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Apr 25, 2022

U.S. Resumes Testing in Atmosphere with Medium-Sized Explosion

Apr. 25, 1962 - The U.S. resumed nuclear testing in the atmosphere today by setting off an intermediate-size explosion near Christmas...

Apr 24, 2022

Government Troops Kill 69 Viet Cong Insurgents

Apr. 24, 1962 - South Vietnamese troops, backed by American air support, killed 69 Communist guerrillas today in a running battle 34...

Apr 24, 2022

Kennedy To Issue Executive Order Making Soldiers in Vietnam Eligible for Purple Heart

Apr. 24, 1962 - U.S. soldiers wounded in the fighting in Vietnam will receive the Purple Heart. President Kennedy will issue within the...

Apr 24, 2022

President Kennedy Orders Resumption of Nuclear Testing in Atmosphere

Apr. 24, 1962 - President Kennedy gave the long-awaited order today for the U.S. to resume nuclear testing in the atmosphere. The test...

Apr 23, 2022

Wounded Sergeant in Vietnam Denied Purple Heart

Apr. 23, 1962 - An American sergeant wounded in the leg by Communist fire has been denied the Purple Heart. Although the incident was two...

Apr 22, 2022

President Kennedy Enjoying Popular Support

Apr. 22, 1962 - President Kennedy is at a high point in popular support, according to a consensus of newspaper publishers and executives...

Apr 21, 2022

Thousands March for Peace in New York City

Apr. 21, 1962 - Thousands of peace walkers and pacifists marched to the U.N. today in an appeal to President Kennedy to cancel his...

Apr 21, 2022

President Kennedy Opens Seattle World's Fair by Remote Control

Apr. 21, 1962 - President Kennedy opened the Seattle World’s Fair by remote control today. He voiced the hope that he was inaugurating...

Apr 21, 2022

Eleanor Roosevelt Interviews President Kennedy

Apr. 21, 1962 - Rearing children interferes with careers for women, according to President Kennedy. The observation was made in response...

Apr 20, 2022

Barbara Powers, Wife of U-2 Pilot, Attempts Suicide

Apr. 20, 1962 - Mrs. Barbara Powers, 27-year-old wife of U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers, was taken to a hospital today after taking an...

Apr 18, 2022

George McGovern to Run for U.S. Senate in South Dakota

Apr. 18, 1962 - George P. McGovern (pictured between contralto Marian Anderson and President Kennedy), director of the Food for Peace...

Apr 18, 2022

Highlights from President Kennedy's News Conference

Apr. 18, 1962 - Following are the major points in President Kennedy’s news conference today: Steel — He declared that “nothing is to be...

Apr 18, 2022

Viet Cong Proving a Tough and Elusive Foe in South Vietnam

Apr. 18, 1962 - The Communist insurgents (pictured) are still winning most of the clashes in the arc of South Vietnamese provinces from...

Apr 18, 2022

President Kennedy Grants Clemency to Two Soldiers

Apr. 18, 1962 - Two Army Reservists charged with breaches of military discipline were granted clemency today by President Kennedy. The...

Apr 18, 2022

East German Man Killed Trying to Escape to West Berlin; Two Companions Survive

Apr. 18, 1962 - An East German, mortally wounded by Communist gunfire, drove a three-ton dump truck through the Berlin wall today at a...

Apr 18, 2022

President Affirms His Support for American Business

Apr. 18, 1962 - President Kennedy said today that the recent dispute with the steel industry over prices had left no residue of ill will...

Apr 17, 2022

Castro Celebrates One-Year Anniversary of "Imperialism's Defeat" at Bay of Pigs

Apr. 17, 1962 - Premier Fidel Castro hailed today the failure of the C.I.A.-backed invasion attempt exactly one year ago as...

Apr 16, 2022

President and Mrs. Kennedy Attend a Youth Concert at the White House

Apr. 16, 1962 - President Kennedy and his wife entertained nearly 600 young people today at a musicale on the south lawn of the White...

Apr 16, 2022

Senate Approves Nomination of Nicholas Katzenbach as Deputy Attorney General

Apr. 16, 1962 - A Senate Judiciary subcommittee approved today President Kennedy’s nomination of Nicholas Katzenbach as Deputy Attorney...

Apr 16, 2022

U.S. Marines Wait for Action in South Vietnam

Apr. 16, 1962 - United States Marines awaited their first action today in the intensified war against Communist guerrillas in South...