June 10, 1963 | JFK "Peace Speech" at American University
June 10, 1963 - Here is President Kennedy’s address today at the commencement ceremony at American University in Washington, D.C. In his...
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Jun 10, 2023
President Kennedy Proposes “Strategy of Peace” at American University
June 10, 1963 - President Kennedy proposed a “strategy of peace” today to lead the U.S. and the Soviet Union out of the “vicious and...
Jun 9, 2023
June 9, 1963 | JFK Remarks at Mayors Conference in Honolulu
June 9, 1963 - Here is a clip from President Kennedy’s address today at the U.S. Conference of Mayors held at the Hawaiian Village Hotel...
Jun 9, 2023
President Kennedy Speaks on Race Relations at Mayors Conference in Honolulu
June 9, 1963 - President Kennedy told the National Conference of Mayors in Honolulu today that in “a moment of moral and constitutional...
Jun 9, 2023
Dr. King Hits Kennedy on Civil Rights
June 9, 1963 - The civil rights approach of the Kennedy Administration as compared with that of the Eisenhower Administration has merely...
Jun 9, 2023
President Kennedy Arrives in Hawaii
June 9, 1963 - President Kennedy received a cheering, aloha-filled welcome today on his first visit to Hawaii since his election in 1960....
Jun 8, 2023
JFK Pushes Tax Cut
June 8, 1963 - President Kennedy warned again today of an economic recession in sounding a vigorous call for enactment of his program of...
Jun 8, 2023
President Kennedy Pays Impromptu Visit to High School Senior Prom
June 8, 1963 - In Los Angeles last night, President Kennedy turned a big night into the time of their lives for the graduating seniors of...
Jun 7, 2023
JFK Witnesses Demonstration of Navy Firepower
June 7, 1963 - President Kennedy switched his attention to politics in Los Angeles this evening after two days of learning what a...
Jun 7, 2023
Nixon Honored at Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles
June 7, 1963 - Former Vice President Richard M. Nixon bade farewell to California at a luncheon today but added that his heart will...
Jun 6, 2023
Rocky Hits JFK
June 6, 1963 - New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller (pictured Monday at the Puerto Rican parade) charged tonight that “vacillation and...
Jun 6, 2023
President Kennedy Discusses Race Relations at San Diego State College Commencement
June 6, 1963 - President Kennedy spoke out sharply today against racial segregation and education deficiencies he said were damaging the...
Jun 6, 2023
11-Year-Old Blind Boy Meets President Kennedy in San Diego
June 6, 1963 - Little Joey Renzi saw President Kennedy in San Diego today with his hands. It was the only way the excited 11-year-old...
Jun 5, 2023
President Kennedy Arrives in El Paso
June 5, 1963 - President Kennedy arrived in El Paso, Texas today by plane at 6:04 p.m. local time and got in the only political licks of...
Jun 5, 2023
JFK Visits New Mexico’s White Sands Missile Range
June 5, 1963 - The Army gave President Kennedy a spectacular demonstration of rocket age weapons today at New Mexico’s White Sands...
Jun 5, 2023
President Kennedy Speaks at Air Force Academy in Colorado
June 5, 1963 - In Colorado Springs today, President Kennedy announced that the U.S. would move ahead with the development of a supersonic...
Jun 4, 2023
Jackie To Have Third Baby at Walter Reed Hospital
June 4, 1963 - Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy (pictured this week at a children’s picnic on the South Lawn of the White House) has selected the...
Jun 4, 2023
JFK: Discrimination on Federal Construction Jobs Ends Now
June 4, 1963 - President Kennedy today ordered a quick end to discrimination on all federal construction jobs. The surprise action set...
Jun 3, 2023
President Kennedy Pays Tribute to Pope
June 3, 1963 - President Kennedy paid high tribute today to the statesmanship and moral leadership of Pope John XXIII (pictured with...
Jun 3, 2023
JFK Visited by Mother of Congressional Medal of Honor Winner
June 3, 1963 - The 76-year-old mother of the only Japanese American to win a Congressional Medal of Honor visited for 15 minutes this...
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