Greek Girl, a Friend of the First Lady, Undergoes Heart Surgery in Washington
Feb. 1, 1962 - A 10-year-old Greek girl (pictured left) befriended by Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy underwent heart surgery in Washington...
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Feb 1, 2022
Robert F. Kennedy departs for Japan
Feb. 1, 1962 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy took off today on a goodwill trip around the world. He is scheduled to return at the...
Jan 31, 2022
Gallo Gang Rescues Six Children from Brooklyn Blaze
Jan. 31, 1962 - Seven members of the Gallo gang rescued six children today in Brooklyn when a fire in a mattress filled a top-floor...
Jan 31, 2022
Video: Excerpt of President Kennedy's Press Conference
Jan. 31, 1962 - Here is a brief excerpt from President Kennedy’s press conference earlier today. #JFK #jfkfiles #1960s #jfkennedy...
Jan 31, 2022
President Kennedy Pleased with OAS Exclusion of Cuba
Jan. 31, 1962 - President Kennedy expressed satisfaction today with the actions taken against Cuba by the Organization of American...
Jan 30, 2022
Communist China Excoriates Robert F. Kennedy
Jan. 30, 1962 - Communist China’s propaganda campaign against President Kennedy was extended today to Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy,...
Jan 30, 2022
Organization of American States Votes Cuba Out
Jan. 30, 1962 - Foreign ministers of the Organization of American States voted today by a two-thirds majority to exclude Cuba from...
Jan 29, 2022
Lavish Funeral for Lucky Luciano in Naples
Jan. 29, 1962 - A funeral service was held today in Naples for Charles (Lucky) Luciano. After the requiem mass, his body was put in a...
Jan 29, 2022
Truman Backs Kennedy on "Muzzling" Generals
Jan. 29, 1962 - Harry S. Truman endorsed the Kennedy Administration today in the controversy over “muzzling” generals and admirals with a...
Jan 29, 2022
Senator Goldwater Offers Economic Proposals
Jan. 29, 1962 - Senator Barry Goldwater, Republican of Arizona, listed four possible ways today for the U.S. to meet increasing economic...
Jan 28, 2022
Segregation Over at Most Southern Bus and Railroad Terminals
Jan. 28, 1962 - Official segregation has virtually ended at bus and railroad terminals in the South, Justice Department sources reported...
Jan 27, 2022
MLB: Yankees' Bill Skowron Gets $3k Raise
Jan. 27, 1962 - Bill Skowron, the regular first baseman for the Yankees since 1954, appeared last season in more games, went to bat more...
Jan 27, 2022
Portrait of Benjamin Franklin to Adorn White House
Jan. 27, 1962 - The first major acquisition in Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy’s campaign to improve White House art works was announced in Palm...
Jan 27, 2022
FBI Says Communists Seek to Influence Students Here
Jan. 27, 1962 - The Communist party in this country is stepping up a nationwide campaign to influence students, an FBI official said...
Jan 27, 2022
U.S. Pilots Deliver Food and Ammunition to Isolated South Vietnamese Troops
Jan. 27, 1962 - U.S. pilots are risking their lives dropping live pigs and chickens to starving South Vietnamese troops at army outposts...
Jan 26, 2022
Lucky Luciano is Dead
Jan. 26, 1962 - Lucky Luciano (pictured on ground) died of an apparent heart attack at Capodichino airport in Naples today as U.S. and...
Jan 26, 2022
Extended-Tour Army Men To Be Released by July
Jan. 26, 1962 - Secretary of the Army Elvis J. Stahr Jr. (pictured far right) told Congress today that regular Army men whose duty tours...
Jan 25, 2022
President Visits Father
Jan. 25, 1962 - President Kennedy (pictured far right in 1939) flew to Palm Beach, Fla., today for a long weekend in the sun and a visit...
Jan 25, 2022
East German Border Guards Close Escape Route after UPI Revelation
Jan. 25, 1962 - East German border guards seized today the entry to a secret tunnel that 28 East Germans used as an escape route to West...
Jan 25, 2022
Nixon Campaigns in San Francisco
Jan. 25, 1962 - Richard M. Nixon walked through the Mission district of San Francisco today bidding for votes in his campaign for...
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