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Oct 9, 2023

Highlights of President Kennedy’s Press Conference

Oct. 9, 1963 - Following are the highlights of President Kennedy’s news conference today: Wheat — He cleared the way for sale of $250...

Oct 9, 2023

President Kennedy Receives Physical Education Award

Oct. 9, 1963 - President Kennedy was given a bronze statuette for his desk today, but he was ahead of the donors — he already had one,...

Oct 8, 2023

Madame Nhu Arrives in NYC

Oct. 8, 1963 - Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu (right), sharp-tongued First Lady of South Vietnam, arrived in New York from Paris last night to begin...

Oct 7, 2023

Nixon Blames Civil Rights Crisis on President Kennedy

Oct. 7, 1963 - Richard M. Nixon charged today that the “civil rights crisis is to a great extent” President Kennedy’s fault. He said the...

Oct 7, 2023

Alabama State Troopers Rough Up Negroes Attempting to Register to Vote

Oct. 7, 1963 - Alabama state troopers and local officers in Selma, shouting and waving nightsticks, roughed up two Negroes and two news...

Oct 7, 2023

President Kennedy Signs Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

Oct. 7, 1963 - President Kennedy signed documents ratifying the limited nuclear test-ban treaty today, calling the pact a “beginning” —...

Oct 6, 2023

Madame Nhu Calls Buddhist Demonstrators “Hooligans” and “Communists”

Oct. 6, 1963 - Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu (pictured), controversial sister-in-law of the President of South Vietnam, today denied that Buddhists...

Oct 6, 2023

Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy Joins Pulaski Day Parade in NYC

Oct. 6, 1963 - In New York City today, about 100,000 marchers participated in the 27th annual Pulaski Day Parade, which honors Brig. Gen....

Oct 5, 2023

British Fascist and New Wife Egged in London

Oct. 5, 1963 - More than 1,000 angry Britons hurled rotten apples and eggs instead of rice today at Colin Jordan, the British Fascist...

Oct 5, 2023

President and Aides Confident about Prospects for Re-Election

Oct. 5, 1963 - President Kennedy and his top political aides are reasonably optimistic about his prospects for re-election. They reached...

Oct 5, 2023

Another Buddhist Monk Burns Himself To Death

Oct. 5, 1963 - The political and religious crisis in South Vietnam deepened today when another Buddhist monk burned himself to death —...

Oct 4, 2023

First Lady Sets Sail for Turkey

Oct. 4, 1963 - Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy (pictured yesterday in Greece) set sail from Greece tonight on an Aegean cruise to Turkey on...

Oct 4, 2023

President Kennedy’s Upcoming Out-of-Town Schedule

Oct. 4, 1963 - President Kennedy (pictured yesterday at Little Rock Air Force Base), just back from a one-day trip to Arkansas, has at...

Oct 3, 2023

President Kennedy Dedicates Dam in Arkansas

Oct. 3, 1963 - President Kennedy, visiting Arkansas to dedicate a dam in the “new South,” heard his civil rights proposals branded as...

Oct 2, 2023

Kennedy Administration Says Vietnam War Could Be Won by 1965

Oct. 2, 1963 - The U.S said tonight that the war in South Vietnam might be won by the end of 1965 if the political crisis there did not...

Oct 2, 2023

First Lady Leaves on Mediterranean Vacation

Oct. 2, 1963 - Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy departed last night for a two-week vacation in Greece and the Mediterranean. The First Lady’s...

Oct 1, 2023

Emperor Haile Selassie Welcomed to Washington by President and Mrs. Kennedy

Oct. 1, 1963 - Emperor Haile Selassie, who became ruler of a nation before John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born, arrived in Washington today...

Oct 1, 2023

Rocky Won’t Share Ticket with Goldwater

Oct. 1, 1963 - Governor Nelson Rockefeller of New York (pictured with Mrs. Rockefeller last month in Rome) said today he would not run...

Sep 29, 2023

McNamara and Taylor Confer with Diem

Sept. 29, 1963 - Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara and General Maxwell D. Taylor conferred with South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh...

Sep 28, 2023

President Rests at Bing Crosby’s Home

Sept. 28, 1963 - President Kennedy retreated to the desert for a rest today after climaxing a grueling nationwide tour with a declaration...