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Oct 29, 2023

“Texas Welcome Dinner” Planned by Gov. Connally for Pres. Kennedy and V.P. Johnson on Nov. 22

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

Oct 28, 2023

Penn Station Faces Demolition Crews

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, 2023

Former Senator Tom Connally Dead at 86

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, 2023

Seventh South Vietnamese Buddhist Kills Self in Protest Suicide

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, 2023

Presidential Family Goes to Church

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

Oct 26, 2023

President Kennedy Dedicates Robert Frost Library at Amherst College

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, 2023

Khrushchev: No Plans To Put Soviet Astronaut on Moon

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, 2023

Dallas City Leaders Apologize to Adlai Stevenson

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

Oct 24, 2023

Adlai Stevenson Roughed Up in Dallas

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, 2023

Diana Churchill Ruled a Suicide

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

Oct 23, 2023

Dr. Bunche Criticizes Racists — Black and White

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, 2023

Busy Winter of Diplomacy On Tap for President Kennedy

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, 2023

Viet Cong Prove an Elusive Foe

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

Oct 20, 2023

President Kennedy Increasingly Focused on Goldwater

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

Oct 20, 2023

South Vietnamese Troops Mauled by Viet Cong in Bloodiest Action Since January

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

Oct 19, 2023

President Kennedy Speaks in Boston Following Visit to Son’s Grave

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

Oct 19, 2023

President Kennedy Makes Brief Appearance at Harvard-Columbia Game

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

Oct 19, 2023

President Kennedy Speaks at University of Maine at Orono

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, 2023

Mexico City Selected for ’68 Olympics

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, 2023

Picketers Protest Madame Nhu in Washington

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