1960s Timeline

Mar. 15, 1962 - Major Donald K. Slayton (left) of the Air Force has been ordered for medical reasons to withdraw as the Project Mercury...

Mar. 14, 1962 - President Kennedy said today that Edward M. Kennedy, his youngest brother, was running “on his own” in the primary...

Mar. 14, 1962 - Here is video of President Kennedy’s press conference today. #JFK #jfkfiles #1960s #jfkennedy #jfkmemorial #jfklibrary...

Mar. 14, 1962 - Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy made friends with an elephant today. “She’s so cute,” the President’s wife said after a 10-minute...

Mar. 14, 1962 - Following are the highlights of President Kennedy’s news conference today: Berlin — The President said Soviet harassment...

Mar. 14, 1962 - Communist Cuba is attempting to demoralize this country and obtain vital U.S. dollars by smuggling opium from Red China...

Mar. 14, 1962 - A group of rowdy youths cursed and scuffled with Lieut. Col. John H. Glenn Jr. (pictured with his wife Annie) outside a...

Mar. 14, 1962 - United States pilots flying American-made planes spearheaded a major counterattack last week which resulted in one of...

Mar. 14, 1962 - Premier Fidel Castro urged young Cubans today to develop a more intense “Communist spirit” and declared that they would...

Mar. 14, 1962 - Edward M. Kennedy officially began today his campaign for the Senate seat once held by his brother, the President. The...

Mar. 14, 1962 - The United Nations-sponsored disarmament conference opened today at Geneva after a chilling Big Three foreign ministers’...

Mar. 14, 1962 - President Kennedy said today that the Soviet Union was putting additional obstacles in the way of a Berlin agreement by...

Mar. 13, 1962 - President Kennedy warned wealthy and powerful interests in Latin America today that “those who make peaceful revolution...

Mar. 13, 1962 - Here is video of President Kennedy’s remarks on the first anniversary of the Alliance for Progress. #JFK #jfkfiles #1960s...

Mar. 13, 1962 - Richard M. Nixon has related how Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and his top advisors wanted him to resign as the Republican...

Mar. 13, 1962 - Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy passed out lollipops to ailing Indian children today. The wife of the President spent half an...

Mar. 12, 1962 - Mike Mansfield (pictured center), the Senate majority leader, said today that he would call up for debate this week a...

Mar. 12, 1962 - Premier Fidel Castro announced today nationwide rationing of rice and beans, basic items of the Cuban diet. He also...

Mar. 12, 1962 - Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy received a glowing welcome to India today. The President’s wife saw a panorama of smiling faces,...

Mar. 11, 1962 - The Chicago Cubs’ third baseman, Ron Santo (#10), was carried off the field on a stretcher today after colliding with...