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...
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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...
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