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Dec 20, 2023

Brisk Sales of John F. Kennedy Memorial Record Albums

Dec. 20, 1963 - Less than a month after his assassination, seven John F. Kennedy memorial record albums have sold a combined total of at...

Dec 18, 2023

Senate Authorizes Kennedy Half-Dollar

Dec. 18, 1963 - The Senate completed Congressional authorization today for the use of a likeness of President Kennedy on half-dollars...

Dec 16, 2023

Warren: “No Useful Purpose” to Make FBI Findings on Assassination Public

Dec. 16, 1963 - Chief Justice Earl Warren said today it “would serve no useful purpose at this time” to make public the findings of an...

Dec 12, 2023

Mrs. Kennedy To Observe One-Year Mourning Period

Dec. 12, 1963 - Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy (pictured Nov. 25) plans to observe a one-year period of mourning and will have no public...

Dec 10, 2023

NYC City Council Votes to Change Idlewild to Kennedy Airport

Dec. 10, 1963 - In an action marked by solemnity and silent prayer, the New York City Council voted unanimously today to change the name...

Dec 10, 2023

Two Prominent California Attorneys To Defend Jack Ruby

Dec. 10, 1963 - Two prominent California attorneys, Melvin Belli of San Francisco (pictured) and Sam Brody of Los Angeles, said today...

Dec 10, 2023

President Johnson Asks Congress for 50-Cent Piece with JFK’s Likeness

Dec. 10, 1963 - President Johnson asked Congress today to authorize a 50-cent coin bearing the likeness of John Fitzgerald Kennedy. The...

Dec 9, 2023

FBI “Risk List” Did Not Include Oswald

Dec. 9, 1963 - The FBI gave the Secret Service a “risk list” of Dallas individuals in advance of President Kennedy’s fatal trip, but the...

Dec 9, 2023

TV: “The Making of the President 1960”

Dec. 9, 1963 - “The Making of the President 1960,” a filmed report of events covered in Theodore White’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book,...

Dec 9, 2023

FBI: Oswald Killed JFK, Acted Alone

Dec. 9, 1963 - An FBI report went to a special Presidential commission today and named Lee Harvey Oswald as the assassin of President...

Dec 8, 2023

Kennedy Children Go Christmas Shopping

Dec. 8, 1963 - John F. Kennedy Jr. and his older sister, 6-year-old Caroline, got a brief look today at what Santa Claus might bring them...

Dec 7, 2023

Johnsons Move Into White House

Dec. 7, 1963 - The Johnsons moved into the White House today, taking up residence at the mansion they had visited often as guests since...

Dec 6, 2023

JFK Awarded Posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom

Dec. 6, 1963 - John F. Kennedy today joined the roster of 31 civilian leaders whom he had personally approved to receive the new...

Dec 6, 2023

Mrs. Kennedy Moves into Georgetown Home

Dec. 6, 1963 - Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy left the White House today after a quiet goodbye to the household staff and moved into a home in...

Dec 6, 2023

GOP Congressmen Reject Collective Blame for JFK Assassination

Dec. 6, 1963 - Congressional Republicans deplored today what they called attempts to blame “hatred” in this country for the assassination...

Dec 6, 2023

Oswald’s Widow Wishes to Remain in U.S.

Dec. 6, 1963 - The Russian-born widow of Lee Harvey Oswald was quoted today as saying she “wants to be an American and continue to live...

Dec 6, 2023

Dallas Police: Oswald Tried to Assassinate Edwin Walker

Dec. 6, 1963 - A rifle shot that narrowly missed former Maj. Gen. Edwin Walker, an angry critic of President Kennedy, in his Dallas home...

Dec 5, 2023

Warren Commission Begins Work

Dec. 5, 1963 - The commission investigating President Kennedy’s assassination began work today with a long meeting in Washington. It...

Dec 4, 2023

Patrick Bouvier Kennedy Reinterred at Arlington

Dec. 4, 1963 - President Kennedy’s two children who had been buried in New England have been reinterred beside their father in Arlington...

Dec 4, 2023

Movies: All Prints of “PT-109” Withdrawn

Dec. 4, 1963 - All prints of “PT-109,” the Hollywood film based on President Kennedy’s Navy exploits during World War II, have been...