RFK in Bandung: "American Plane Got Me Here, Russian One Didn't"
Feb. 17, 1962 - Robert F. Kennedy made political capital today of his misadventures in a Soviet-built transport plane. The plane, an...
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Feb 17, 2022
Robert F. Kennedy's Remarks on Mexican War Cause Furor
Feb. 17, 1962 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy found himself in the center of a Texas twister last night because of an impromptu...
Feb 10, 2022
Robert F. Kennedy Arrives in Hong Kong
Feb. 10, 1962 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy arrived today in Hong Kong, a British colony in the shadow of Communist China, for a...
Feb 9, 2022
Robert F. Kennedy Challenges Japanese Leftist to Visit U.S.
Feb. 9, 1962 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy faced the startled chief of Japan’s massive left-wing labor union today and challenged...
Feb 8, 2022
Leftists Boycott Robert F. Kennedy in Kyoto
Feb. 8, 1962 - Left-wing students boycotted a scheduled meeting with Robert F. Kennedy (pictured left at a karate demonstration) today in...
Feb 7, 2022
Robert F. Kennedy Tours Western Japan
Feb. 7, 1962 - Robert F. Kennedy toured Western Japan today as if he were running for county sheriff. The Attorney General talked with...
Feb 6, 2022
Ethel Kennedy Shops in Tokyo, Buys Seven of Everything
Feb. 6, 1962 - Mrs. Ethel Kennedy, wife of Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, went shopping in Tokyo today and did nearly everything in...
Feb 6, 2022
Attorney General Kennedy Visits Waseda University, Reds Make a Scene
Feb. 6, 1962 - A small band of young Japanese Communists turned a warm university welcome for Robert F. Kennedy into a wild demonstration...
Feb 5, 2022
Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy Enjoys Tokyo
Feb. 5, 1962 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy sat on the counter of a working-class bar in Tokyo tonight and discussed world problems...
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
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 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
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 22, 2022
Attorney General Kennedy Rejects Invitation to Visit Moscow
Jan. 22, 1962 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy rejected today an informal invitation to visit the Soviet Union. The President’s...
Jan 20, 2022
Soviet Leaders Invite Robert F. Kennedy to Visit Moscow
Jan. 20, 1962 - The Soviet leaders have asked Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy to visit Moscow on his world tour next month. President...
Dec 24, 2021
Robert F. Kennedy Plays Santa in Negro Ward of St. Mary's Hospital
Dec. 24, 1961 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy played Santa Claus today for children in the Negro ward at St. Mary’s Hospital, where...
Dec 22, 2021
Robert F. Kennedy to Tour Foreign Cities in February
Dec. 22, 1961 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy will make a round-the-world tour with his wife beginning in early February. The...
Dec 8, 2021
Weekly Seminars Held at Attorney General's Home
Dec. 8, 1961 - Selected members of the Kennedy Administration, including several Cabinet officers, have been attending weekly lectures on...
Nov 29, 2021
Attorney General Kennedy Deplores Racial Violence in Mississippi
Nov. 29, 1961 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy said today that the F.B.I. would make a complete investigation of today’s outbreak of...
Oct 16, 2021
Three Major Railroads End Segregation in Station Facilities
Oct. 16, 1961 - Three major railroads serving the South — the Illinois Central, the Southern, and the Louisville & Nashville — have...
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