1960s Timeline

Sept. 7, 1963 - More than 10,000 Finns joined today in an enthusiastic demonstration of pro-American sentiment that nearly swept Vice...

June 5, 1963 - President Kennedy arrived in El Paso, Texas today by plane at 6:04 p.m. local time and got in the only political licks of...

May 30, 1963 - Vice President Johnson declared today that whites and Negroes must work together “to lead the way through this moment of...

May 10, 1963 - To a degree incredible for a man who loves to dominate the public spotlight, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson has removed...

Mar. 26, 1963 - Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson said tonight he has no plans to seek the Democratic Party’s nomination for the...

Mar. 23, 1963 - Sen. Barry Goldwater (R-Ariz.) says he does not want to be Vice President because “I would rather be a live Senator than...

Nov. 15, 1962 - Here are President Kennedy’s remarks in the White House upon the signing of The Joint Statement on Union Program for Fair...

Aug. 22, 1962 - Vice President Johnson left today for a 19-day tour of the Middle East and southern Europe. At a send-off ceremony this...

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

May 8, 1962 - Former President Harry S. Truman (pictured with Sir Winston Churchill in 1952) observed his 78th birthday in Kansas City,...

Apr. 10, 1962 - Vice President Johnson was congratulated today by President Kennedy and Democratic Congressional leaders on 25 years’...

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. 16, 1961 - Here is Vice President Johnson’s statement on the passing of his friend and colleague of long standing, Speaker Sam...

Nov. 3, 1961 - Vice President Johnson urged voters in San Antonio to vote for State Senator Henry Gonzalez (center) tomorrow to “show we...

Aug. 25, 1961 - Vice President Lyndon Baines Johnson is at his Texas ranch today looking forward to celebrating his 53rd birthday on...

Aug. 10, 1961 - President Kennedy disclosed today that he had made an agreement that Vice President Johnson would exercise the rights and...

July 23, 1961 - Here is Vice President Johnson's speech today on civil rights at the National Governors Conference. #LBJ #civilrights...