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Oct 18, 2023

Rockefeller Opens Campaign in New Hampshire

Oct. 18, 1963 - Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller today opened a crucial phase of his battle for the Republican Presidential nomination,...

Oct 17, 2023

President and Children Welcome First Lady Home

Oct. 17, 1963 - Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy, tanned and beaming, received a warm welcome home tonight from the President and their two...

Oct 17, 2023

Aged Minister Becomes First Negro Eligible to Vote in Louisiana Parish Since 1902

Oct. 17, 1963 - An elderly Baptist clergyman became today the first Negro eligible to vote in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, since...

Oct 17, 2023

JFK Welcomes Tito to Washington

Oct. 17, 1963 - President Kennedy gave President Tito a cordial but swift day of tribute at the White House today that pleased the...

Oct 17, 2023

Nhu Says CIA Backs Buddhists in South Vietnam

Oct. 17, 1963 - Ngo Dinh Nhu (pictured), powerful and controversial brother of South Vietnam’s President, Ngo Dinh Diem, said today that...

Oct 15, 2023

Vice President Johnson Visits NYC

Oct. 15, 1963 - Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson did not talk or look tonight like a man who is at all concerned over the rumor that...

Oct 15, 2023

Robert Kennedy Testifies on Behalf of Civil Rights Bill

Oct. 15, 1963 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy pleaded with the House Judiciary Committee today to put aside partisanship and agree...

Oct 15, 2023

The New York Mirror Closes Down

Oct. 15, 1963 - The New York Mirror, the newspaper with the second largest circulation in the country, ceased publication with today’s...

Oct 14, 2023

Dr. King Threatens More Birmingham Demonstrations

Oct. 14, 1963 - Dr. Martin Luther King, bitterly denouncing Birmingham’s rejection of his desegregation demands, threatened tonight to...

Oct 14, 2023

Massive Crowd Turns Out for Piaf Funeral

Oct. 14, 1963 - Thousands of admirers pushed, shoved, and trampled each other today to pay a last tribute to Edith Piaf, who died Friday...

Oct 14, 2023

General Eisenhower Celebrates 73rd Birthday

Oct. 14, 1963 - Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower (pictured in 1942) marked his 73rd birthday today, mingling work with festivities....

Oct 13, 2023

Ribicoff “Almost Sure” President Kennedy Will Debate Opponent Next Year

Oct. 13, 1963 - A leading Democratic Senator and former member of President Kennedy’s cabinet said today he is “almost sure” Mr. Kennedy...

Oct 13, 2023

TV: Madame Nhu on “Meet the Press”

Oct. 13, 1963 - Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu charged today that unidentified “ambassadors” had “unofficially” asked her and her husband to leave...

Oct 12, 2023

Madame Nhu Egged at Columbia University

Oct. 12, 1963 - Madame Nhu, South Vietnam’s controversial First Lady who was accorded a standing ovation at Fordham University last...

Oct 12, 2023

President Kennedy Speaks on Columbus Day

Oct. 12, 1963 - President Kennedy, about 100 Italian-Americans, and a few Spaniards celebrated Columbus Day today with an informal...

Oct 12, 2023

First Lady Visits Delphi

Oct. 12, 1963 - Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy visited the ruined temple of Apollo in Delphi, Greece today. The First Lady shook hands and...

Oct 10, 2023

Twelve U.S. Servicemen Killed in Vietnam Helicopter Crash

Oct. 10, 1963 - Helicopters brought out today the bodies of 12 U.S. servicemen from a rugged mountain area near the Laotian border where...

Oct 10, 2023

Former President Truman Interviewed on His Morning Walk

Oct. 10, 1963 - Former President Harry S. Truman, on his morning walk in New York City today, said that South Vietnamese First Lady...

Oct 10, 2023

President Kennedy Presides at NASA Ceremony

Oct. 10, 1963 - President Kennedy called for greater appreciation of the importance of the space program today as he awarded one of the...

Oct 10, 2023

Enormous Dam Collapses in Italy, Thousands Feared Dead

Oct. 10, 1963 - The 873-foot-high Vajont Dam 10 miles north of Belluno, Italy, collapsed under the weight of torrential rains and...