1960s Timeline

July 11, 1962 - The Kennedy Administration gave business a $1.5 billion tax cut today in the form of more liberal allowances for...

July 11, 1962 - President Kennedy has asked for a report on the arrest at Albany, Ga., yesterday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and other...

July 10, 1962 - President Kennedy clearly enjoyed himself at the All-Star Game today. Before the start of the game, Stan Musial of the...

July 9, 1962 - The Government today decided not to prosecute James R. Hoffa, Teamster’s president, on assault charges pressed against him...

July 8, 1962 - While President Kennedy and his family relaxed on Squaw Island on Nantucket Sound, an improvisational troupe of actors...

July 8, 1962 - President Kennedy urged the nation’s school administrators today to adopt effective programs of physical fitness before...

July 7, 1962 - Joseph P. Kennedy, father of President Kennedy, arrived in Hyannis Port, Mass., this morning by plane from New York, where...

July 6, 1962 - President Kennedy praised William Faulkner today as one of the “great creators of this age.” Mr. Kennedy’s statement,...

July 5, 1962 - President Kennedy made the following points at his news conference today: Taxes — He prefers to wait until 1963 for an...

July 5, 1962 - President Kennedy broke six months of silence on civil defense today and expressed hope for prompt Congressional action...

July 5, 1962 - At today's news conference, President Kennedy defended his plan for health care for the aged through Social Security and...

July 5, 1962 - President Kennedy broke six months of silence on civil defense today and expressed hope for prompt Congressional action on...

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July 4, 1962 - President Kennedy declared today that the U.S. looked forward to a “declaration of interdependence” that would bring it...

July 3, 1962 - Here are President Kennedy’s remarks at the White House today to members of a special anti-insurgency seminar run by the...

July 3, 1962 - Here are President John F. Kennedy’s congratulatory remarks concerning the achievement of Algerian independence. #JFK...

July 2, 1962 - Here is a clip from President Kennedy’s remarks today at the dedication of the restored mantelpiece in the State Dining...

July 1, 1962 - President Kennedy left Mexico today after having received the applause of crowds as enthusiastic as those that greeted him...

June 30, 1962 - Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy made a speech in Spanish today that recalled that she had visited Mexico on her wedding trip. A...

June 30, 1962 - A reporter asked President Kennedy today if the election of his brother Edward to the Senate would mean "too many...