1960s Timeline

June 23, 1963 - More than 1,000,000 cheering Rhinelanders turned out today to give President Kennedy a “herzlich willkommen” — a...

June 22, 1963 - President Kennedy left tonight for a 10-day journey through Europe to plead the cause of Atlantic partnership. The...

June 22, 1963 - Negro leaders told President Kennedy today that massive demonstrations would continue until the civil rights problem was...

June 20, 1963 - President Kennedy, wet but cheerful, helped West Virginia celebrate its 100th anniversary today. “The sun does not always...

June 20, 1963 - The family of the slain integration leader, Medgar Evers, met President Kennedy at the White House today. Secretary of...

June 20, 1963 - President Kennedy became the first patron of the “PT-109” film premiere for the benefit of mentally handicapped and...

June 19, 1963 - Opening today is “PT-109,” a Technicolor Panavision biographical war film depicting the actions of President Kennedy when...

June 19, 1963 - The White House confirmed today that President Kennedy’s sister, Mrs. Eunice Shriver (left), will accompany him on his...

June 19, 1963 - Major organizations in the forefront of the battle for equal rights said “no” today to President Kennedy’s request for a...

June 19, 1963 - President Kennedy called on Congress today to enact extensive civil rights legislation he said would “go far toward...

June 18, 1963 - A Southern effort to divert electoral votes from major party candidates appears likely to fizzle without any material...

June 15, 1963 - Southern politicians were accused in Jackson, Miss., today of responsibility in the death of Medgar Evers, a Negro...

June 13, 1963 - Former President Harry S. Truman got a chance today to relive a little of his past when President Kennedy asked him to...

June 13, 1963 - Here are President Kennedy’s remarks today at the convention of the National Council of Senior Citizens, held at the...

June 13, 1963 - President Kennedy, in a fiery speech lashing Congressional opponents, today predicted passage of his controversial...

June 12, 1963 - President Kennedy, “appalled by the barbarity” of the assassination of a top NAACP integration leader in Jackson, Miss....

June 12, 1963 - Izvestia, the national newspaper of the Soviet Union, published today the text of President Kennedy’s speech Monday in...

June 12, 1963 - President Kennedy’s speech last night on racial problems in the nation marked the seventh time in 28 months that the...

June 11, 1963 - President Kennedy told the nation tonight it faced a “moral crisis” as a result of the rising tide of Negro discontent....

June 10, 1963 - President Kennedy appealed to Governor George Wallace today to stay away from the campus of the University of Alabama. In...