Philip Graham, CEO of Washington Post, Commits Suicide
Aug. 3, 1963 - Philip L. Graham (pictured right in 1961), president and CEO of The Washington Post and chairman of the board of Newsweek...
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Aug 2, 2023
Caroline and John Jr. Certain New Baby Is a Boy
Aug. 2, 1963 - There is one White House visitor President Kennedy’s two youngsters (pictured with nurse Maud Shaw) will be looking for...
Aug 2, 2023
President Kennedy Greets Members of Girls’ Nation
Aug. 2, 1963 - President Kennedy greeted 100 members of Girls’ Nation today and avoided any controversy by telling them merely that they...
Aug 1, 2023
Highlights of President Kennedy’s News Conference
Aug. 1, 1963 - Following are some highlights of President Kennedy’s news conference today: Nuclear Testing — The President expressed...
Aug 1, 2023
President Kennedy Comments on Civil Rights Demonstrations
Aug. 1, 1963 - President Kennedy welcomed today an apparent slackening in Negro demonstrations in some areas. However, he warned that the...
Jul 30, 2023
American Schoolchildren in Better Condition
July 30, 1963 - American schoolchildren are stronger and in better condition now than they were two years ago, President Kennedy’s...
Jul 28, 2023
First Lady Celebrates 34th Birthday in Hyannis
July 28, 1963 - President Kennedy and most of the numerous members of his family celebrated Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy’s 34th birthday today...
Jul 27, 2023
President Kennedy Visits Irish Convent
June 27, 1963 - President Kennedy made an unexpected stop at a convent near Wexford, Ireland today to meet his third cousin, Mother...
Jul 27, 2023
First Lady Turns 34 Tomorrow
July 27, 1963 - First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy will celebrate her 34th birthday tomorrow in the manner she likes best — with little fuss...
Jul 27, 2023
Harriman: Nuclear Test Ban Received in Moscow with “Real Rejoicing”
July 27, 1963 - W. Averell Harriman (left) said today that the conclusion of a treaty to outlaw most nuclear tests had been received in...
Jul 26, 2023
President Kennedy Makes T.V. and Radio Address
July 26, 1963 - President Kennedy, speaking to the nation tonight in a “spirit of hope,” described the treaty for a limited nuclear test...
Jul 24, 2023
Jackie Plans To Deliver Third Child at Walter Reed
July 24, 1963 - The Air Force confirmed today that special quarters at Otis Air Force Base, located on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, had been...
Jul 23, 2023
TV: ABC Documentary on University of Alabama Showdown To Air This Fall
July 23, 1963 - A film in which President Kennedy and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy discuss Governor George Wallace in connection...
Jul 20, 2023
Goldwater 2-to-1 Favorite over Rocky To Get GOP Nomination
July 20, 1963 - If the nation’s governors are an accurate political barometer, Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller of New York has little...
Jul 19, 2023
Attorney General’s Son, Christopher George Kennedy, Is Christened; JFK in Attendance
July 19, 1963 - Surrounded by nieces and nephews, President Kennedy watched proudly today as Richard Cardinal Cushing, the Archbishop of...
Jul 19, 2023
JFK Congratulates Woman Pilot
July 19, 1963 - President Kennedy today personally congratulated pilot Betty Verret Miller, the first woman to fly alone across the...
Jul 18, 2023
President Kennedy Mobbed by Students
July 18, 1963 - President Kennedy was mobbed today at the White House by more than 2,500 foreign students who converged on him in the...
Jul 17, 2023
Highlights of President Kennedy’s News Conference
July 17, 1963 - Following are highlights of President Kennedy’s news conference today: Nuclear Testing — President Kennedy pledged that...
Jul 17, 2023
President Kennedy Warns Demonstrators and Segregationists
July 17, 1963 - President Kennedy had words of advice and warning today for both civil rights demonstrators and ardent segregationists....
Jul 16, 2023
President Kennedy Addresses Gradautes of NATO Defense School
July 16, 1963 - President Kennedy told graduates of the NATO defense school today that the North American Treaty Organization must be...
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