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Dec 12, 2022

JFK Hits Boycotts of Merchants Selling Red Imports

Dec. 12, 1962 - President Kennedy today criticized boycotts against American merchants selling Iron Curtain imports as ineffective as an...

Dec 12, 2022

Khrushchev Hits Communist China

Dec. 12, 1962 - Premier Khrushchev declared today the Soviet Union would resist the pressure of “dogmatists” within the Communist world...

Dec 12, 2022

JFK: Soviet Bombers and Missiles Out of Cuba

Dec. 12, 1962 - President Kennedy declared today that all Soviet bombers and missiles have been removed from Cuba and added that the U.S....

Dec 11, 2022

White House Puts Kibosh on Comedian’s Mimicry of President Kennedy in Advertisements

Dec. 11, 1962 - Vaughn Meader (right) has earned a lot of laughs and money from imitating President Kennedy’s voice on the hit comedy...

Dec 11, 2022

President Kennedy Welcomes Chilean President Jorge Alessandri to Washington

Dec. 11, 1962 - President Kennedy welcomed Chile’s President Jorge Alessandri to Washington today with a promise that the U.S. will do...

Dec 10, 2022

President Kennedy Warns of Air Pollution Hazards

Dec. 10, 1962 - President Kennedy warned today that the growing peril of nationwide air pollution poses a hazard to the health of...

Dec 9, 2022

Edward Kennedy: Freshman Senators Should be Seen and Not Heard

Dec. 9, 1962 - Senator Edward M. Kennedy today denied reports that he is seeking a position on the Foreign Relations Committee. A...

Dec 9, 2022

President Kennedy Attends Mass in Palm Desert, Calif.

Dec. 9, 1962 - President Kennedy interrupted a relaxing weekend in Palm Desert, Calif., to attend Mass before returning to Washington...

Dec 8, 2022

President Kennedy Arrives in Palm Springs, Calif.

Dec. 8, 1962 - President Kennedy, tanned and smiling, arrived in Palm Springs, Calif., today for 36 hours of relaxation and seclusion...

Dec 8, 2022

GOP Pushes Kennedy to be Tougher on Cuba

Dec. 8, 1962 - Republicans called on President Kennedy today for action toward the “complete elimination” of Communist military power in...

Dec 7, 2022

President Kennedy Visits SAC Center in Nebraska

Dec. 7, 1962 - President Kennedy spent three hours underground today in the command post of the nation’s primary nuclear striking force....

Dec 7, 2022

Dec. 7, 1962 - JFK Remarks in Albuquerque

Dec. 7, 1962 - Here are President Kennedy’s remarks today upon arriving at the Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico. In his speech, the...

Dec 7, 2022

Dec. 7, 1962 - JFK Remarks at Offutt Air Force Base in Omaha

Dec. 7, 1962 - Here are President Kennedy’s remarks today upon presenting the Special Flight Safety Plaque to the Strategic Air Command ...

Dec 7, 2022

President Kennedy Gives Aides Silver Calendar to Commemorate Cuban Crisis

Dec. 7, 1962 - President Kennedy has seen to it that the 13 days of the Cuban crisis are engraved, not only in memory but literally, for...

Dec 6, 2022

Dec. 6, 1962 - JFK Recorded Remarks to Housing Industry

Dec. 6, 1962 - Here is a recording of President Kennedy’s filmed message to the National Association of Home Builders convention. In his...

Dec 6, 2022

Dec. 6, 1962 - JFK Remarks at Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation

Dec. 6, 1962 - Here is a clip from President Kennedy’s remarks today at the First International Awards Dinner of the Joseph P. Kennedy...

Dec 5, 2022

President Kennedy Expresses “Fullest Confidence” in Stevenson

Dec. 5, 1962 - President Kennedy publicly expressed today his “fullest confidence” in Adlai E. Stevenson, U.S. representative at the U.N....

Dec 5, 2022

Attorney General Urges Youth to Educate Themselves About U.S.

Dec. 5, 1962 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy asserted in New York today that American students planning to travel abroad without...

Dec 4, 2022

Dec. 4, 1962 - JFK Remarks to Radio Station Representatives

Dec. 4, 1962 - Here are President Kennedy’s remarks today to a group of radio station representatives in the White House Rose Garden. In...

Dec 3, 2022

Dec. 3, 1962 - JFK Award Presentation to Dr. Edward Teller

Dec. 3, 1962 - Here are President Kennedy's remarks today at the presentation of the 1962 Enrico Fermi Award to Dr. Edward Teller. In his...