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May 19, 2022

Entertainers Rehearse for President's Birthday Celebration

May 19, 1962 - Madison Square Garden became a blur of dancers, singers, actors, and musicians this morning and afternoon as show business...

May 19, 2022

May 19, 1962 - JFK Dedicates NYC Housing Project

May 19, 1962 - President Kennedy’s remarks at the dedication of the Penn Station South Urban Renewal Project, a cooperative housing...

May 19, 2022

President Speaks at Housing Project Dedication in NYC

May 19, 1962 - President Kennedy urged labor unions today to play a partner’s role with government and private groups in undertaking “the...

May 19, 2022

Three U.S. Soldiers Injured in Saigon Grenade Attack

May 19, 1962 - Three U.S. soldiers were injured today when a grenade exploded near the entrance to their quarters. Eight South Vietnamese...

May 19, 2022

Mrs. Kennedy Is Honorary Chair of 1962 Christmas Seal Campaign

May 19, 1962 - The national honorary chairman of the 1962 Christmas seal campaign of the National Tuberculosis Association will be Mrs....

May 18, 2022

Khrushchev Predicts U.S. Defeat in Vietnam

May 18, 1962 - In a speech to collective farmers in central Bulgaria, Soviet Premier Khrushchev declared that U.S. forces would be driven...

May 17, 2022

President Says European Allies Must Do Their Share

May 17, 1962 - President Kennedy gave the United States’ European allies a reassurance and a warning today. The reassurance was that the...

May 17, 2022

NASA Postpones Carpenter's Orbital Flight

May 17, 1962 - Project Mercury officials announced tonight that the three-orbit flight of Lieut. Comdr. Scott Carpenter (pictured right...

May 17, 2022

May 17, 1962 - JFK Speaks at National Trade Conference

May 17, 1962 - In a speech before the Conference on Trade Policy, President Kennedy discussed this country’s relationship with our...

May 17, 2022

President Says "A Good Deal Left Undone" in Civil Rights

May 17, 1962 - There is “a good deal left undone” in the civil rights field, President Kennedy acknowledged today. On the eighth...

May 17, 2022

Pony Rides for the President's Children

May 17, 1962 - Caroline Kennedy and three young friends, two boys and a girl, took turns riding two ponies on the south lawn of the White...

May 17, 2022

Busy Weekend Schedule for President Kennedy

May 17, 1962 - President Kennedy will go to New York City at 5 p.m. tomorrow for a 3-day visit. He will go directly to the Carlyle Hotel....

May 17, 2022

President Kennedy Says Principal Danger of Missile Attack is from the North

May 17, 1962 - President Kennedy said today that the United States did not have warning systems against intercontinental ballistic...

May 17, 2022

South Vietnam Employs New Propaganda Weapon

May 17, 1962 - U.S. Army helicopters carried South Vietnamese troops to mopping-up operations today in Long An Province, 20 miles...

May 15, 2022

South Vietnam Not Requesting American Combat Troops At This Time

May 15, 1962 - South Vietnam will not request American combat troops at this stage of the Southeast Asian crisis, a high American source...

May 15, 2022

President Orders 4,000 More Troops to Thailand

May 15, 1962 - President Kennedy moved today to back up his diplomatic efforts to preserve the independence of Laos by ordering 4,000...

May 14, 2022

Mrs. Kennedy's Pakistani Horse Out of Quarantine

May 14, 1962 - Sardar, Mrs. Kennedy’s gift horse from Pakistan, has been flown to Washington, kept in quarantine, and taken to the...

May 14, 2022

Topeka Teacher Honored by President Kennedy

May 14, 1962 - Mrs. Marjorie L. French of Topeka, Kan., was honored by President Kennedy today as teacher of the year. Mrs. French, a...

May 13, 2022

First Lady's Sunglasses Start Fashion Fad

May 13, 1962 - Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy is selling eyeglasses on Madison Avenue. Although the First Lady may be unaware of it, her name...

May 13, 2022

Government Soldiers Fail To Flush Viet Cong in Mekong Delta

May 13, 1962 - United States helicopters carried more than 1,000 South Vietnamese soldiers into the marshlands of the Mekong Delta...