Gangland Leader Joseph Gallo Sent to Jail
Nov. 14, 1961 - Joseph Gallo, the 32-year-old gangland figure on trial for conspiracy and attempted extortion, was remanded to jail today...
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Nov 14, 2021
President Welcomes Two Special Girls to White House
Nov. 14, 1961 - President Kennedy told two little White House visitors today that they were better behaved than his own children. Sheila...
Nov 13, 2021
President Kennedy Receives Gift of Torah
Nov. 13, 1961 - President Kennedy received the gift of a Sacred Torah from the Union of American Hebrew Congregations in the Rose Garden...
Nov 12, 2021
Air Force Flies Reconnaissance Missions over South Vietnam
Nov. 12, 1961 - Reliable informants said today that U.S. Air Force jets were flying reconnaissance missions over South Vietnam to...
Nov 11, 2021
McNamara Speaks in Atlanta Amidst Protests
Nov. 11, 1961 - Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara addressed a segregated audience in Atlanta this evening while Negroes and whites...
Nov 11, 2021
VIDEO: President Kennedy's Remarks on Veterans Day
Nov. 11, 1961 - Here is video of President Kennedy’s remarks today at the Veterans Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery. WATCH:...
Nov 11, 2021
Viet Cong Have Bases in Cambodia
Nov. 11, 1961 - Military intelligence sources in South Vietnam estimate that 6,000 Communist troops occupy a number of bases in Cambodia....
Nov 11, 2021
President Kennedy Speaks on Veterans Day
Nov. 11, 1961 - President Kennedy made a Veterans Day plea today for peace, but he assured the world that this country was prepared to...
Nov 10, 2021
Kennedy to Campaign in '62
Nov. 10, 1961 - President Kennedy will take to the road in the 1962 Congressional campaign to the exent that international problems...
Nov 9, 2021
On this date in 1959, President Eisenhower officially endorsed the CIA plan to topple Castro
🎙 That and more is covered in our 2-part podcast on the Bay of Pigs invasion. LISTEN: Part 1 Part 2 #JFK #jfkfiles #1960s #history #podcast
Nov 9, 2021
White Sox Purchase Hotel to Bypass Segregation in Florida
Nov. 9, 1961 - The Chicago White Sox erased any possible racial segregation problem in spring training today by purchasing the 117-room...
Nov 9, 2021
McNamara to Speak at Segregated Hotel
Nov. 9, 1961 - President Kennedy’s associates have sought quietly but without success to open the way for Negroes to attend a speech in...
Nov 9, 2021
Air Force Strengthens South Vietnam's Defenses against Reds
Nov. 9, 1961 - The U.S. Air Force has begun a huge supply and training program in Saigon to strengthen South Vietnam’s defenses against...
Nov 8, 2021
On this date in 1960, John F. Kennedy was elected President
🎙 Check out this podcast where presidential historian Gary Donaldson and I cover that election and much, much more. #JFK #jfkfiles...
Nov 8, 2021
President Kennedy Reflects on the First Anniversary of Election
Nov. 8, 1961 - On the first anniversary of his election, President Kennedy looked back upon some of his accomplishments in office and...
Nov 8, 2021
Former Baseball Great Jimmy Foxx Bankrupt
Nov. 8, 1961 - Jimmy Foxx (pictured with Connie Mack in 1931), who now lives in Lakewood, Ohio, filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy...
Nov 8, 2021
President Kennedy on Women's Rights
Nov. 8, 1961 — President Kennedy smiled his way out of a bristling question on women’s rights at his news conference today. A woman...
Nov 8, 2021
Highlights of President Kennedy's Press Conference
Nov. 8, 1961 - Following were the highlights of President Kennedy’s news conference today: Nuclear Testing — The Soviet Union holds the...
Nov 6, 2021
Viet Cong Terrorize Malaria-Control Teams
Nov. 6, 1961 - The Government’s malaria-control teams have taken heavy losses in South Vietnam’s protracted jungle war with Communist...
Nov 6, 2021
NFL Setting Attendance Records
Nov. 6, 1961 - The 7 National Football League games yesterday drew 353,084 spectators for a 1-day league record. The top crowd was 62,723...
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