1960s Timeline

Dec. 6, 1961 - President Kennedy called last night for broader American participation in sports and other forms of physical activity. “We...

Dec. 4, 1961 - Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy ordered 10 boxes of UNICEF greeting cards today as a symbol of her support of the work of the U.N....

Nov. 30, 1961 - George Cabot Lodge (right) of Beverly, Mass., formally announced today his candidacy for the Republican nomination for...

Nov. 30, 1961 - Vice President Johnson said today that he saw “no reason to protect the Communists from the truth.” He was referring to a...

Nov. 29, 1961 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy said today that the F.B.I. would make a complete investigation of today’s outbreak of...

Nov. 29, 1961 - President Kennedy looked on today as John A. McCone (left), Los Angeles industrialist, was sworn in as director of the...

Nov. 29, 1961 - A woman reporter’s assault on male exclusiveness at the National Press Club won sympathy from President Kennedy today....

Nov. 28, 1961 - President Kennedy made a surprise helicopter trip today to C.I.A. headquarters at Langley, Va., to present a National...

Nov. 28, 1961 - President Kennedy told the Soviet people today that they could live in peace if their Government halted its efforts to...

Nov. 26, 1961 - President Kennedy announced today the replacement of Chester Bowles (right) as Under Secretary of State. Nine other...

Nov. 26, 1961 - President Kennedy took a ride after church today to watch his wife and other Kennedys ice skate. They went to the Joseph...

Nov. 25, 1961 - Caroline Kennedy celebrated her fourth birthday today. The daughter of President and Mrs. Kennedy will be 4 years old...

Nov. 25, 1961 - President Kennedy granted an exclusive interview today to the editor of the Soviet Government newspaper. Aleksei I....

Nov. 22, 1961 - President Kennedy came home today to celebrate a Thanksgiving 340 years and 40 miles removed from the original. The...

Nov. 21, 1961 - Here is video of President Kennedy’s remarks in the Rose Garden today to members of the National Conference of Christians...

Nov. 20, 1961 - John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr. flashes a happy smile in official birthday pictures released today by the White House. He...

Nov. 19, 1961 - President Kennedy spoke out last night against the right-wing John Birch Society and the so-called Minutemen in a speech...

Nov. 18, 1961 - House Speaker Sam Rayburn was buried today in the rich Texas earth that nurtured him. Funeral services were held in the...

Nov. 18, 1961 - President Kennedy declared last night that the nation should regard with pride the “heavy burden” of preserving freedom...

Nov. 16 - After his speech at the University of Washington, President Kennedy paid high tribute to Senator Warren G. Magnuson (left),...