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Jun 8, 2022

President Kennedy Presents Medals to Young Heroes

June 8, 1962 - President Kennedy pinned medals today on two boy heroes and a girl who he said might become the first woman President of...

Jun 8, 2022

(VIDEO) JFK and RFK Honor Mary Ann Kingry for Junior Red Cross Service

June 8, 1962 - President Kennedy and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy honor Mary Ann Kingry for her exceptional career of service in...

Jun 7, 2022

President Kennedy Says Rockefeller Not Prejudiced

June 7, 1962 - At his press conference today, President Kennedy was asked if he considered “justified” a speech made by Democratic...

Jun 7, 2022

Surgeon General to Launch Health Probe Into Cigarettes

June 7, 1962 - Surgeon General Luther L. Terry announced today that he would appoint an advisory committee to study the effect of...

Jun 6, 2022

(VIDEO) President Kennedy at West Point

June 6, 1962 - Here is a video clip of President Kennedy’s address at the Military Academy in West Point, New York. #JFK #1960s #history...

Jun 6, 2022

June 6, 1962 - JFK at West Point (2/2)

June 6, 1962 - Here is another clip from President Kennedy's address today at West Point in which he references the events of D-Day -- 18...

Jun 6, 2022

June 6, 1962 - JFK at West Point (1/2)

June 6, 1962 - Here is a clip from President Kennedy's address today at West Point. #jfk #military #veterans #army #navy #airforce #marines

Jun 6, 2022

President Orders Release of 20 West Point Cadets from Room Confinement

June 6, 1962 - President Kennedy today ordered the release of 20 cadets from room confinement to the cheers of the entire Military...

Jun 6, 2022

President Kennedy Speaks at West Point

June 6, 1962 - President Kennedy told the graduates at the Military Academy in West Point today that the problems confronting the nation...

Jun 5, 2022

President Kennedy Welcomes Astronaut Carpenter to Washington

June 5, 1962 - Here is a video clip from President Kennedy’s welcoming remarks to astronaut M. Scott Carpenter and his family #JFK #1960s...

Jun 5, 2022

Astronaut Scott Carpenter Honored in New York

June 5, 1962 - Lieut. Comdr. M. Scott Carpenter flew into and out of New York today through overcast weather that would have canceled the...

Jun 5, 2022

President Welcomes Makarios III of Cyprus to Washington

June 5, 1962 - Makarios III, Archbishop, former rebel, and first President of the republic of Cyprus, received tributes and salutes in...

Jun 2, 2022

John Connally Wins Democratic Nomination for Governor of Texas

June 2, 1962 - John B. Connally Jr. (pictured), a conservative Democrat who was formerly Secretary of the Navy, won his party’s...

Jun 1, 2022

Castro Interviewed in Havana by British Newsmen

June 1, 1962 - Premier Fidel Castro spoke to two Western newsmen for an hour and a half in a Havana bar early today, declaring that he...

May 31, 2022

President Kennedy To Stay at Morton Downey's House This Summer

May 31, 1962 - President Kennedy will seek more privacy during his summer vacation this year by using the summer home of Morton Downey,...

May 31, 2022

May 31, 1962 - JFK Remarks on Juvenile Delinquency

May 31, 1962 - President Kennedy, in announcing today a program called Mobilization for Youth, discussed the problem of what is commonly...

May 31, 2022

Viet Cong Kidnap Three American Missionaries

May 31, 1962 - Communist guerrillas raided a leprosarium in the central highlands in South Vietnam last night and kidnapped three...

May 31, 2022

President Kennedy Announces Program to Fight Juvenile Delinquency

May 31, 1962 - President Kennedy announced today a $12.6 million mass social experiment on the Lower East Side of New York. It is part of...

May 30, 2022

Astronaut Scott Carpenter Acclaimed in Native State of Colorado

May 30, 1962 - Boulder gave Lieut. Comdr. Scott Carpenter one of the greatest parades in Colorado history today to wind up his triumphal...

May 29, 2022

President Celebrates 45th Birthday in Virginia

May 29, 1962 - President Kennedy (pictured at his celebration 10 days ago at Madison Square Garden) celebrated his actual 45th birthday...