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Aug 29, 2022

Justice Felix Franfurter to Retire, JFK to Appoint Arthur Goldberg to Vacancy

Aug. 29, 1962 - Felix Frankfurter (pictured in 1939) has retired from active service on the Supreme Court after 23 years as an associate...

Aug 28, 2022

President Kennedy Addresses Summer Interns

Aug. 28, 1962 - President Kennedy told 5,000 college students today that the burden of preserving world freedom in the next 10 or 20...

Aug 28, 2022

President’s Youngest Brother Roughed Up in Boston Debate

Aug. 28, 1962 - Edward M. Kennedy waded into his first political brawl last night and emerged a bit roughed up but still standing. The...

Aug 27, 2022

President Pins Bronze Star on former Captive of Laotian Communists

Aug. 27, 1962 - President Kennedy pinned a Bronze Star Medal for meritorious “cold war” service today on Maj. Lawrence R. Bailey Jr. of...

Aug 24, 2022

Aug. 24, 1962 - JFK Phone Call to Democrats in Indiana

Aug. 24, 1962 - This is a recording of President John F. Kennedy’s telephone address to the Midwestern Democratic Conference held in...

Aug 23, 2022

Aug. 23, 1962 JFK to WWII Vets

Aug. 23, 1962 - President Kennedy delivers remarks via telephone from the Oval Office to the American Veterans of World War II (AMVETS) ...

Aug 23, 2022

Aug. 23, 1962 - JFK Remarks to Fulbright Exchange Teachers

Aug. 23, 1962 - President Kennedy speaks to a group of Fulbright exchange teachers in the Rose Garden of the White House. #JFK #1960s...

Aug 22, 2022

Highlights from President Kennedy’s Press Conference

Aug. 22, 1962 - Following are some highlights from President’s news conference today: Space — He said that anybody who attempted to...

Aug 22, 2022

Nixon Wants to Debate Gov. Brown

Aug. 22, 1962 - Richard M. Nixon made a formal overture today for a renewal of negotiations with Gov. Edmund G. Brown about a proposed...

Aug 22, 2022

President Comments on Soviet Presence in Cuba

Aug. 22, 1962 - President Kennedy said today there was evidence that the Communist bloc had sent large numbers of technicians and...

Aug 22, 2022

Mrs. Kennedy Mobbed in Amalfi

Aug. 22, 1962 - Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy stopped to buy magazines and other reading material in Amalfi while on her way to the beach at...

Aug 22, 2022

Vice President Departs on World Tour

Aug. 22, 1962 - Vice President Johnson left today for a 19-day tour of the Middle East and southern Europe. At a send-off ceremony this...

Aug 22, 2022

U.S. “Well Behind” Russians in Space Race, Says JFK

Aug. 22, 1962 - The United States is “well behind” the Soviet Union in the space race, President Kennedy asserted today, but he repeated...

Aug 21, 2022

Mrs. Kennedy Experiences Slight Earthquake in Ravello

Aug. 21, 1962 - Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy was strolling in the gardens of the Villa Cimbrone in Ravello, Italy, when earth tremors were...

Aug 21, 2022

Administration Sees Vietnam War as Temporary Draw

Aug. 21, 1962 - The Kennedy Administration’s latest estimate of the war in South Vietnam is that the U.S.-backed Vietnamese forces and...

Aug 19, 2022

President Swims with Awestruck Californians in Santa Monica

Aug. 19, 1962 - President Kennedy capped his 33-hour visit to California today by delighting hundreds of bathers with an impromptu swim...

Aug 19, 2022

Aug. 15, 1962 - JFK's Visit to U.S. Coast Guard Training Barque Eagle

Aug. 19, 1962 - This video covers President Kennedy's visit Wednesday to the U.S. Coast Guard training barque Eagle at the Navy Yard...

Aug 18, 2022

Video: President Kennedy in Los Banos

Aug. 18, 1962 - Here is video of President Kennedy presiding over the groundbreaking ceremony for San Luis Reservoir, a joint...

Aug 18, 2022

President Kennedy Attends Ceremonies in Los Banos, California

Aug. 18, 1962 - President Kennedy set off a charge of TNT in Los Banos, Calif., today and formally started the construction of a huge...

Aug 18, 2022

Aug. 18, 1962 - JFK in Fresno

Aug. 18, 1962 - Here are President Kennedy's remarks today at the Fresno Air Terminal in Fresno, California. In his speech, President...