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Feb 17, 2022

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...

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...