Brisk Sales of John F. Kennedy Memorial Record Albums
Dec. 20, 1963 - Less than a month after his assassination, seven John F. Kennedy memorial record albums have sold a combined total of at...
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Dec 18, 2023
Senate Authorizes Kennedy Half-Dollar
Dec. 18, 1963 - The Senate completed Congressional authorization today for the use of a likeness of President Kennedy on half-dollars...
Dec 16, 2023
Warren: “No Useful Purpose” to Make FBI Findings on Assassination Public
Dec. 16, 1963 - Chief Justice Earl Warren said today it “would serve no useful purpose at this time” to make public the findings of an...
Dec 12, 2023
Mrs. Kennedy To Observe One-Year Mourning Period
Dec. 12, 1963 - Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy (pictured Nov. 25) plans to observe a one-year period of mourning and will have no public...
Dec 10, 2023
NYC City Council Votes to Change Idlewild to Kennedy Airport
Dec. 10, 1963 - In an action marked by solemnity and silent prayer, the New York City Council voted unanimously today to change the name...
Dec 10, 2023
Two Prominent California Attorneys To Defend Jack Ruby
Dec. 10, 1963 - Two prominent California attorneys, Melvin Belli of San Francisco (pictured) and Sam Brody of Los Angeles, said today...
Dec 10, 2023
President Johnson Asks Congress for 50-Cent Piece with JFK’s Likeness
Dec. 10, 1963 - President Johnson asked Congress today to authorize a 50-cent coin bearing the likeness of John Fitzgerald Kennedy. The...
Dec 9, 2023
FBI “Risk List” Did Not Include Oswald
Dec. 9, 1963 - The FBI gave the Secret Service a “risk list” of Dallas individuals in advance of President Kennedy’s fatal trip, but the...
Dec 9, 2023
TV: “The Making of the President 1960”
Dec. 9, 1963 - “The Making of the President 1960,” a filmed report of events covered in Theodore White’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book,...
Dec 9, 2023
FBI: Oswald Killed JFK, Acted Alone
Dec. 9, 1963 - An FBI report went to a special Presidential commission today and named Lee Harvey Oswald as the assassin of President...
Dec 8, 2023
Kennedy Children Go Christmas Shopping
Dec. 8, 1963 - John F. Kennedy Jr. and his older sister, 6-year-old Caroline, got a brief look today at what Santa Claus might bring them...
Dec 7, 2023
Johnsons Move Into White House
Dec. 7, 1963 - The Johnsons moved into the White House today, taking up residence at the mansion they had visited often as guests since...
Dec 6, 2023
JFK Awarded Posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom
Dec. 6, 1963 - John F. Kennedy today joined the roster of 31 civilian leaders whom he had personally approved to receive the new...
Dec 6, 2023
Mrs. Kennedy Moves into Georgetown Home
Dec. 6, 1963 - Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy left the White House today after a quiet goodbye to the household staff and moved into a home in...
Dec 6, 2023
GOP Congressmen Reject Collective Blame for JFK Assassination
Dec. 6, 1963 - Congressional Republicans deplored today what they called attempts to blame “hatred” in this country for the assassination...
Dec 6, 2023
Oswald’s Widow Wishes to Remain in U.S.
Dec. 6, 1963 - The Russian-born widow of Lee Harvey Oswald was quoted today as saying she “wants to be an American and continue to live...
Dec 6, 2023
Dallas Police: Oswald Tried to Assassinate Edwin Walker
Dec. 6, 1963 - A rifle shot that narrowly missed former Maj. Gen. Edwin Walker, an angry critic of President Kennedy, in his Dallas home...
Dec 5, 2023
Warren Commission Begins Work
Dec. 5, 1963 - The commission investigating President Kennedy’s assassination began work today with a long meeting in Washington. It...
Dec 4, 2023
Patrick Bouvier Kennedy Reinterred at Arlington
Dec. 4, 1963 - President Kennedy’s two children who had been buried in New England have been reinterred beside their father in Arlington...
Dec 4, 2023
Movies: All Prints of “PT-109” Withdrawn
Dec. 4, 1963 - All prints of “PT-109,” the Hollywood film based on President Kennedy’s Navy exploits during World War II, have been...
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