1960s Timeline

Nov. 22, 1963 - President Kennedy has been seriously wounded by a gunshot in Dallas, Texas — perhaps fatally. Texas Governor John B....

Nov. 22, 1963 - At 12:34 p.m. Central Standard Time, United Press International flashed the following sentence to its network of...

Nov. 22, 1963 - President Kennedy, Mrs. Kennedy, Texas Governor John Connally, and Mrs. Connally arrived at Love Field, Dallas’s airport,...

Nov. 22, 1963 - President Kennedy spoke this morning at a Chamber of Commerce breakfast at The Texas Hotel in Fort Worth. But the star of...

Nov. 22, 1963 - President Kennedy, who spent last night at The Texas Hotel in Fort Worth, delivered a speech this morning to a crowd of...

Nov. 21, 1963 - President Kennedy and his party jetted down out of the darkness at Carswell Air Force Base at 11:07 p.m. tonight to begin...

Nov. 21, 1963 - Jacqueline Kennedy tonight capped a day of handshaking and politicking for her husband with a speech in almost-flawless...

Nov. 21, 1963 - President and Mrs. Kennedy attended a dinner tonight in honor of Representative Albert Thomas (D-Tex.) at the Houston...

Nov. 21, 1963 - President Kennedy’s “non-political” visit to Texas blossomed into a rousing campaign-like tour today with crowds, cheers,...

Nov. 21, 1963 - President Kennedy mixed a strong defense of his space program with some old-fashioned, earthbound politics today as he...

Nov. 21, 1963 - Hollywood’s most frantic social scramble of the year is now under way to win an invitation to a White House luncheon on...

Nov. 21, 1963 - Robert F. Kennedy said today he planned to remain in his Attorney General’s post. There had been reports he would resign...

Nov. 21, 1963 - The United States Mint is getting ready to crank out 50 million silver dollars — the first to be struck in 28 years. The...

Nov. 21, 1963 - Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer (pictured in 1946) will formally receive the Enrico Fermi award from President Kennedy at the...

Nov. 20, 1963 - Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy returned to the White House social scene tonight, mingling with 700 guests at the annual judicial...

Nov. 20, 1963 - Roughly 5,000 copies of a flyer (pictured) showing President Kennedy in mugshot-style photographs and accusing him of...

Nov. 20, 1963 - President Kennedy received a citation today for his efforts for peace from men who fought in World War II. The citation...

Nov. 19, 1963 - A Thanksgiving turkey was presented to President Kennedy by the poultry industry today, but the President spared the life...

Nov. 19, 1963 - Squabbling Texas Democrats are making a political stew out of President Kennedy’s “non-political” swing through their...

Nov. 18, 1963 - President Kennedy sought today to gain support for his tax-cut bill by assuring business leaders that he was not...