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Nov 16, 2021

Sen. Carl Hayden Next in Line for Presidency after Johnson

Nov. 16, 1961 - The death of Speaker Sam Rayburn places Senator Carl Hayden (right), Democrat of Arizona, behind Vice President Johnson...

Nov 16, 2021

Vice President Johnson's Tribute to Sam Rayburn

Nov. 16, 1961 - Here is Vice President Johnson’s statement on the passing of his friend and colleague of long standing, Speaker Sam...

Nov 16, 2021

President Speaks at University of Washington

Nov. 16 - President Kennedy declared today that it was “a test of our national maturity” to accept the prospect that negotiations on...

Nov 16, 2021

President Kennedy's Tribute to Sam Rayburn

Nov. 16, 1961 - Following is President Kennedy’s expression of tribute and statement of regret at the death today of Sam Rayburn (left),...

Nov 16, 2021

Speaker Sam Rayburn Dead at 79

Nov. 16, 1961 - House Speaker Sam Rayburn died of cancer in his sleep today. He was 79 years old. President Kennedy led the nation —...

Nov 14, 2021

President Welcomes Two Special Girls to White House

Nov. 14, 1961 - President Kennedy told two little White House visitors today that they were better behaved than his own children. Sheila...

Nov 13, 2021

President Kennedy Receives Gift of Torah

Nov. 13, 1961 - President Kennedy received the gift of a Sacred Torah from the Union of American Hebrew Congregations in the Rose Garden...

Nov 11, 2021

Rayburn's Doctor Issues Dire Bulletin

Nov. 11, 1961 - Speaker Sam Rayburn’s physician, Dr. Joe Risser (pictured), issued a bulletin this afternoon on the condition of his...

Nov 11, 2021

Nixon Predicts No War with Soviets

Nov. 14, 1961 - Richard M. Nixon (pictured with Premier Nikita Khrushchev in 1959) predicted today that the Soviet people’s “obsession...

Nov 11, 2021

VIDEO: President Kennedy's Remarks on Veterans Day

Nov. 11, 1961 - Here is video of President Kennedy’s remarks today at the Veterans Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery. WATCH:...

Nov 11, 2021

President Kennedy Speaks on Veterans Day

Nov. 11, 1961 - President Kennedy made a Veterans Day plea today for peace, but he assured the world that this country was prepared to...

Nov 10, 2021

Truman and Eisenhower Break the Ice

Nov. 10, 1961 - Former Presidents Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower broke a long period of coolness today when they chatted...

Nov 10, 2021

Kennedy to Campaign in '62

Nov. 10, 1961 - President Kennedy will take to the road in the 1962 Congressional campaign to the exent that international problems...

Nov 9, 2021

Scarbeck Gets 30 Years for Passing Classified Material to Communists

Nov. 9, 1961 - Irvin C. Scarbeck, former secretary in the U.S. Embassy in Warsaw, was sentenced to 30 years in prison today for having...

Nov 8, 2021

President Kennedy Reflects on the First Anniversary of Election

Nov. 8, 1961 - On the first anniversary of his election, President Kennedy looked back upon some of his accomplishments in office and...

Nov 8, 2021

President Kennedy on Women's Rights

Nov. 8, 1961 — President Kennedy smiled his way out of a bristling question on women’s rights at his news conference today. A woman...

Nov 8, 2021

Highlights of President Kennedy's Press Conference

Nov. 8, 1961 - Following were the highlights of President Kennedy’s news conference today: Nuclear Testing — The Soviet Union holds the...

Nov 7, 2021

Wagner Re-elected Mayor of New York

Nov. 7, 1961 - New York City Mayor Robert F. Wagner won re-election for a third term today. Despite opposition from two major...

Nov 6, 2021

President Kennedy Meets Prime Minister Nehru of India

Nov. 6, 1961 - President Kennedy and Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru of India conferred today at Newport, R.I., on the problems of...

Nov 5, 2021

Former President Truman Grateful to President Kennedy

Nov. 5, 1961 - Former President Harry S. Truman was grateful for the White House hospitality shown to him a few days ago. President...