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Aug 28, 2021

President Kennedy Nearly Assassinated Last December

Aug. 28, 1961 - President Kennedy may have been saved from assassination last December because Mrs. Kennedy unexpectedly appeared with...

Aug 27, 2021

President Kennedy Attends Mass on Cape Cod, Sends Birthday Greeting to LBJ

Aug. 27, 1961 - President Kennedy spent a quiet holiday on Cape Cod today. He attended church this morning and went boating this...

Aug 26, 2021

Nixon Undecided on Running for Governor of California

Aug. 26, 1961 - Former Vice President Richard M. Nixon is still wavering on the question of running against California Governor Edmund G....

Aug 25, 2021

Johnson to Celebrate 53rd Birthday at Texas Ranch

Aug. 25, 1961 - Vice President Lyndon Baines Johnson is at his Texas ranch today looking forward to celebrating his 53rd birthday on...

Aug 23, 2021

Millionth White House Visitor and Family Meet President Kennedy

Aug. 23, 1961 - A Georgia couple who had promised their three children a trip through the White House got more than they bargained for...

Aug 22, 2021

William F. Buckley Roils Student Convention over Remarks on Africa

Aug. 22, 1961 - The annual convention of the National Student Association in Madison, Wis., was stirred today by controversy over the...

Aug 22, 2021

President Kennedy Hears Concert for Handicapped Children at White House

Aug. 22, 1961 - A musical program entertained 345 handicapped children today on the south lawn of the White House. They sipped lemonade...

Aug 21, 2021

President Kennedy's Remarks after Johnson's Return (Video)

Aug. 21, 1961 - Here is video of President Kennedy's remarks at the White House upon the return of Vice President Johnson from Berlin:...

Aug 21, 2021

President Kennedy Welcomes Johnson at White House after Vice President's Trip to West Berlin

Aug. 21, 1961 - President Kennedy said today that "difficult weeks and months" lay ahead in maintaining the freedom of West Berlin. But,...

Aug 19, 2021

Fort Ticonderoga, Built in 1755, Designated Historic Landmark

Aug. 19, 1961 - A ceremony was held in Ticonderoga, N.Y., today designating Fort Ticonderoga as a national historic landmark. Senator...

Aug 15, 2021

President Kennedy Attends Mass on Day of Feast of the Assumption

Aug. 15, 1961 - President Kennedy attended the noon mass today at St. Matthew's Cathedral in Washington. Today is the Feast of the...

Aug 15, 2021

Churchill Sends "Warmest Wishes" to President Kennedy

Aug. 15, 1961 - Sir Winston Churchill sent warmest wishes to President Kennedy today "for the momentous and preeminent part" he plays in...

Aug 10, 2021

Vice President Johnson Would Exercise Duties of President if Kennedy Incapacitated

Aug. 10, 1961 - President Kennedy disclosed today that he had made an agreement that Vice President Johnson would exercise the rights and...

Aug 9, 2021

Herbert Hoover 87 Today, Confident in America's Future

Aug. 9, 1961 - Herbert Hoover (center), 31st President of the United States, turned 87 today, and he faces the coming years unafraid,...

Aug 4, 2021

President Kennedy Gets 20,000 Letters Offering Advice on Berlin and Communists

Aug. 4, 1961 - In his recent speech to the nation on Berlin and the Communist challenge, President Kennedy said he would be glad to have...

Aug 2, 2021

Theodore Roosevelt's Childhood Residences in New York to be National Monuments

Aug. 2, 1961 - The Manhattan brownstone in which Theodore Roosevelt was born in 1858 and the Victorian home on Long Island where he died...

Aug 2, 2021

Kennedy Chooses Gerald A. Behn to Head Secret Service Detail

Aug. 2, 1961 - Gerald A. Behn (pictured with President Kennedy), a Secret Service agent since 1939, was given responsibility today for...

Aug 1, 2021

McNamara Says Bomb Shelters Could Save 15 Million American Lives

Aug. 1, 1961 - Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara said today that 50 million usable shelter spaces could provide a "Spartan" minimum...

Jul 31, 2021

President Kennedy Empowered by Congress to Call 250,000 Reservists

July 31, 1961 - A resounding 403-to-2 vote of approval in the House completed today Congressional action to empower President Kennedy to...

Jul 29, 2021

President Kennedy Takes Caroline and Friends to Candy Store in Massachusetts

July 29, 1961 - President Kennedy took his daughter, Caroline, and ten of her cousins and playmates to a neighborhood store in Hyannis...