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May 12, 2022

President Kennedy Speaks at Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner in Milwaukee

May 12, 1962 - President Kennedy told a Democratic Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner in Milwaukee tonight that the people of the U.S. had to...

May 12, 2022

Massive Crowds Greet the President in Milwaukee

May 12, 1962 - Around 150,000 persons greeted the President this evening as he drove the 9 miles between Mitchell Airport and the center...

May 12, 2022

Viet Cong Blow Up Troop Train, Threaten U.S.-Sponsored Resettlement Project

May 12, 1962 - A small Communist force blew up a troop train Thursday in central Vietnam, causing heavy Vietnamese losses. Today, other...

May 12, 2022

President Kennedy Orders Marines to Thailand

May 12, 1962 - President Kennedy ordered today that U.S. naval, air, and land forces, including a battle group of 1,800 marines, move...

May 11, 2022

Truman: Don't Call First Lady "Jackie"

May 11, 1962 - Former President Harry S. Truman said today he considered it “disrespectful” for newspapers to refer to Mrs. Kennedy as...

May 11, 2022

Carpenter Spaceflight Delayed by NASA

May 11, 1962 - Difficulties with a control system have forced a delay in the scheduled attempt to send Lieut. Comdr. Scott Carpenter...

May 11, 2022

McNamara "Tremendously Encouraged" by Developments in Vietnam

May 11, 1962 - United States aid to South Vietnam has reached a peak and will start to level off, Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara...

May 10, 2022

President Acclaims Hoover on 38th Year as F.B.I. Director

May 10, 1962 - J. Edgar Hoover finished his 38th year as Director of the FBI today, adding to what President Kennedy called “one of the...

May 9, 2022

Brisk Sales for Tickets to President's Birthday Salute at MSG

May 9, 1962 - An advance sale of “well over” 400 tickets at $1,000 each for the “New York Birthday Salute to President Kennedy” was...

May 9, 2022

President Affirms that V.P. Johnson Will Remain on Ticket

May 9, 1962 - President Kennedy said today that Vice President Johnson would be on the Democratic ticket again in 1964 “if he chooses to...

May 9, 2022

President Kennedy Remarks on His Treatment by the Press

May 9, 1962 - The President was asked at his news conference today to comment on the press treatment of his Administration from day to...

May 9, 2022

McNamara: U.S. Will Not Send Combat Troops to Vietnam

May 9, 1962 - Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara (hatless at center) said today that there is no plan for introducing American...

May 9, 2022

President Kennedy Denies Crack about Businessmen

May 9, 1962 - President Kennedy denied today that he made a sharply critical remark about “all” businessmen. He told his news conference...

May 9, 2022

Australia To Join U.S. in Aiding South Vietnam

May 9, 1962 - Australia announced today that she was prepared to give token military and civilian aid to embattled South Vietnam. The...

May 8, 2022

(VIDEO) President Kennedy Speaks in Atlantic City

May 8, 1962 - Here is a video excerpt of President Kennedy’s address at the convention of the United Auto Workers today in Atlantic City,...

May 8, 2022

(VIDEO) JFK Speaks to U.A.W. Convention in Atlantic City, N.J.

May 8, 1962 - Here is a clip from President Kennedy's remarks today to the United Automobile Workers convention in Atlantic City, N.J....

May 8, 2022

President Kennedy Speaks at United Auto Workers Convention

May 8, 1962 - President Kennedy (pictured with Walter Reuther) called on labor today to exercise restraint and responsibility in its...

May 8, 2022

First Lady Christens U.S.S. Lafayette

May 8, 1962 - The world’s largest submarine, the U.S.S. Lafayette, slipped smoothly into the Thames River in Groton, Connecticut today,...

May 7, 2022

President Kennedy Proclaims Mother's Day

May 7, 1962 - President Kennedy (pictured with Mary Josephine “Josie” Fitzgerald,” his 97-year-old grandmother) today proclaimed next...

May 7, 2022

President Kennedy Greets Civil Air Patrol Cadets

May 7, 1962 - A “tremendous need” for manned aircraft still exists, and fliers will be in demand for many years to come, President...