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Sep 25, 2023

President Kennedy Speaks in Billings, Montana

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

Sep 24, 2023

U.S. Senate Votes to Ratify Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

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...

Sep 22, 2023

Civil Rights Protests Spread Throughout Nation

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

Sep 21, 2023

President Orders McNamara and Gen. Taylor to South Vietnam

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

Sep 20, 2023

Cary Grant Joins RFK to Plug Dropout Drive

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

Sep 20, 2023

Mayor Wagner: “No Rift” with President

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

Sep 20, 2023

President Kennedy Speaks at United Nations

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

Sep 19, 2023

JFK Arrives in New York, Mayor Wagner Not There to Greet Him

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...

Sep 19, 2023

Khrushchev Invites President Kennedy to Moscow in 1964

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

Sep 18, 2023

JFK Delivers Televised Remarks on Tax Cut Bill

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

Sep 18, 2023

Hoffa Boosts Rockefeller

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

Sep 17, 2023

Johnson Reports to President on Scandinavian Trip

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

Sep 16, 2023

President Kennedy Issues Statement on Birmingham Church Bombing

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

Sep 14, 2023

Quintuplets Born in South Dakota

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...

Sep 13, 2023

Madame Nhu Has Surprise Meeting with Senator Edward M. Kennedy

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

Sep 12, 2023

President Kennedy Arrives in Newport, R.I.

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

Sep 12, 2023

President Kennedy Indirectly Parries with Goldwater

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

Sep 12, 2023

Highlights of President Kennedy’s Press Conference

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

Sep 11, 2023

President Kennedy Gives Bob Hope Gold Medal

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...

Sep 10, 2023

President Kennedy Halts Draft for Married Men

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