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Aug 28, 2022

President Kennedy Addresses Summer Interns

Aug. 28, 1962 - President Kennedy told 5,000 college students today that the burden of preserving world freedom in the next 10 or 20...

Aug 27, 2022

President Pins Bronze Star on former Captive of Laotian Communists

Aug. 27, 1962 - President Kennedy pinned a Bronze Star Medal for meritorious “cold war” service today on Maj. Lawrence R. Bailey Jr. of...

Aug 22, 2022

President Comments on Soviet Presence in Cuba

Aug. 22, 1962 - President Kennedy said today there was evidence that the Communist bloc had sent large numbers of technicians and...

Aug 22, 2022

U.S. “Well Behind” Russians in Space Race, Says JFK

Aug. 22, 1962 - The United States is “well behind” the Soviet Union in the space race, President Kennedy asserted today, but he repeated...

Aug 13, 2022

First Anniversary of Berlin Wall Observed Here

Aug. 13, 1962 - A special recorded program marking the first anniversary of the building of the Berlin wall was broadcast at noon today...

Jul 17, 2022

(VIDEO) JFK and Secretary Rusk Talk Test Ban Negotiations

July 10, 1962 - In the wake of a U.S. nuclear test on the fringes of outer space, President Kennedy and Secretary Dean Rusk comment on...

Jul 8, 2022

(VIDEO) Secretary of State Dean Rusk on Vietnam

July 8, 1962 - Dean Rusk addresses reports out of Vietnam indicating that the war against Communist guerrillas is not going well....

Jul 8, 2022

(VIDEO) Secretary of State Dean Rusk on Nuclear Inspections

July 8, 1962 - Secretary of State Dean Rusk discusses new technologies for detecting nuclear tests. #nuclearwar #war #coldwar #1960s #russia

Jul 8, 2022

(VIDEO) Secretary of State Dean Rusk on Coexistence with the Communist Bloc

July 8, 1962 - Secretary of State Dean Rusk discusses conditions for coexistence with the Soviet Union. #coldwar #communism #sovietunion...

Jul 4, 2022

Cuba Again Charges U.S. with Spying

July 4, 1962 - The Cuban Air Ministry charged today that two U.S. planes flew over Cuba yesterday. This was the 13th such intrusion...

Jul 3, 2022

JFK Remarks to Special Seminar of Foreign Service Institute

July 3, 1962 - Here are President Kennedy’s remarks at the White House today to members of a special anti-insurgency seminar run by the...

Jun 14, 2022

(VIDEO) JFK on Red China

June 14, 1962 - President Kennedy responds to a Peace Corpsman's question as to why the U.S. does not send food to Red China. That nation...

May 31, 2022

Viet Cong Kidnap Three American Missionaries

May 31, 1962 - Communist guerrillas raided a leprosarium in the central highlands in South Vietnam last night and kidnapped three...

May 30, 2022

Rep. Lindsay Meets Constituents in Yorkville

May 30, 1962 - Memorial Day was a day off in Congress, but not for Representative John V. Lindsay (pictured with his wife Mary),...

May 29, 2022

George Wallace Wins Democratic Nomination for Governor of Alabama

May 29, 1962 - Almost complete returns from today’s runoff primary gave George C. Wallace the Democratic nomination for Governor of...

May 29, 2022

Viet Cong Headquarters in Central Highlands Bombed

May 29, 1962 - The chief of the South Vietnamese General Staff said today that the Vietnamese Air Force had bombed the headquarters of...

May 27, 2022

Documentary: "Red China," Narrated by Chet Huntley

May 27, 1962 - Here is a two-part documentary, narrated by Chet Huntley, called “Red China.” The film traces the consolidation of power...

May 26, 2022

Governor Rockefeller Speaks in Philadelphia

May 26, 1962 - Governor Rockefeller called today for a renewed faith in the American dream and an extension of that dream to...

May 26, 2022

Good Week for Government Forces in South Vietnam

May 26, 1962 - U.S Army and Marine helicopters carried Vietnamese troops in a raid today against remnants of two Communist guerrilla...

May 24, 2022

South Vietnamese 7th Division Inflicts Heavy Casualties on Viet Cong

May 24, 1962 - The South Vietnamese Seventh Division continued today to inflict heavy casualties on a Communist guerrilla force trapped...