President Kennedy Gets a New Rocking Chair from Dominican Foreign Minister
Apr. 4, 1962 - President Kennedy accepted today a rocking chair made of 400-year-old mahogany wood from the Dominican Republic. Then he...
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Apr 3, 2022
President to Throw First Ball of 1962 Baseball Season Monday in Washington
Apr. 3, 1962 - President Kennedy will throw out the first ball when the Washington Senators and Detroit Tigers open the 1962 baseball...
Apr 3, 2022
Averell Harriman: Chinese Reds Want U.S. Out of Western Pacific
Apr. 3, 1962 - W. Averell Harriman, Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs, told Congress today that the overriding...
Apr 3, 2022
President Kennedy Welcomes Brazilian President João Goulart to Washington
Apr. 3, 1962 - President João Goulart of Brazil arrived in Washington today for a state visit that the Kennedy Administration considers...
Apr 3, 2022
Racial Turmoil in Birmingham
Apr. 3, 1962 - The city of Birmingham, Ala., withdrew its support today from the country program of surplus food for the needy. The...
Apr 2, 2022
NFL: Frank Grifford Ends One-Year Retirement
Apr. 2, 1962 - Frank Gifford ended a one-year retirement today and rejoined the New York Giants of the NFL. He signed for “pretty close”...
Apr 2, 2022
MLB: Twins Trade Pedro Ramos for Vic Power
Apr. 2, 1962 - The Minnesota Twins traded Pedro Ramos, a right-handed pitcher, to the Cleveland Indians today for Vic Power (pictured in...
Apr 2, 2022
President Kennedy to Attend Birthday Fundraiser at Madison Square Garden
Apr. 2, 1962 - President Kennedy accepted today an invitation from Mayor Wagner of New York City to attend a Democratic fund-raising...
Apr 1, 2022
MLB: Giants top Red Sox in Exhibition Game
Apr. 1, 1962 - Felipe Alou (pictured) drove in four runs with two homers today as the San Francisco Giants defeated the Boston Red Sox in...
Apr 1, 2022
Movies: Lewis Milestone to Direct "PT 109"
Apr. 1, 1962 - Lewis Milestone has been signed to direct “PT 109,” Warner Brothers’ version of a book by Robert J. Donovan detailing the...
Apr 1, 2022
U.S. Army Helicopters Assist South Vietnamese in Heavy Fighting
Apr. 1, 1962 - South Vietnam’s 42nd Regiment was engaged in heavy fighting today after a penetration deep into a Communist guerrilla...
Mar 31, 2022
Steel Industry and Union Announce New Contract, President Calls Terms "Noninflationary"
Mar. 31, 1962 - The steel industry and the United Steelworkers of America announced agreement today on new contract terms. President...
Mar 30, 2022
MLB: Billy Martin Released by Twins
Mar. 30, 1962 - Billy Martin, who drifted to six major league clubs after the Yankees traded him away in 1957, was released...
Mar 30, 2022
Mercury 7 Astronauts Appeal to President to Reverse Slayton Disqualification
Mar. 30, 1962 - Maj. Donald K. Slayton’s fellow astronauts have appealed to President Kennedy to reverse the decision disqualifying him...
Mar 30, 2022
Edward M. Kennedy Admits Cheating at Harvard in 1951, Was Asked To Leave
Mar. 30, 1962 - Edward M. Kennedy, a candidate for a Democratic Senate nomination, admitted today that he had withdrawn from Harvard...
Mar 30, 2022
Cuba's Prisoner Trial Continues
Mar. 30, 1962 - Sitting on benches on an outdoor basketball court, nearly 1,200 prisoners captured in the invasion of Cuba last April...
Mar 30, 2022
President Nominates Byron White to Supreme Court
Mar. 30, 1962 - President Kennedy today nominated Byron R. White (left), the Deputy Attorney General, to be an Associate Justice of the...
Mar 29, 2022
First Lady Comes Home
Mar. 29, 1962 - Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy arrived home tonight from her journey abroad. The President was at National Airport to meet her...
Mar 29, 2022
Otto Miller, Former Dodgers Catcher, Dead at 72
Mar. 29, 1962 - Otto Miller, a catcher with the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1910 to 1923, fell or jumped to his death today from a fourth-floor...
Mar 29, 2022
Highlights of President Kennedy's Press Conference
Mar. 29, 1962 - Following are the main points of President Kennedy’s press conference today: Supreme Court — He announced the retirement...
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