1960s Timeline

May 23, 1962 - Richard M. Nixon cannot win the governorship of California, his rival in the Republican primary, Joseph C. Shell, declared...

May 23, 1962 - President Kennedy said today that the Administration did not plan to ask Congress in a year or two to extend medical care...

May 23, 1962 - A son of General Lucius D. Clay, President Kennedy’s former representative in Berlin, was among four U.S. officers wounded...

May 22, 1962 - Life without Mickey Mantle continues to pose difficulties for Manager Ralph Houk and the Yankees. Tonight, it took the...

May 22, 1962 - Two sets of the first two volumes of the papers of James Madison were presented to President Kennedy today. Mr. Kennedy...

May 22, 1962 - The American Medical Association fired a television salvo last night against President Kennedy’s program for medical care...

May 21, 1962 - Sandy Koufax scored his fifth victory with a 5-hitter, and Tom Davis drove in 3 runs with a homer and a double today as...

May 21, 1962 - Here is a brief video clip of President Kennedy’s remarks at the White House Conference on National Economic Issues. #JFK...

May 21, 1962 - A Federal judge ruled today that the NFL did not have a monopoly in professional football. In a 37-page decision, Judge...

May 20, 1962 - Casey Stengel and his Mets rose today to their finest hour. For the second time in eight days, they crushed the Braves in...

May 20, 1962 - President Kennedy spoke at Madison Square Garden today in an effort to boost his health care program. #JFK #1960s #history...

May 20, 1962 - The Rev. Martin Luther King predicted today that segregation would be wiped out in his lifetime. He also accused President...

May 20, 1962 - President Kennedy took the case for medical care for the aged under Social Security directly to the people today. He told...

May 20, 1962 - Lieut. Comdr. Scott Carpenter will be the first American to eat solid food in space, according to present plans for his...

May 20, 1962 - A high point of President Kennedy’s Birthday Salute at Madison Square Garden last night was the entrance of Marilyn...

May 20, 1962 - Much of the President’s talk at Madison Square Garden last night was in a light vein and devoted to returning comic shafts...

May 20, 1962 - President Kennedy appealed last night for the election of a Congress in sympathy with his Administration’s goals and...

May 19, 1962 - President Kennedy attended a glittering birthday dinner in his honor tonight at the Four Seasons restaurant — a prelude to...

May 19, 1962 - Lefty Mike McCormick, making his first start for San Francisco in more than a month, whipped the Houston Colt .45’s, 10-2,...

May 19, 1962 - President Kennedy visited his ailing father twice today and was reported gratified by the improvement in the elder Mr....