1960s Timeline

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Nov 19, 2023

Eisenhower Speaks at Gettysburg

Nov. 19, 1963 - The national cemetery dedicated in Gettysburg, Pa., 100 years ago by Abraham Lincoln was rededicated today by former...

Apr 7, 2023

JFK Tours Antietam Battlefield

Apr. 7, 1963 - President Kennedy toured Antietam battlefield in Sharpsburg, Md. today. For the second Sunday in a row, Mr. Kennedy...

Sep 20, 2022

Sept. 20, 1962 - JFK Remarks on Emancipation Proclamation Centennial

Sept. 20, 1962 - Here are President Kennedy’s remarks recorded today for a ceremony commemorating the centennial of the Emancipation ...

Sep 13, 2022

Sept. 12, 1962 - MLK in NYC

Sept. 13, 1962 - In New York City last night, Dr. Martin Luther King spoke at a dinner marking the 100th anniversary of the signing of...

Jun 18, 2022

House Designates Jan. 1 "Emancipation Proclamation Day"

June 18, 1962 - The House of Representatives passed today and sent to the Senate a bill to designate next Jan. 1 as “Emancipation...

May 3, 2022

Wife of Confederate General Longstreet Dead at 99

May 3, 1962 - Mrs. Helen Dortch Longstreet (pictured right in 1900), widow of James Longstreet (left), the controversial Confederate...

Jan 25, 2022

"Granny" Harper Turns 106 in Southampton, NY

Jan. 25, 1962 - Mrs. Eliza (Granny) Harper, who remembers seeing Gen. Ulysses S. Grant (pictured) parade in Brooklyn after the Civil War,...

Jan 9, 2022

Documentary Series "The American Civil War" to Air on ABC Starting Jan. 21

Jan. 9, 1962 - A series of 13 shows about the Civil War will be presented Sundays at 4:30 p.m. over WABC-TV starting Jan. 21. The...

Jul 22, 2021

Battle of Bull Run Re-enacted on 100th Anniversary

July 22, 1961 - The Battle of Bull Run, the first great engagement of the Civil War on July 21, 1861, was partly re-enacted today across...