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Jun 30, 2023

Secret Service Corner Troublemaking Youngster

June 30, 1963 - In Forest Row, England, a pistol sounded in the bushes. President Kennedy sat bolt upright in the back seat of his car....

Jun 30, 2023

JFK’s Popularity Dips, Still 59% Favorable

June 30, 1963 - President Kennedy’s popularity has dropped sharply from its highest point. But despite a flood of rumors last week to the...

Jun 29, 2023

President Kennedy and Prime Minister Macmillan Discuss s Treaty

June 29, 1963 - President Kennedy and Prime Minister Macmillan began a detailed discussion today on how the U.S. and Britain will conduct...

Jun 29, 2023

President Kennedy Visits Sister Kathleen’s Grave

June 29, 1963 - President Kennedy stood for two minutes with bowed head today at the grave of his sister Kathleen (pictured in 1940) in a...

Jun 29, 2023

President Kennedy Departs Ireland

June 29, 1963 - President Kennedy ended his three-day visit to Ireland today, promising to come back some day “and see old Shannon’s face...

Jun 29, 2023

Austin Republicans Say Goldwater Would Beat Kennedy in Texas in ‘64

June 29, 1963 - If Senator Barry Goldwater is nominated for President in 1964, Republicans in Austin say he would beat a Kennedy-Johnson...

Jun 28, 2023

Khrushchev Draw Middling Crowds in East Berlin

June 28, 1963 - Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev rode through East Berlin today in a “friendship visit” that drew a considerably milder...

Jun 28, 2023

President Kennedy Speaks in Dublin

June 28, 1963 - President Kennedy declared today in Dublin that “there are no permanent enemies” in this world. He cited Ireland’s...

Jun 27, 2023

President Kennedy Visits County Wexford

June 27, 1963 - Irish eyes were glued to television screens today, but it was in County Wexford on the Irish Sea, from which Patrick J....

Jun 27, 2023

Henry Cabot Lodge To Replace Nolting as Ambassador to South Vietnam

June 27, 1963 - Henry Cabot Lodge (pictured with President Kennedy in December 1961), the Republican candidate for Vice President in...

Jun 26, 2023

JFK Arrives in Dublin

June 26, 1963 - President Kennedy arrived in Dublin this evening and said it was “like coming home.” That was the way the Irish felt...

Jun 26, 2023

President Kennedy Gets Raucous Reception in West Berlin

June 26, 1963 - President Kennedy saw the miracle and the tragedy of West Berlin today as the city turned out to greet him and applaud...

Jun 26, 2023

Attorney General Makes Concession on Civil Rights Legislation

June 26, 1963 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy said today the Administration would be willing to exempt small stores and tourist...

Jun 26, 2023

JFK: Proud To Be “A Berliner”

June 26, 1963 - President Kennedy, inspired by a tumultuous welcome from more than a million of the inhabitants of the isolated and...

Jun 25, 2023

President Kennedy Speaks in Frankfurt

June 25, 1963 - President Kennedy renewed today in the heart of the Old World his call for interdependence between the U.S. and what he...

Jun 25, 2023

Robert F. Kennedy Runs the Justice Department — but not Brumus, Newfoundland Dog

June 25, 1963 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy bade farewell today to eight teachers who will attend a special training institute on...

Jun 25, 2023

President Kennedy Continues Tour of West Germany

June 25, 1963 - President Kennedy visited American troops today and then went on to a triumphal reception in Hanau, Frankfurt, and...

Jun 25, 2023

Democrats To Hold 1964 Convention in Atlantic City

June 25, 1963 - The Democrats decided today to hold their 1964 Presidential convention in Atlantic City, N.J. The convention will begin...

Jun 23, 2023

President Kennedy Tours West Germany

June 23, 1963 - President Kennedy opened his tour of Europe today with an enormous welcome from almost a million West Germans in Cologne,...

Jun 23, 2023

Nixon Offers Kennedy Support on “General” Civil Rights Goals

June 23, 1963 - Richard M. Nixon said today he supports the goals of President Kennedy’s civil rights proposals and believes Congress...