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Feb 14, 2022

First Lady Excels as White House Tour Guide

Feb. 14, 1962 - Millions of television viewers toured the White House this evening with Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy leading the way. The...

Feb 14, 2022

TV: First Lady's White House Tour

Feb. 14, 1962 - First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy gives an exclusive televised tour of the White House, hosted by CBS's Charles Collingwood....

Feb 14, 2022

Nationalist Chinese General Hu Tsung-Nan Dead at 62

Feb. 14, 1962 - General Hu Tsung-Nan (pictured in 1936), who wanted to throw his 250,000 troops against the Chinese Communists during...

Feb 14, 2022

Nixon Campaigns in Mariposa

Feb. 14, 1962 - Richard M. Nixon carried his campaign for the Governorship of California to Mariposa today. The former Vice President...

Feb 14, 2022

Governor Rockefeller Talks Impending Divorce

Feb. 14, 1962 - New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller said today that the question of whether his pending divorce would be a political...

Feb 14, 2022

Kennedy: Powers a "Free Agent" after Interrogation

Feb. 14, 1962 - Francis Gary Powers can testify before Congressional committees and talk with newsmen after he completes “important...

Feb 14, 2022

General Henry I. Hodes Dead at 62, Combat Commander in WWII and Korea

Feb. 14, 1962 - General Henry Irving Hodes (pictured center in Korea in 1951), a combat commander in World War II and the Korean...

Feb 14, 2022

Main Points of President Kennedy's Press Conference

Feb. 14, 1962 - Following are main points of President Kennedy’s news conference today: Summit — He said he would attend a...

Feb 12, 2022

Senator Margaret Chase Smith Calls GOP "Fainthearted" About Opposing JFK in '64

Feb. 12, 1962 - Maine Senator Margaret Chase Smith (pictured) suggested today that leading Republican Presidential aspirants were seeking...

Feb 12, 2022

President Kennedy Meets with Commission on the Status of Women

Feb. 12, 1962 - President Kennedy said today that it was essential that women workers be assured of pay that reflected the services they...

Feb 11, 2022

TV: CBS Special | "Thunder on the Right"

Feb. 11, 1962 - The various shades of conservative opinion will be reviewed by CBS on Thursday, Feb. 22, at 10 p.m. The hour-long show,...

Feb 11, 2022

Memorial to General George C. Marshall To Be Erected in Frankfurt

Feb. 11, 1962 - A memorial to the late General of the Army George C. Marshall (pictured in 1945) as author of the plan that made possible...

Feb 11, 2022

Board of Inquiry Will Question Francis Gary Powers on Crash and Capture

Feb. 11, 1962 - The C.I.A. has formed a board of inquiry to investigate the circumstances of the capture of Francis Gary Powers by the...

Feb 10, 2022

Robert F. Kennedy Arrives in Hong Kong

Feb. 10, 1962 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy arrived today in Hong Kong, a British colony in the shadow of Communist China, for a...

Feb 10, 2022

George Romney Will Run for Michigan Governor

Feb. 10, 1962 - George Romney announced today that he would seek the Republican nomination for Governor of Michigan. The 54-year-old...

Feb 9, 2022

Robert F. Kennedy Challenges Japanese Leftist to Visit U.S.

Feb. 9, 1962 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy faced the startled chief of Japan’s massive left-wing labor union today and challenged...

Feb 9, 2022

Nixon Makes Appearnace on Paar Show, Bashes Kennedy

Feb. 9, 1962 - Richard M. Nixon lashed out last night at President Kennedy’s handling of the Cuban situation and at other aspects of the...

Feb 9, 2022

🚨Francis Gary Powers Released, U.S. Releases Spy Rudolf Abel in Exchange

Feb. 9, 1962 - Francis Gary Powers has been released by the Soviet Union in exchange for the release of Col. Rudolf Abel, the convicted...

Feb 8, 2022

Romney Begins 24-Hour Fast Prior to Decision on Governor Run

Feb. 8, 1962 - George Romney (pictured with his wife Lenore) began a 24-hour fast today as he sought to decide whether to become a...

Feb 8, 2022

Leftists Boycott Robert F. Kennedy in Kyoto

Feb. 8, 1962 - Left-wing students boycotted a scheduled meeting with Robert F. Kennedy (pictured left at a karate demonstration) today in...