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May 19, 2022

Entertainers Rehearse for President's Birthday Celebration

May 19, 1962 - Madison Square Garden became a blur of dancers, singers, actors, and musicians this morning and afternoon as show business...

May 19, 2022

President Speaks at Housing Project Dedication in NYC

May 19, 1962 - President Kennedy urged labor unions today to play a partner’s role with government and private groups in undertaking “the...

May 19, 2022

Three U.S. Soldiers Injured in Saigon Grenade Attack

May 19, 1962 - Three U.S. soldiers were injured today when a grenade exploded near the entrance to their quarters. Eight South Vietnamese...

May 19, 2022

Mrs. Kennedy Is Honorary Chair of 1962 Christmas Seal Campaign

May 19, 1962 - The national honorary chairman of the 1962 Christmas seal campaign of the National Tuberculosis Association will be Mrs....

May 18, 2022

Twins Top Yanks, 4-3; Mantle Injured

May 18, 1962 - The Minnesota Twins won their first meeting of the season with the Yankees tonight in the Bronx. The score was 4-3, but...

May 18, 2022

Khrushchev Predicts U.S. Defeat in Vietnam

May 18, 1962 - In a speech to collective farmers in central Bulgaria, Soviet Premier Khrushchev declared that U.S. forces would be driven...

May 17, 2022

President Says European Allies Must Do Their Share

May 17, 1962 - President Kennedy gave the United States’ European allies a reassurance and a warning today. The reassurance was that the...

May 17, 2022

NASA Postpones Carpenter's Orbital Flight

May 17, 1962 - Project Mercury officials announced tonight that the three-orbit flight of Lieut. Comdr. Scott Carpenter (pictured right...

May 17, 2022

Cards Beat Giants, 1-0, on Bob Gibson's 6-Hitter

May 17, 1962 - St. Louis scored an unearned run off Billy O’Dell in the ninth inning today and beat San Francisco, 1-0, behind the 6-hit...

May 17, 2022

Polo Grounds To Host Old-Timers Day July 14

May 17, 1962 - The New York Mets, who have yet to celebrate their first anniversary as a National League baseball club, will hold their...

May 17, 2022

May 17, 1962 - JFK Speaks at National Trade Conference

May 17, 1962 - In a speech before the Conference on Trade Policy, President Kennedy discussed this country’s relationship with our...

May 17, 2022

President Says "A Good Deal Left Undone" in Civil Rights

May 17, 1962 - There is “a good deal left undone” in the civil rights field, President Kennedy acknowledged today. On the eighth...

May 17, 2022

Pony Rides for the President's Children

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 17, 2022

Busy Weekend Schedule for President Kennedy

May 17, 1962 - President Kennedy will go to New York City at 5 p.m. tomorrow for a 3-day visit. He will go directly to the Carlyle Hotel....

May 17, 2022

Dr. King Urges Kennedy to Issue "Second Emancipation Proclamation"

May 17, 1962 - After a luncheon meeting in Washington of Negro leaders and Government officials, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr....

May 17, 2022

President Kennedy Says Principal Danger of Missile Attack is from the North

May 17, 1962 - President Kennedy said today that the United States did not have warning systems against intercontinental ballistic...

May 17, 2022

South Vietnam Employs New Propaganda Weapon

May 17, 1962 - U.S. Army helicopters carried South Vietnamese troops to mopping-up operations today in Long An Province, 20 miles...

May 16, 2022

Musial Ties Major-League Hit Record as Cards Fall to Giants, 7-2

May 16, 1962 - Stan Musial of the Cardinals tied the National League total-hit record today, but league-leading San Francisco trounced...

May 16, 2022

Yanks Score Three Times in Ninth Inning, Top Red Sox, 9-8

May 16, 1962 - Another big-run production was staged at Fenway Park tonight, but this time the Yankees managed to get into the act as...

May 16, 2022

Citing Health, Senator Prescott Bush Withdraws from Race

May 16, 1962 - Senator Prescott Bush (pictured) of Connecticut withdrew today as a candidate for reelection on the Republican ticket. His...