Defoliation Plan for Vietnam on Temporary Hold
Jan. 11, 1962 - A plan by U.S. officials to “defoliate” trees and bushes in South Vietnam with a chemical sprayed from planes as a means...
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Jan 10, 2022
John W. McCormack Elected Speaker of the House
Jan. 10, 1962 - The election-year session of the 87th Congress opened today. The chief event was the election of John W. McCormack...
Jan 9, 2022
Vienna Boys Choir Serenades President Kennedy at the White House
Jan. 9, 1962 - The White House rose garden rang with clear alto and soprano voices today as the Vienna Boys Choir serenaded President...
Jan 9, 2022
Nixon Responds to Governor Brown's Charges
Jan. 9, 1962 - Former Vice President Nixon said today that both Democrats and Republicans needed “responsible leadership which will avoid...
Jan 9, 2022
Sec. McNamara Sends Thank-You Letters to Families of Reservists and National Guardsmen
Jan. 9, 1962 - Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara has expressed the nation’s gratitude to the more than 150,000 reservists and...
Jan 9, 2022
Documentary: "The Truth About Communism," Narrated by Ronald Reagan
Jan. 9, 1962 - Here is a documentary called “The Truth About Communism.” The narrator is actor Ronald Reagan. #Podcast #podcasts...
Jan 9, 2022
Kennedy Administration Sees Long Struggle Ahead in South Vietnam
Jan. 9, 1962 - The Kennedy Administration believes there is a fairly good chance of saving South Vietnam from communism, but it foresees...
Jan 8, 2022
California Gov. Brown Hits Nixon for "Courting Radicals of the Right"
Jan. 8, 1962 - Gov. Edmund G. Brown (pictured in 1958) of California charged former Vice President Nixon today with courting political...
Jan 6, 2022
President Honors Ohio Governor Michael V. DiSalle on his 54th birthday
Jan. 6, 1962 - President Kennedy told Ohio Democrats tonight that his Administration was pledged to progress, particularly in the fields...
Jan 6, 2022
American Killed by Viet Cong Sniper in Saigon
Jan. 6, 1962 - An American construction foreman on the $4 million Saigon airport improvement project was fatally wounded in an ambush...
Jan 5, 2022
President Kennedy Cuts Short his Florida Vacation
Jan. 5, 1962 - President Kennedy plans to deliver his annual State of the Union Message next Thursday before a joint session of Congress....
Jan 5, 2022
Three Brooklyn Racketeers for Consorting with Themselves
Jan. 5, 1962 - Three Brooklyn hoodlums learned today that they were their own worst enemies. They were arrested for consorting with known...
Jan 5, 2022
JFK Jr. Takes First Steps
Jan. 5, 1962 - President Kennedy’s 13-month-old son, John Jr., took his first steps in public today. He was seen walking at Palm Beach,...
Jan 4, 2022
General Shoup: Marines Need to Toughen Up
Jan. 4, 1962 - General David M. Shoup, the U.S. Marine Corps commandant, said that today’s Marines need to toughen up. He said the corps...
Jan 4, 2022
U.S. Seeks to Boost Diem Regime in South Vietnam
Jan. 4, 1962 - The United States and South Vietnam announced today a “broad economic and social program” to raise living standards in...
Jan 3, 2022
Allies Seek "Live and Let Live" Arrangement in Berlin
Jan. 3, 1962 - The West was said today to be hoping for a live-and-let-live arrangement with the Soviet Union on Berlin and Germany. It...
Jan 3, 2022
The First Lady Goes Water-Skiing
Jan. 3, 1962 - President Kennedy took Vice President Johnson and top Defense aides on a luncheon cruise today, and Mrs. Kennedy gave them...
Jan 3, 2022
U.S. Seeks to Isolate Cuba over Communist Ties
Jan. 3, 1962 - The United States has told the Inter-American Peace Committee that Cuba “represents a bridgehead of Sino-Soviet...
Jan 2, 2022
JFK Jr. Visits Grandfather at Hospital
Jan. 2, 1962 - One-year-old John F. Kennedy Jr. went to see his ailing grandfather in the hospital today for the first time. Mrs. Kennedy...
Jan 1, 2022
President's Father Shows Some Improvement
Jan. 1, 1962 - Joseph P. Kennedy, the President’s father, is beginning to spend part of each day out of bed. He sat in a wheelchair for...
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