President Meets Astronaut Glenn at White House
Feb. 5, 1962 - Two men whose private lives are not very private compared notes at the White House today. Lieut. Col. John H. Glenn Jr.,...
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Feb 5, 2022
Robert F. Kennedy Debates Socialists in Japan
Feb. 5, 1962 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy replied sharply today to members of Japan’s Socialist party who criticized U.S....
Feb 4, 2022
Rockwell Booed Out of Lewisburg, PA
Feb. 4, 1962 - George Lincoln Rockwell (pictured), head of the American Nazi party, told a jeering crowd today that he had the right to...
Feb 4, 2022
Romney Makes Appearance on Meet the Press
Feb. 4, 1962 - George Romney told a national TV audience today that “the Republican image needs improvement.” In the past, he said, it...
Feb 4, 2022
Communist Military Assistance to Cuba Worth $100 Million and Counting
Feb. 4, 1962 - Cuba now has 50 to 100 MIG jet fighters and may be receiving some Soviet bombers and short-range rockets in new arms...
Feb 4, 2022
Attorney General Kennedy is Welcomed to Tokyo
Feb. 4, 1962 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy’s six-day visit to Japan began this evening with a noisy welcome at the airport in...
Feb 4, 2022
South Vietnamese Troops Hit Reds With Assist from U.S. Air Force Helicopter Company
Feb. 4, 1962 - A U.S. Air Force helicopter company carrying Vietnamese troops routed Communist forces today around the village of Hung...
Feb 4, 2022
Castro Calls Kennedy's Trade Ban "Economic Aggression"
Feb. 4, 1962 - Cuban Premier Fidel Castro charged today that the U.S. embargo on imports from Cuba was “another economic aggression.” In...
Feb 3, 2022
President and Family Arrive in Palm Beach for Easter Holiday
Apr. 18, 1962 - President Kennedy and his family arrived in Palm Beach, Fla., this afternoon to begin a 10-day Easter holiday. The...
Feb 3, 2022
Edwin Walker Says Gubernatorial Run Part of Fight Against Communism
Feb. 3, 1962 - Edwin A. Walker (pictured in 1957), former Army major general, said today that his race for Governor of Texas was part of...
Feb 3, 2022
Virginia May Revoke Charter of American Nazi Party
Feb. 3, 1962 - A proposal to revoke the Virginia charter of the American Nazi party stirred debate in the state’s House of Delegates this...
Feb 3, 2022
Kennedy Bans Most Trade with Cuba
Feb. 3, 1962 - President Kennedy ordered a ban on almost all trade with Cuba today to deprive Premier Fidel Castro’s regime of an annual...
Feb 2, 2022
Edwin Walker to Run for Governor of Texas as Democrat
Feb. 2, 1962 - Edwin A. Walker (pictured right with evangelist Billy James Hargis), former Army major general, filed today as a...
Feb 2, 2022
Romney to Announce Decision on Michigan Governor Run by Feb. 10
Feb. 2, 1962 - The political credo of George Romney, the new hope of Michigan Republicans, is a mixture of strongly conservative views...
Feb 2, 2022
President Kennedy to Ban Cuban Imports
Feb. 2, 1962 - President Kennedy is expected to announce this weekend a ban on all remaining imports from Cuba, which give the Castro...
Feb 2, 2022
Tough Talk from Ike to GOP
Feb. 2, 1962 - Dwight D. Eisenhower warned Republicans last night to overhaul the party’s organization and get rid of incompetents if...
Feb 2, 2022
Governor Rockefeller Visits Iowa
Feb. 2, 1962 - More than 3,000 Iowa Republicans turned out last night to welcome Governor Rockefeller (pictured) of New York. They seemed...
Feb 1, 2022
President Kennedy's New Year's Message to South Vietnam
Feb. 1, 1962 - President Kennedy told the people of South Vietnam today that the prospects for peace in their country “will brighten...
Feb 1, 2022
VIDEO: Robert F. Kennedy Airport Press Statement
Feb. 1, 1962 - Here is a brief press statement by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, who is leaving on a goodwill trip around the world...
Feb 1, 2022
Martin Luther King Announces "Recruiting Tour" to Fight Segregation
Feb. 1, 1962 - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, announced today a “recruiting tour”...
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