1960s Timeline

Oct. 29, 1963 - Texas Governor John B. Connally said today that a “Texas welcome dinner” for President Kennedy and Vice President Johnson...

Oct. 28, 1963 - New York’s Pennsylvania Station, a grimy monument to an age of expansive elegance, suffered the fate of an anachronism...

Oct. 28, 1963 - Former Senator Tom Connally of Texas (pictured in 1949), a Democratic stalwart of the Senate for many years and one of...

Oct. 27, 1963 - A Buddhist monk burned himself to death in front of Saigon’s main Roman Catholic Cathedral this morning in protest...

Oct. 27, 1963 - The Presidential family worshiped together at public services today. Mr. Kennedy, his wife, and their two youngsters...

Oct. 26, 1963 - President Kennedy issued an appeal to the nation today to recognize the contributions of men of spirit and insight as...

Oct. 26, 1963 - Premier Khrushchev has declared that the Soviet Union would not race the U.S. to put a man on the moon. The statement...

Oct. 25, 1963 - Dallas city leaders, reacting with indignation and shame, apologized today to Adlai Stevenson, who was struck and spat on...

Oct. 24, 1963 - Anti-United Nations demonstrators shoved, booed, beat, and spat in the face of Adlai Stevenson, the chief U.S. delegate...

Oct. 24, 1963 - A coroner ruled today that Mrs. Diana Churchill (center in 1931), Sir Winston’s eldest daughter, committed suicide last...

Oct. 23, 1963 - Dr. Ralph Bunche (pictured at the March on Washington in August), U.N. Under Secretary for Special Political Affairs, was...

Oct. 22, 1963 - President Kennedy will meet in Washington next month with West Germany’s new Chancellor, Dr. Ludwig Erhard, at the start...

Oct. 21, 1963 - More than 4,000 Vietnamese troops, harassed by mine explosions and Communist snipers concealed in tunnels, slogged...

Oct. 20, 1963 - President Kennedy will return to Washington tomorrow after an excursion in New England that demonstrated his increasing...

Oct. 20, 1963 - Communist Viet Cong guerrillas (pictured), solidly fortified in positions facing hip-deep fields of mud, stopped a...

Oct. 19, 1963 - After attending the first half of the Harvard-Columbia game at Harvard Stadium this afternoon, President Kennedy went to...

Oct. 19, 1963 - President Kennedy made a brief appearance at the Harvard-Columbia football game today. Shortly after the kickoff, the...

Oct. 19, 1963 - President Kennedy today cautioned Americans that, despite new rays of hope for world peace, “we still live in the shadow...

Oct. 18, 1963 - Mexico City was selected over Detroit and two other cities today as the site of the 1968 Olympic Games. It will be the...

Oct. 18, 1963 - Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu, South Vietnam’s controversial First Lady, accused today a “handful of people” within the Kennedy...