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...
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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 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 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 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 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
Robert F. Kennedy Visits Bonn
Feb. 24, 1962 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy told a group of university students in Bonn today that the U.S. would not go to war to...
Feb 23, 2022
President's Youngest Brother Tours East Berlin
Feb. 23, 1962 - President Kennedy’s youngest brother, Edward (pictured with interpreter), toured East Berlin today, and the Communist...
Feb 23, 2022
Robert F. Kennedy's Last Day in Berlin is Emotional
Feb. 23, 1962 - Attorney General Robert Kennedy, on the last day of his official visit to West Berlin, continued to draw large and...
Feb 22, 2022
VIDEO: "Atomic Weapons and Fire"
Feb. 22, 1962 - “Atomic Weapons and Fire” is a film produced by the Defense Atomic Support Agency. It shows procedures to be used in the...
Feb 22, 2022
George Washington's 230th Birthday Passes Quietly
Feb. 22, 1962 - George Washington’s 230th birthday was observed quietly in the capital today. At the Capitol there was the traditional...
Feb 22, 2022
First Lady Will Be Focus of NBC-TV Documentary
Feb. 22, 1962 - Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy will be the subject of a documentary to be televised by NBC on Sunday, March 25, from 9 to 10...
Feb 22, 2022
Robert F. Kennedy Draws Huge Crowds in West Berlin
Feb. 22, 1962 - Huge and emotional crowds greeted Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy today as he began a two-day visit to West Berlin. He...
Feb 21, 2022
Berlin Excited for Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy's Arrival
Feb. 21, 1962 - Even before his arrival tomorrow, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy has both halves of the divided, troubled city of...
Feb 21, 2022
Transcript of President Kennedy's Reply to Premier Khrushchev's Congratulatory Letter
Feb. 21, 1962 - Following is the text of President Kennedy’s reply to Soviet Premier Khrushchev’s letter of congratulation on Colonel...
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