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Mar 21, 2023

President Kennedy Hopes To Visit Berlin Later This Year

Mar. 21, 1963 - President Kennedy said today he hoped to visit Communist-encircled Berlin during his trip to West Germany later this...

Mar 20, 2023

JFK: Soviets Must Leave Cuba

Mar. 20, 1963 - President Kennedy (pictured in Costa Rica with presidents of Central American nations) said today the U.S. could not...

Mar 19, 2023

President Kennedy Pledges Aid to Central America

Mar. 19, 1963 - President Kennedy tonight pledged the U.S. to aid Central America in its efforts toward economic and social progress and...

Mar 19, 2023

JFK Polling Well Ahead of Goldwater

Mar. 19, 1963 - President Kennedy runs well ahead of Senator Barry Goldwater (R-Ariz.) in a nationwide test of the two men’s political...

Mar 19, 2023

President Kennedy Tours Costa Rica

Mar. 19, 1963 - In Costa Rica today, President Kennedy expressed his satisfaction with the beginnings of the Alliance for Progress and...

Mar 18, 2023

President Kennedy Welcomed to Costa Rica

Mar. 18, 1963 - President Kennedy was welcomed to Costa Rica today by the largest turnout within Costa Ricans’ memory. He promised that...

Mar 16, 2023

President Kennedy Has Young Pen-Pal

Mar. 16, 1963 - A 10-year-old boy asked President Kennedy about the “little people.” Today the President’s reply (right) was received by...

Mar 16, 2023

President Prepares for Costa Rica Conference

Mar. 16, 1963 - President Kennedy combined a yachting cruise today with homework for his three-day meeting that starts Monday in Costa...

Mar 15, 2023

President Kennedy Soaks Up Florida Sun

Mar. 15, 1963 - President Kennedy got an early start today on a weekend in the Florida sunshine where he will prepare for his third...

Mar 14, 2023

GOP Faces Tough Task Beating Kennedy in ‘64

Mar. 14, 1963 - One of the problems faced by the GOP high command today is to build up confidence among their own rank and file that the...

Mar 11, 2023

Bay of Pigs Pilots Recruited by CIA During Eisenhower Administration

Mar. 11, 1963 - The Chicago Sun-Times said today most of the American pilots who volunteered for the Cuban Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961...

Mar 9, 2023

Nixon Hits JFK on Cuba

Mar. 9, 1963 - Former Vice President Richard M. Nixon criticized President Kennedy last night as having failed to take sufficiently...

Mar 8, 2023

JFK Speaks Out on Public Defenders

Mar. 8, 1963 - President Kennedy urged Congress today to authorize the use of government-paid public defenders in federal courts for...

Mar 8, 2023

National Easter Seal Child Visits President Kennedy

Mar. 8, 1963 - Brenda Heaton, the 8-year-old national Easter seal child, went to the White House today hoping to see Caroline Kennedy but...

Mar 6, 2023

Highlights from President Kennendy’s News Conference

Mar. 6, 1963 - Following are some highlights of President Kennedy’s press conference today. (Pictured below is Mrs. Evelyn Lincoln, the...

Mar 6, 2023

JFK: No Prospect of Normalizing Relations with Cuba

Mar. 6, 1963 - President Kennedy today brushed off reported Cuban overtures to re-establish friendly relations with the U.S. Linking the...

Mar 5, 2023

JFK Remarks to Native American Leaders

Mar. 5, 1963 - Here are President Kennedy's remarks today to representatives of the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) in the...

Mar 5, 2023

American Indians Visit White House

Mar. 5, 1963 - A band of 100 American Indians visited Chief Curly of the Crows in the White House today to shower him with gifts and...

Mar 4, 2023

Governor Romney: I Am Not Going To Become a Presidential Candidate in ‘64

Mar. 4, 1963 - Governor George Romney of Michigan said today “I’m not going to become a candidate” for the 1964 Republican Presidential...

Mar 4, 2023

Nixon: Kennedy Can Be Beaten in ‘64

Mar. 4, 1963 - Richard Nixon (pictured right in 1960) believes President Kennedy can be beaten in 1964, primarily because the New...