U.S. Military Advisor in South Vietnam Shot by Communist Sniper
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![U.S. Military Advisor in South Vietnam Shot by Communist Sniper](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_e68cf87187624f8c98547c9539fb23e6~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/25c687_e68cf87187624f8c98547c9539fb23e6~mv2.webp)
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- Oct 28, 2021
Khrushchev Favors Memorial to Stalin’s Victims
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- Oct 28, 2021
Report: Guevara’s Power Reduced in Cuba
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- Oct 28, 2021
President Kennedy Issues 1961 Thanksgiving Proclamation
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- Oct 28, 2021
U.S. and Soviet Tanks Pull Back from Berlin Dividing Line
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- Oct 27, 2021
1960 Republican Delegates Prefer Goldwater for 1964
![Vice President Johnson: Communists Undermine U.S.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_795706593c054a5aa59eb039e3badd9e~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_795706593c054a5aa59eb039e3badd9e~mv2.webp)
- Oct 27, 2021
Vice President Johnson: Communists Undermine U.S.
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- Oct 27, 2021
New York City Mayor Wagner Visits President Kennedy
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- Oct 27, 2021
🚨U.S. and Soviet Tanks Confront Each Other for First Time in Berlin
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- Oct 26, 2021
🚨Thirty-Three Soviet Tanks Move into East Berlin in Show of Force
![Kennedy to South Vietnam: We'll Help You Resist Reds](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_011c728cb8b94acba110b1d8867c6033~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_011c728cb8b94acba110b1d8867c6033~mv2.webp)
- Oct 26, 2021
Kennedy to South Vietnam: We'll Help You Resist Reds
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- Oct 25, 2021
Pulitzer Prize Winner Carl Sandburg Visits President Kennedy
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- Oct 25, 2021
President Kennedy Approves Nuclear Explosion for Peaceful Use
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- Oct 25, 2021
State Department Notes “Serious Development” in Berlin
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- Oct 24, 2021
Kennedy to Receive Advice on Broadcasts from TV Producer Fred Coe
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- Oct 24, 2021
Eisenhower Calls Peace Corps “Juvenile Experiment”
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- Oct 23, 2021
Rockefeller: Kennedy Not “Unbeatable” in 1964
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- Oct 23, 2021
🚨Soviets Detonate Most Powerful Nuclear Explosion in History
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- Oct 22, 2021
Video: “Operation Readiness” Highlights Cold War Efforts
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- Oct 22, 2021
President Kennedy Most Voracious Reader Since Theodore Roosevelt