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Mar 31, 2022

Steel Industry and Union Announce New Contract, President Calls Terms "Noninflationary"

Mar. 31, 1962 - The steel industry and the United Steelworkers of America announced agreement today on new contract terms. President...

Mar 30, 2022

Edward M. Kennedy Admits Cheating at Harvard in 1951, Was Asked To Leave

Mar. 30, 1962 - Edward M. Kennedy, a candidate for a Democratic Senate nomination, admitted today that he had withdrawn from Harvard...

Mar 30, 2022

Cuba's Prisoner Trial Continues

Mar. 30, 1962 - Sitting on benches on an outdoor basketball court, nearly 1,200 prisoners captured in the invasion of Cuba last April...

Mar 30, 2022

President Nominates Byron White to Supreme Court

Mar. 30, 1962 - President Kennedy today nominated Byron R. White (left), the Deputy Attorney General, to be an Associate Justice of the...

Mar 29, 2022

First Lady Comes Home

Mar. 29, 1962 - Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy arrived home tonight from her journey abroad. The President was at National Airport to meet her...

Mar 29, 2022

Highlights of President Kennedy's Press Conference

Mar. 29, 1962 - Following are the main points of President Kennedy’s press conference today: Supreme Court — He announced the retirement...

Mar 29, 2022

President Kennedy Will Be "Glad To Debate" in 1964

Mar. 29, 1962 - President Kennedy apparently disposed today of any doubts that he planned to seek a second term in 1964. At the...

Mar 29, 2022

2,000 Persons Leave Cuba Every Week

Mar. 29, 1962 - Approximately 2,000 people a week are leaving Cuba. All commercial planes bound for Miami, Mexico City and Kingston,...

Mar 29, 2022

Trial Begins for 1,182 Cuban Prisoners

Mar. 29, 1962 - The Castro Government put 1,182 prisoners on trial today behind closed doors at Principe Prison, in Havana’s suburbs. The...

Mar 29, 2022

Supreme Court Justice Whittaker Retires on Doctors' Advice

Mar. 29, 1962 - Justice Charles Evans Whittaker (pictured) retired from the Supreme Court today on his doctors’ advice. He said in a...

Mar 28, 2022

General Lemnitzer Visits Vietnam

Mar. 28, 1962 - The Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Lyman Lemnitzer, flew to the village of Binh Hung in South Vietnam...

Mar 28, 2022

Mrs. Kennedy Visits Buckingham Palace

Mar. 28, 1962 - Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy was greeted with cheers and wolf whistles today when she drove to Buckingham Palace for lunch...

Mar 27, 2022

Democrats Plan Birthday Salute to President Kennedy at Madison Square Garden

Mar. 27, 1962 - Democrats are planning a May 19 New York Birthday Salute to the President that is expected to wipe out the last $500,000...

Mar 26, 2022

Mrs. Kennedy Arrives in London

Mar. 26, 1962 - Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy arrived in London by air tonight for a three-day private visit. She was accompanied by her...

Mar 26, 2022

RNC Criticizes President Kennedy's Request for More Secret Service

Mar. 26, 1962 - The Republican National Committee criticized today a Secret Service request for 58 more agents to protect President...

Mar 26, 2022

VIDEO: President Kennedy Receives Book from Robert Frost

Mar. 26, 1962 - Here is video of President Kennedy receiving a book of new poems today from poet Robert Frost. Mr. Frost turned 88 today....

Mar 26, 2022

South Vietnamese Troops Try to "Pacify" Villages North of Saigon

Mar. 26, 1962 - A comprehensive plan to pacify South Vietnam has started modestly in the forests north of Saigon. Last Thursday,...

Mar 26, 2022

50 Deaths in Algerian Violence

Mar. 26, 1962 - At least 50 French civilians were killed and about 150 wounded in Algiers today as French Army forces clashed with...

Mar 25, 2022

President Attends Mass in Palm Desert, California

Mar. 25, 1962 - A little old lady in black almost asked President Kennedy to move over at church this morning in Palm Desert, Calif. The...

Mar 25, 2022

Mrs. Kennedy Rides a Camel in Pakistan

Mar. 25, 1962 - After riding an elephant last week near Jaipur, India, Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy took a ride today on a camel led by Bashir...