U.S. Supports Irregular Army in Vietnam
Mar. 24, 1962 - The United States is quietly supporting an irregular army called the Sea Swallows, left by an expatriate Chinese Roman...
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Mar 23, 2022
VIDEO: President Kennedy's Berkeley Address
Mar. 23, 1962 - Here is video of President Kennedy’s address today at Memorial Stadium at the University of California at Berkeley. #JFK...
Mar 23, 2022
MLB: An Angry Bobby Thomson Denies Giants Spy System in '51
Mar. 23, 1962 - A chagrined Bobby Thomson said today “it positively isn’t so” that a secret signal from center field triggered his famous...
Mar 23, 2022
300 Demonstrators Picket Kennedy at Berkeley
Mar. 23, 1962 - Critics and defenders of Administration policies stuck to plans to picket President Kennedy’s visit to the University of...
Mar 23, 2022
President Kennedy Speaks at University of California, Berkeley
Mar. 23, 1962 - President Kennedy said today that the democratic world could look forward to the future with “a new confidence.” The tide...
Mar 23, 2022
Correspondents in Saigon Frustrated
Mar. 23, 1962 - One of the battles being fought in South Vietnam involves the problem of finding out what is going on and reporting it to...
Mar 23, 2022
President Witness Missile Launch at Vanderberg Air Force Base
Mar. 23, 1962 - President Kennedy witnessed a successful launching of an Atlas-D missile at Vanderberg Air Force Base in California...
Mar 23, 2022
De Gaulle: Smash the Terrorists
Mar. 23, 1962 - President de Gaulle ordered today the “pitiless” repression of “the armed insurrection” in Algeria. He declared that...
Mar 22, 2022
Contralto Marian Anderson Meets President, Performs for Washington Officials
Mar. 22, 1962 - Marian Anderson, the contralto, exchanged mementos with President Kennedy today. Their meeting preceded a concert she...
Mar 22, 2022
MLB: Mets Top Yanks in Exhibition Game
Mar. 22, 1962 - Sometime in the distant future, there may be an all-New York world series between the Mets and the Yankees. Until this...
Mar 22, 2022
VIDEO: "Airport in the Jet Age"
Mar. 22, 1962 - "Airport in the Jet Age" is an educational film about modern airplane travel. #history #1960s #historyinpictures...
Mar 22, 2022
🚨NEW: Evening Report | Mar. 22, 1962
Headlines: In Washington, President Kennedy defends his health care plan; in Algeria, French security forces battle right-wing...
Mar 22, 2022
Air Force Ejects Bear from B-58 At Altitude of 35,000 Feet
Mar. 22, 1962 - The Air Force ejected a bear strapped inside a capsule from a B-58 traveling 870 miles an hour at an altitude of 35,000...
Mar 22, 2022
U.S. Officials: Tide May Be Turning in Vietnam
Mar. 22, 1962 - United States authorities are cautiously optimistic that the tide may soon start turning against the Communists in South...
Mar 22, 2022
Mrs. Kennedy Receives Horse in Pakistan
Mar. 22, 1962 - Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy received a horse today from President Mohammad Ayub Khan of Pakistan. She also saw the Shalamar...
Mar 22, 2022
East German Police Fire at Car of U.S. Military Mission in Berlin
Mar. 22, 1962 - East German policemen fired at a car of the U.S. military mission attached to Soviet forces in East Germany, an Army...
Mar 21, 2022
Nixon Rejects Kennedy's Denial of 1960 Cuban Invasion Briefing
Mar. 21, 1962 - Richard M. Nixon declined today in the face of a Presidential denial to alter his contention that Senator John F. Kennedy...
Mar 21, 2022
President Reflects on Plight of Reservists
Mar. 21, 1962 - President Kennedy (pictured aboard the PT-109 in the South Pacific in 1943) commiserated today with impatient Reservists...
Mar 21, 2022
President Optimistic on Health Care Bill for Aged
Mar. 21, 1962 - The Administration bill to add medical care for the aged to the Social Security system has a “good chance” of passage...
Mar 21, 2022
Highlights From President Kennedy's Press Conference
Mar. 21, 1962 - Following are some of the highlights of President Kennedy’s press conference:
Space — The President said he was...
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