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Nov 14, 2023

U.S. Considers Withdrawal of Some Troops from South Vietnam

Nov. 14, 1963 - Detailed plans for the initial withdrawal of U.S. troops from South Vietnam depend upon policy meetings scheduled to be...

Nov 13, 2023

Madame Nhu Departs U.S. for Rome

Nov. 13, 1963 - Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu left the U.S. today on her way to Rome. She charged in a statement that the former South Vietnamese...

Nov 12, 2023

General John Hodge Is Dead

Nov. 12, 1963 - General John R. Hodge (pictured in 1946), a leader of the Pacific fighting in World War II, died today in Walter Reed...

Nov 11, 2023

President Kennedy Joins Veterans Day Ceremonies

Nov. 11, 1963 - President Kennedy placed a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknowns today as the nation honored its war veterans. Veterans Day...

Nov 10, 2023

Negroes Appearing More on Television

Nov. 10, 1963 - The vigorous campaign to put more Negroes in front of television cameras has produced impressive results in recent...

Nov 10, 2023

Democratic Party Turmoil in Texas

Nov. 10, 1963 - The rejection of a poll tax repeal by Texas voters means President Kennedy will have to work all the harder to save the...

Nov 9, 2023

President Kennedy Retires to Virginia Estate for Weekend

Nov. 9, 1963 - President Kennedy left Idlewild Airport at 1:05 p.m. today after a 19-hour visit to New York City, and by midafternoon was...

Nov 9, 2023

Twin Disasters Kill Close to 500 Japanese

Nov. 9, 1963 - A coal-mine explosion and a rail wreck killed at least 491 persons in Japan today. Hundreds of persons were injured, and...

Nov 8, 2023

President Kennedy Blasts Foreign Aid Critics

Nov. 8, 1963 - President Kennedy accused foes of his foreign aid program tonight of indulging in an outburst of “petty irritation and...

Nov 8, 2023

First Lady to Resume Hostess Duties Later this Month

Nov. 8, 1963 - Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy will resume her White House duties as hostess on November 20, more than a month earlier than...

Nov 7, 2023

U.S. Extends Recognition to South Vietnam’s Provisional Government

Nov. 7, 1963 - The United States extended recognition to South Vietnam’s provisional Government tonight. Recognition came less than a...

Nov 7, 2023

Governor Rockefeller Announces Candidacy

Nov. 7, 1963 - Governor Nelson Rockefeller of New York became the first in his party today to announce his candidacy for the Republican...

Nov 7, 2023

DNC Plans Star-Studded Fundraiser for President Kennedy in January

Nov. 7, 1963 - The Democratic National Committee is planning another big celebration — and fundraising affair — to mark the third...

Nov 7, 2023

President Kennedy Calls for Greater Efforts to Assist Handicapped

Nov. 7, 1963 - President Kennedy called for greater efforts today to employ the handicapped. He appealed to labor, private industry, and...

Nov 6, 2023

First Lady to Join President Kennedy for November Swing Through Texas

Nov. 6, 1963 - Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy will join President Kennedy in a Democratic Party fundraising swing into Texas Nov. 21 and 22,...

Nov 5, 2023

Staunch Segregationist Elected to Replace Governor Barnett in Mississippi

Nov. 5, 1963 - Lieutenant Governor Paul Johnson Jr. (pictured), who has pledged to continue Governor Ross Barnett’s massive resistance to...

Nov 5, 2023

Coup Planner Surfaces in Saigon

Nov. 5, 1963 - Ton That Dinh (pictured), the paratrooper general who planned the coup that toppled President Ngo Dinh Diem, showed his...

Nov 5, 2023

Auburn University Ordered to Admit Negro Student

Nov. 5, 1963 - A Federal judge ordered Auburn University today to admit its first Negro student in January and to accept students in the...

Nov 4, 2023

Saigon Slowly Returns to Normal in Wake of Coup

Nov. 4, 1963 - The military government in South Vietnam relaxed the martial-law curfew in Saigon today but tightened rules for Government...

Nov 3, 2023

U.S. Offers to Fly Madame Nhu’s Children to Safety

Nov. 3, 1963 - The United States offered today to fly three children of Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu (pictured) out of South Vietnam, where they...