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Feb 8, 2022

President Kennedy Welcomes "Scouting Family of the Year" to White House

Feb. 8, 1962 - President Kennedy got a mile-swim certificate and a little altered history from the Boy Scouts of America today. Mr....

Feb 7, 2022

Mozart and Ice Cream at the White House With the First Lady

Feb. 7, 1962 - Teenagers from 64 countries crowded into the White House today for an afternoon of Mozart with ice cream, cookies, and...

Feb 7, 2022

Kennedy Won't Guarantee "Free Flow of Information" on Vietnam

Feb. 7, 1962 - President Kennedy said at his news conference today that he could not guarantee a free flow of information to U.S. newsmen...

Feb 7, 2022

Highlights From President Kennedy's Press Conference

Feb. 7, 1962 - Following are three highlights of President Kennedy’s news conference today: Nuclear Testing — He said the U.S. would...

Feb 7, 2022

U.S. Military Personnel Pour Into South Vietnam

Feb. 7, 1962 - Two U.S. Army air support companies totaling 300 men arrived in Saigon today from the plains of Kansas to bolster South...

Feb 7, 2022

Robert F. Kennedy Tours Western Japan

Feb. 7, 1962 - Robert F. Kennedy toured Western Japan today as if he were running for county sheriff. The Attorney General talked with...

Feb 6, 2022

Ethel Kennedy Shops in Tokyo, Buys Seven of Everything

Feb. 6, 1962 - Mrs. Ethel Kennedy, wife of Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, went shopping in Tokyo today and did nearly everything in...

Feb 6, 2022

Woodrow Wilson's Typewriter Returned to White House

Feb. 6, 1962 - Woodrow Wilson’s typewriter was returned today to the White House. It had been disposed of as surplus property during the...

Feb 6, 2022

Attorney General Kennedy Visits Waseda University, Reds Make a Scene

Feb. 6, 1962 - A small band of young Japanese Communists turned a warm university welcome for Robert F. Kennedy into a wild demonstration...

Feb 6, 2022

U.S. Army Helicopters Take Fire from Viet Cong

Feb. 6, 1962 - One U.S. Army helicopter crashed and burned, and two others were hit by Communist Viet Cong guerrilla fire today on an...

Feb 5, 2022

Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy Enjoys Tokyo

Feb. 5, 1962 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy sat on the counter of a working-class bar in Tokyo tonight and discussed world problems...

Feb 5, 2022

President Kennedy Welcomes Congolese Premier to White House

Feb. 5, 1962 - President Kennedy entertained Premier Cyrille Adoula of the Congo at a White House luncheon today and then conferred with...

Feb 5, 2022

President Meets Astronaut Glenn at White House

Feb. 5, 1962 - Two men whose private lives are not very private compared notes at the White House today. Lieut. Col. John H. Glenn Jr.,...

Feb 5, 2022

Robert F. Kennedy Debates Socialists in Japan

Feb. 5, 1962 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy replied sharply today to members of Japan’s Socialist party who criticized U.S....

Feb 4, 2022

Attorney General Kennedy is Welcomed to Tokyo

Feb. 4, 1962 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy’s six-day visit to Japan began this evening with a noisy welcome at the airport in...

Feb 4, 2022

South Vietnamese Troops Hit Reds With Assist from U.S. Air Force Helicopter Company

Feb. 4, 1962 - A U.S. Air Force helicopter company carrying Vietnamese troops routed Communist forces today around the village of Hung...

Feb 4, 2022

Castro Calls Kennedy's Trade Ban "Economic Aggression"

Feb. 4, 1962 - Cuban Premier Fidel Castro charged today that the U.S. embargo on imports from Cuba was “another economic aggression.” In...

Feb 3, 2022

President and Family Arrive in Palm Beach for Easter Holiday

Apr. 18, 1962 - President Kennedy and his family arrived in Palm Beach, Fla., this afternoon to begin a 10-day Easter holiday. The...

Feb 3, 2022

Kennedy Bans Most Trade with Cuba

Feb. 3, 1962 - President Kennedy ordered a ban on almost all trade with Cuba today to deprive Premier Fidel Castro’s regime of an annual...

Feb 2, 2022

VIDEO: President Kennedy's Message to the People of South Vietnam

Feb. 1962 | President Kennedy filmed a New Year's message to the people of South Vietnam, calling their struggle against Communist...