1960s Timeline

Sept. 9, 1963 - Governor George Wallace of Alabama replaced his state policemen with National Guard troops tonight and moved towards a...

Sept. 9, 1963 - A reduction of U.S. financial aid to South Vietnam might bring about collapse of that nation and open the gates to a...

Sept. 9, 1963 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy conceded today that President Kennedy’s drive to pass civil rights legislation is...

Sept. 7, 1963 - The Kennedy clan hovered about today, paying tribute to its chieftain, Joseph P. Kennedy. Those on hand in Hyannis Port,...

Sept. 6, 1963 - President Kennedy traveled to Hyannis Port, Mass., today to celebrate his father’s 75th birthday. With him were his two...

Sept. 6, 1963 - The Air Force brought President Kennedy and one of his severest critics, Senator Barry Goldwater (R-Ariz.), together...

Sept. 5, 1963 - Rain dampened but did not wash out the diplomatic welcome President Kennedy tendered today to King Mohammad Zahir and...

Sept. 3, 1963 - The Government made clear today that Federal troops or marshals would be used if necessary in the latest Alabama school...

Sept. 2, 1963 - President Kennedy admitted today that the civil rights situation will be an important subject in the 1964 Presidential...

Sept. 2, 1963 - President Kennedy said today that the leaders of South Vietnam should realize that the war against the Communist...

Sept. 2, 1963 - Governor George C. Wallace prevented today the start of public school desegregation in Alabama by sealing off Tuskegee...

Aug. 30, 1963 - When Walter Cronkite initiates his half-hour television news program on CBS next Monday, President Kennedy will be his...

Aug. 29, 1963 - Superman has volunteered to help flabby Americans regain their stamina and muscle tone. The cape-clad comic book hero,...

Aug. 27, 1963 - President Kennedy urged the youth of America today to seek public office in their nation’s government rather than rely...

Aug. 24, 1963 - Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower (pictured this month in Normandy) has told close political associates he intends to...

Aug. 23, 1963 - The U.S. House of Representatives today slashed $585 million from the foreign aid authorization recommended by its...

Aug. 20, 1963 - Pictured left below is Mark Bruce, 9, of Columbia, Mo., being kissed today by a puppy named Streaker at Columbia airport....

Aug. 20, 1963 - President Kennedy (pictured in 1961) was asked today whether he believed “the radical right” had captured Senator Barry...

Aug. 20, 1963 - President Kennedy said today that he disapproved of employment quotas based on race. This device has been proposed as a...

Aug. 19, 1963 - Governor Henry Bellmon of Oklahoma (pictured), the lone Republican voice at the Southern Governors Conference, said today...