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Mar 2, 2022

A Minor Victory for South Vietnamese Troops and Their U.S. Advisors

Mar. 2, 1962 - United States Army helicopters, grounded since Tuesday’s attempt by two Vietnamese Air Force pilot to assassinate...

Mar 1, 2022

Kennedy to Speak to Nation Tomorrow on Nukes

Mar. 1, 1962 - President Kennedy will address the nation tomorrow night on “nuclear testing and disarmament,” the White House announced...

Mar 1, 2022

Kennedy: America Carries the Worldwide Struggle from Freedom

Mar. 1, 1962 - President Kennedy warned Americans today that they must bear the heavy burden of protecting freedom throughout the world...

Mar 1, 2022

Secretary Rusk Blames Communists for Violence in Vietnam

Mar. 1, 1962 - Secretary of State Dean Rusk said today that the fighting in South Vietnam could end overnight if Communist nations would...

Mar 1, 2022

President Kennedy Attends Prayer Breakfast

Mar. 1, 1962 - Some of the nation’s leaders gathered for a prayer breakfast in Washington today. They heard President Kennedy say that...

Feb 28, 2022

Thirtieth Anniversary of Lindbergh Kidnapping

Feb. 28, 1962 - Thirty years ago tonight, Charles A. Lindbergh Jr., 19 months old, was abducted from his crib on the second floor of his...

Feb 28, 2022

President Kennedy Calls on Americans to Contribute to Red Cross

Feb. 28, 1962 - President Kennedy called on all Americans today to contribute generously to the Red Cross “in these difficult times.” In...

Feb 28, 2022

Robert and Ethel Kennedy Return from World Tour

Feb. 28, 1962 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy (pictured at Idlewild Airport) returned from his month’s tour around the world today...

Feb 28, 2022

Pilot Who Bombed Diem Palace is Interviewed

Feb. 28, 1962 - One of the two pilots who attacked South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem’s palace was quoted today as having said...

Feb 27, 2022

Robert F. Kennedy Meets with DeGaulle in Paris

Feb. 27, 1962 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy spent 40 minutes with President de Gaulle in Paris today. Mr. Kennedy said later it...

Feb 27, 2022

Board of Inquiry Affirms Francis Gary Powers' Performance

Feb. 27, 1962 - A special board of inquiry has concluded that Francis Gary Powers, the U-2 pilot whose plane was downed over the Soviet...

Feb 27, 2022

South Vietnam: Bombing of Palace Isolated Incident

Feb. 27, 1962 - The Government of South Vietnam announced today that the bombing of the Presidential Palace early yesterday morning had...

Feb 26, 2022

U.S. Officials: Diem in Control in South Vietnam

Feb. 26, 1962 - U.S. officials said tonight that President Ngo Dinh Diem was in control of the situation in South Vietnam after a bombing...

Feb 26, 2022

President Kennedy Speaks to Employees of Voice of America

Feb. 26, 1962 - President Kennedy told employees of the Voice of America today that their job was to tell the truth about the United...

Feb 26, 2022

South Vietnamese President Diem's Palace Bombed

Feb. 26, 1962 - Two fighter-bombers bearing markings of the South Vietnamese Air Force attacked President Ngo Dinh Diem’s today with...

Feb 25, 2022

Moscow Denounces Kennedy World Tour

Feb. 25, 1962 - The travels of the Kennedy brothers resulted in a violent denunciation from Moscow today. Attorney General Robert F....

Feb 25, 2022

Edward M. Kennedy Visits Irish Kinfolk

Feb. 25, 1962 - Edward M. Kennedy, the youngest brother of President Kennedy, arrived in Dublin from London today on what he described as...

Feb 25, 2022

United States Will Continue Offering All Necessary Aid to Vietnam

Feb. 25, 1962 - The U.S. is not interested in engaging in any international consultations over the situation in Vietnam as demanded by...

Feb 24, 2022

Robert F. Kennedy: Democracy is "Wave of the Future"

Feb. 24, 1962 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy (pictured with Mayor Willy Brandt of West Berlin) predicted today that Eastern Europe...

Feb 24, 2022

Communist China Protests American Buildup in Vietnam

Feb. 24, 1962 - Communist China declared today that its security was seriously affected by an “undeclared war” waged by the U.S. in South...