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Apr 22, 2023

President Kennedy Introduces Musical Program

Apr. 22, 1963 - Here are President Kennedy's remarks of welcome today to the Berea College dance troupe and the Central Kentucky Youth...

Apr 22, 2023

President Kennedy Announces Plans to Attend Opening of 1964 New York World’s Fair

Apr. 22, 1963 - President Kennedy used a special telephone at the White House today to set in motion a clock that will record the days,...

Apr 21, 2023

20th Anniversary of Battle of Warsaw Ghetto is Honored

Apr. 21, 1963 - Ceremonies were held in New York and in many other places in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the Battle of the...

Apr 20, 2023

Dr. King Released from Jail

Apr. 20, 1963 - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was released from Birmingham City Jail today after posting a $300 cash bond. Dr. King and 30...

Apr 19, 2023

JFK: I Don’t Have Power to Defund Mississippi

Apr. 19, 1963 - President Kennedy (pictured today with Lee Hills, president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors) said today that...

Apr 16, 2023

President and Mrs. Kennedy Postpone Italian Trip to 1964

Apr. 16, 1963 - The First Lady’s pregnancy has caused President and Mrs. Kennedy to postpone until early 1964 their state visit to Italy....

Apr 15, 2023

President Kennedy Telephones Dr. King’s Wife, Coretta Scott King

Apr. 15, 1963 - Mrs. Coretta Scott King said today President Kennedy had told her he hoped the change of government in Birmingham might...

Apr 15, 2023

🚨President and Mrs. Kennedy Expecting Third Child

🚨Apr. 15, 1963 - President and Mrs. Kennedy are expecting their third child in the latter part of August, the White House announced...

Apr 15, 2023

Apr. 15, 1963 - Pierre Salinger Announces Jackie Kennedy's Pregnancy

Apr. 15, 1963 - White House press secretary Pierre Salinger announced today that President and Mrs. Kennedy are expecting their third...

Apr 14, 2023

The Kennedys Celebrate Easter

Apr. 14, 1963 - The nation’s first family attended Easter services today in the privacy of home. Mass was said for President and Mrs....

Apr 13, 2023

Belafonte Asks JFK and RFK for Help in Birmingham

Apr. 13, 1963 - President Kennedy and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy were urged in telegrams today to act immediately “to end the...

Apr 11, 2023

JFK Hails Lost Men of the Thresher

Apr. 11, 1963 - President Kennedy today hailed the 129 men (some of whom are pictured below) who perished in the submarine Thresher as...

Apr 11, 2023

Apr. 11, 1963 - Edwin Walker Speaks on Assassination Attempt (VIDEO)

Apr. 11, 1963 - Former Major General Edwin A. Walker was the victim of an attempted rifle assassination at about 9 p.m. last night while...

Apr 10, 2023

Rockefeller Hits JFK on Cuba

Apr. 10, 1963 - New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller today assailed the Kennedy Administration for “holding back” Cuban exile raiders. He...

Apr 10, 2023

Apr. 10, 1963 - JFK Remarks to Economics Students

Apr. 10, 1963 - Here is a recording of President Kennedy’s remarks to a group of economics students from abroad in the White House Rose...

Apr 9, 2023

Sir Winston a U.S. Citizen

Apr. 9, 1963 - Sir Winston Churchill (pictured with his granddaughter) became an honorary U.S. citizen today and seized the occasion to...

Apr 9, 2023

President Kennedy “Shocked” by Traffic Fatalities, Calls for Action

Apr. 9, 1963 - President Kennedy called today for a stepped-up drive to cut down the “shocking” toll of traffic fatalities. The President...

Apr 9, 2023

Apr. 9, 1963 | JFK Confers U.S. Citizenship on Sir Winston Churchill

Apr. 9, 1963 - Here is a recording of President Kennedy’s remarks upon signing a proclamation conferring honorary citizenship on Sir...

Apr 8, 2023

President Kennedy Throws Out First Pitch at D.C. Stadium

Apr. 8, 1963 - A labor dispute almost kept President Kennedy from celebrating the traditional rites of spring today. But expert pinch...

Apr 8, 2023

Apr. 8, 1963 | JFK Throws out First Pitch (VIDEO)

Apr. 8, 1963 - President Kennedy threw out the ceremonial first pitch at today's contest between the Washington Senators and Baltimore...