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Dec 25, 2022

Former Bay of Pigs Prisoner Says Cuban Missile Crisis “Boosted Our Morale”

Dec. 25, 1962 - The intelligence chief of the Bay of Pigs invasion force (pictured after their capture in April 1961) said today that the...

Dec 25, 2022

Details Emerge on Bay of Pigs Prisoner Swap

Dec. 25, 1962 - General Lucius D. Clay, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, and others raised almost $3 million in cash this week to make...

Dec 25, 2022

President Kennedy’s Family Enjoys Christmas in Palm Beach, Fla.

Dec. 25, 1962 - President and Mrs. Kennedy got an early start on Christmas observances today, thanks to two youngsters eager to get at...

Dec 25, 2022

Jacqueline Kennedy Most Admired Woman in Poll

Dec. 25, 1962 - Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy is the first choice of the American public as the woman they admire most in the world today. The...

Dec 22, 2022

President Kennedy Enjoys Working Vacation in Palm Beach

Dec. 22, 1962 - President Kennedy relaxed in perfect summer weather in Palm Beach, Fla., today on the first day of his Christmas...

Dec 19, 2022

President Kennedy and Prime Minister Macmillan Meet in The Bahamas

Dec. 19, 1962 - President Kennedy and Prime Minister Macmillan neared an agreement today to terminate the controversial Skybolt missile...

Dec 18, 2022

Dec. 18, 1962 - JFK Remarks to Harold Macmillan in The Bahamas

Dec. 18, 1962 - Here are President Kennedy's remarks today to Harold Macmillan, Prime Minister of Great Britain, upon arrival at Windsor...

Dec 18, 2022

President Kennedy Arrives in The Bahamas

Dec. 18, 1962 - President Kennedy arrived in the Bahamas today for two days of talks with British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan. The...

Dec 17, 2022

TV: President Kennedy Interviewed by Correspondents of Three Networks

Dec. 17, 1962 - President Kennedy told correspondents of three networks and a nationwide television audience tonight the placing of...

Dec 17, 2022

President Kennedy Lights Christmas Tree at White House

Dec. 17, 1962 - President Kennedy lighted the nation’s Christmas tree today and said the nation had emerged from a year of peril into a...

Dec 17, 2022

Dec. 17, 1962 - JFK Lights National Christmas Tree

Dec. 17, 1962 - Here are President Kennedy’s remarks this evening at the lighting of the national Christmas Tree at the White House....

Dec 16, 2022

Dec. 16, 1962 | "After Two Years" -- A Conversation with President John F. Kennedy

Here is President John F. Kennedy’s television interview entitled “After Two Years: A Conversation with the President,” broadcast by...

Dec 15, 2022

Goldwater Not Convinced Soviet Missiles Are Out of Cuba

Dec. 15, 1962 - Senator Barry Goldwater (R-Ariz.) says he suspects President Kennedy has made a “secret deal” with Premier Khrushchev on...

Dec 14, 2022

President Kennedy Pushes Tax Reform for 1963

Dec. 14, 1962 - President Kennedy called tonight for a broad program of Federal tax reduction and reform to take effect in 1963 and “cut...

Dec 13, 2022

Alabama’s Governor-Elect calls RFK “Sapling Caesar”

Dec. 13, 1962 - Alabama Governor-elect George C. Wallace (pictured) today called Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy a “sapling Caesar”...

Dec 13, 2022

TV: “After Two Years — A Conversation with the President”

Dec. 13, 1962 - President Kennedy will discuss the first two years of his Administration Monday night in a joint television interview...

Dec 12, 2022

President Kennedy Draws Laughter at Press Conference with Remarks on “The First Family” Comedy LP

Dec. 12, 1962 - President Kennedy brought down the house at his press conference today with his comment on “The First Family,” the hit...

Dec 12, 2022

President and First Lady Hold Christmas Party for Staff

Dec. 12, 1962 - President and Mrs. Kennedy started the Christmas season today with a party for about 1,200 White House and executive...

Dec 12, 2022

Highlights of President Kennedy’s Press Conference

Dec. 12, 1962 - Here are some highlights of President Kennedy’s news conference today: Tax Cut Plans — “We intend to go ahead with our...

Dec 12, 2022

JFK: Adlai Stevenson Doing “Excellent” Job at U.N.

Dec. 12, 1962 - President Kennedy told his press conference today that Adlai Stevenson (right) has done an “excellent” job at the U.N....