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Aug 18, 2023

Two Happy Youngsters to Receive “Pupniks” from White House

Aug. 18, 1963 - Two happy youngsters got the word today: they will receive White House puppies. The pups, Butterfly and Streaker, are...

Aug 15, 2023

President Kennedy and Ambassador Lodge Hold Press Conference

Aug. 15, 1963 - President Kennedy held a final conference today with his new Ambassador to South Vietnam, Henry Cabot Lodge, who leaves...

Aug 14, 2023

Dog Days around the Kennedy Family

Aug. 14, 1963 - These are dog days around the Kennedy family. Another dog turned up today, and not even Press Secretary Pierre Salinger...

Aug 14, 2023

Mrs. Kennedy Goes Home

Aug. 14, 1963 - Hand in hand, President and Mrs. Kennedy left the hospital today where their third child was born just a week ago. The...

Aug 14, 2023

Attorney General Pays Surprise Visit to New York

Aug. 14, 1963 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy (pictured today in Harlem) paid a surprise visit to New York today to look over the...

Aug 13, 2023

President Returns to Cape Cod with New Puppy

Aug. 13, 1963 - President Kennedy returned to Cape Cod today to take his wife home from the hospital to their summer home. He brought her...

Aug 12, 2023

President Kennedy Takes Both Children to See Mrs. Kennedy

Aug. 12, 1963 - President Kennedy took Caroline and John Jr. to visit their mother again today. Charlie, the children’s Welsh terrier,...

Aug 11, 2023

President Kennedy and Caroline Visit Jackie in Hospital

Aug. 11, 1963 - Carrying a small bouquet of garden flowers, a solemn Caroline Kennedy went today with her father, the President, to see...

Aug 11, 2023

Senator Russell: If Election Were Today, Goldwater Would Win Georgia

Aug. 11, 1963 - Senator Richard Russell (D-Ga.) (pictured top right with Defense Secretary Robert McNamara, Senator J.W. Fulbright, and...

Aug 10, 2023

President Kennedy Buries Infant Son, Mrs. Kennedy Remains in Hospital

Aug. 10, 1963 - President Kennedy, sorrow etched on his face, buried his infant son, Patrick Bouvier, today after simple services and a...

Aug 9, 2023

Grieving President Kennedy Joins Mrs. Kennedy

Aug. 9, 1963 - President Kennedy flew to Hyannis Port, Mass., this morning to join his wife 5½ hours after their premature infant son had...

Aug 9, 2023

Patrick Bouvier Kennedy Fifth Child of Sitting U.S. President to Die

Aug. 9, 1963 - Patrick Bouvier Kennedy is the fifth child of a sitting President to die. Children of John Adams, Thomas Jefferson,...

Aug 9, 2023

🚨President Kennedy’s New Baby Boy Is Dead

Aug. 9, 1963 - The new baby boy of President and Mrs. Kennedy died early today, the White House announced at 4:26 a.m. The baby, born...

Aug 8, 2023

President’s Baby Rallies

Aug. 8, 1963 - At the Boston Children’s Medical Center tonight, President Kennedy’s one-day-old son rallied after a crisis this afternoon...

Aug 7, 2023

Salinger: Kennedy Baby “Not on Danger List”

Aug. 7, 1963 - The Kennedys’ newest child, Patrick Bouvier Kennedy, is having trouble breathing, but Pierre Salinger, White House press...

Aug 7, 2023

🚨Newborn Son of President Kennedy Rushed to Hospital

Aug. 7, 1963 - The newborn son of President Kennedy was rushed to the Boston Children’s Medical Center tonight for treatment of a...

Aug 7, 2023

🚨Second Son Born to President and Mrs. Kennedy

Aug. 7, 1963 - A second son, Patrick Bouvier Kennedy, was born to President and Mrs. Kennedy at Otis Air Force Base on Cape Cod today....

Aug 6, 2023

Philip Graham Laid to Rest, President Attends Service

Aug. 6, 1963 - President Kennedy and other national leaders paid final tribute today to Philip Graham, publishing executive. About 2,000...

Aug 5, 2023

Huge Demand for “Pupniks”

Aug. 5, 1963 - To the astonishment of the White House, the four “pupniks” born to Charlie, Caroline Kennedy’s Welsh Terrier, and...

Aug 4, 2023

President Kennedy Attends Church with His Daughter

Aug. 4, 1963 - President Kennedy went to church this morning in Hyannis Port, Mass., and took along his 5-year-old daughter Caroline....