept. 17, 1963 - Vice President Johnson reported to President Kennedy today that his Scandinavian visit had given him “great...

Sept. 16, 1963 - President Kennedy issued a statement today that suggested that Governor George Wallace of Alabama was responsible for...

Sept. 14, 1963 - Quintuplets — a boy and four girls — were born at St. Luke’s Hospital in Aberdeen, S.D., early today to the 30-year-old...

Sept. 13, 1963 - Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu, who has accused President Kennedy of appeasing U.S. politicians in his policies toward South...

Sept. 12, 1963 - President Kennedy arrived in Newport, R.I., tonight for a 10th wedding anniversary celebration at the summer home of...

Sept. 12, 1963 - President Kennedy dealt lightly at his news conference today with mounting political criticism. But he put Senator Barry...

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

Sept. 11, 1963 - President Kennedy gave Bob Hope a gold medal today, which was voted by Congress and struck by the U.S. mint in...

Sept. 10, 1963 - President Kennedy signed an executive order today, effective immediately, that had the effect of halting the draft of...