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Aug 3, 2023

Philip Graham, CEO of Washington Post, Commits Suicide

Aug. 3, 1963 - Philip L. Graham (pictured right in 1961), president and CEO of The Washington Post and chairman of the board of Newsweek...

Aug 2, 2023

Caroline and John Jr. Certain New Baby Is a Boy

Aug. 2, 1963 - There is one White House visitor President Kennedy’s two youngsters (pictured with nurse Maud Shaw) will be looking for...

Aug 2, 2023

President Kennedy Greets Members of Girls’ Nation

Aug. 2, 1963 - President Kennedy greeted 100 members of Girls’ Nation today and avoided any controversy by telling them merely that they...

Aug 1, 2023

Highlights of President Kennedy’s News Conference

Aug. 1, 1963 - Following are some highlights of President Kennedy’s news conference today: Nuclear Testing — The President expressed...

Aug 1, 2023

President Kennedy Comments on Civil Rights Demonstrations

Aug. 1, 1963 - President Kennedy welcomed today an apparent slackening in Negro demonstrations in some areas. However, he warned that the...

Jul 30, 2023

American Schoolchildren in Better Condition

July 30, 1963 - American schoolchildren are stronger and in better condition now than they were two years ago, President Kennedy’s...

Jul 28, 2023

First Lady Celebrates 34th Birthday in Hyannis

July 28, 1963 - President Kennedy and most of the numerous members of his family celebrated Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy’s 34th birthday today...

Jul 27, 2023

President Kennedy Visits Irish Convent

June 27, 1963 - President Kennedy made an unexpected stop at a convent near Wexford, Ireland today to meet his third cousin, Mother...

Jul 27, 2023

First Lady Turns 34 Tomorrow

July 27, 1963 - First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy will celebrate her 34th birthday tomorrow in the manner she likes best — with little fuss...

Jul 27, 2023

Harriman: Nuclear Test Ban Received in Moscow with “Real Rejoicing”

July 27, 1963 - W. Averell Harriman (left) said today that the conclusion of a treaty to outlaw most nuclear tests had been received in...

Jul 26, 2023

President Kennedy Makes T.V. and Radio Address

July 26, 1963 - President Kennedy, speaking to the nation tonight in a “spirit of hope,” described the treaty for a limited nuclear test...

Jul 24, 2023

Jackie Plans To Deliver Third Child at Walter Reed

July 24, 1963 - The Air Force confirmed today that special quarters at Otis Air Force Base, located on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, had been...

Jul 23, 2023

TV: ABC Documentary on University of Alabama Showdown To Air This Fall

July 23, 1963 - A film in which President Kennedy and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy discuss Governor George Wallace in connection...

Jul 20, 2023

Goldwater 2-to-1 Favorite over Rocky To Get GOP Nomination

July 20, 1963 - If the nation’s governors are an accurate political barometer, Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller of New York has little...

Jul 19, 2023

Attorney General’s Son, Christopher George Kennedy, Is Christened; JFK in Attendance

July 19, 1963 - Surrounded by nieces and nephews, President Kennedy watched proudly today as Richard Cardinal Cushing, the Archbishop of...

Jul 19, 2023

JFK Congratulates Woman Pilot

July 19, 1963 - President Kennedy today personally congratulated pilot Betty Verret Miller, the first woman to fly alone across the...

Jul 18, 2023

President Kennedy Mobbed by Students

July 18, 1963 - President Kennedy was mobbed today at the White House by more than 2,500 foreign students who converged on him in the...

Jul 17, 2023

Highlights of President Kennedy’s News Conference

July 17, 1963 - Following are highlights of President Kennedy’s news conference today: Nuclear Testing — President Kennedy pledged that...

Jul 17, 2023

President Kennedy Warns Demonstrators and Segregationists

July 17, 1963 - President Kennedy had words of advice and warning today for both civil rights demonstrators and ardent segregationists....

Jul 16, 2023

President Kennedy Addresses Gradautes of NATO Defense School

July 16, 1963 - President Kennedy told graduates of the NATO defense school today that the North American Treaty Organization must be...