1960s Timeline

Apr. 17, 1962 - Premier Fidel Castro hailed today the failure of the C.I.A.-backed invasion attempt exactly one year ago as...

Apr. 16, 1962 - President Kennedy and his wife entertained nearly 600 young people today at a musicale on the south lawn of the White...

Apr. 16, 1962 - A Senate Judiciary subcommittee approved today President Kennedy’s nomination of Nicholas Katzenbach as Deputy Attorney...

Apr. 14, 1962 - Here is a video excerpt of President Kennedy’s remarks today aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise. The spoke from the hangar deck...

Apr. 14, 1962 - President Kennedy watched a demonstration of the Atlantic Fleet’s air and sea power today off the coast of North...

Apr. 14, 1962 - Steel’s surrender to President Kennedy appeared today to have bolstered the Administration’s stock in and out of...

Apr. 13, 1962 - For three days, the great forces at the command of the President of the United States were brought to bear on the steel...

Apr. 13, 1962 - President Kennedy triumphed today over the titans of the steel industry. Seventy-two hours after the U.S. Steel...

Apr. 13, 1962 - Premier Khrushchev has spurned what appeared to be the final offer by the U.S. and Britain to sign a nuclear test-ban...

Apr. 12, 1962 - Roger M. Blough (pictured), board chairman of the U.S. Steel Corporation, defended his company’s new price increase today...

Apr. 11, 1962 - The Shah of Iran, Mohammed Riza Pahlevi, and his wife, the Empress Farah, arrived in Washington today and received a warm...

Apr. 11, 1962 - Following are the main points of President Kennedy’s news conference today: Steel — He denounced the price increases...

Apr. 11, 1962 - President Kennedy gave his tie clasp to a 15-year-old New Jersey honor student today, honoring him as the nation’s finest...

Apr. 11, 1962 - President Kennedy said today that the U.S. Government would not negotiate with Cuba to ransom the rebel prisoners...

Apr. 11, 1962 - President Kennedy announced today that all military reservists who were called to active duty in the Berlin crisis last...

Apr. 11, 1962 - The Senate approved by voice vote today the nomination of Byron R. White (pictured) to be an associate justice of the...

Apr. 11, 1962 - President Kennedy accused the major steel corporations today of “irresponsible defiance” of the public interest and...

Apr. 10, 1962 - The United States Steel Corporation announced this evening price increases averaging $6 a ton, effective at midnight. The...

Apr. 10, 1962 - Vice President Johnson was congratulated today by President Kennedy and Democratic Congressional leaders on 25 years’...

Apr. 9, 1962 - President Kennedy, like every President since William Howard Taft, made the first pitch at the opening of the baseball...