RFK: No Plans To Run for President in 1968
Mar. 1, 1963 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy replied “emphatically not” when asked today if he were planning to run for President in...
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Feb 28, 2023
Hoffa Again Blasts Attorney General
Feb. 28, 1963 - Teamsters president James R. Hoffa (pictured) again blasted U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy today and said the...
Feb 28, 2023
President Delivers Sweeping Civil Rights Message
Feb. 28, 1963 - President Kennedy, in a sweeping civil rights message, called today for new measures to protect Negro rights in voting,...
Feb 26, 2023
President’s PT-Boat Incident of 1943 Described as “Confused and Ineffective”
Feb. 26, 1963 - The World War II naval engagement that saw Lieutenant John F. Kennedy’s patrol boat sunk has drawn a description as a...
Feb 21, 2023
Highlights of President Kennedy’s Press Conference
Feb. 21, 1963 - Following are highlights of President Kennedy’s news conference: Strike — The President suggested that New York newspaper...
Feb 21, 2023
Feb. 21, 1963 - JFK on New York Newspaper Strike
Feb. 21, 1963 - The newspaper blackout in the nation’s largest city, a printers’ strike that has kept New York’s nine major papers shut...
Feb 21, 2023
Kennedy Denounces New York Newspaper Strike
Feb. 21, 1963 - The newspaper blackout in the nation’s largest city, a printers’ strike that has kept New York’s nine major papers shut...
Feb 21, 2023
President Orders Retaliation on Cuban Attacks
Feb. 21, 1963 - President Kennedy ordered military retaliation today against any Cuban ship or plane attacking U.S. sea and aircraft. He...
Feb 18, 2023
President Kennedy Sends Messages to Dead Veterans’ Families
Feb. 18, 1963 - For almost a year, President Kennedy has been sending printed certificates bearing the gold seal of the United States and...
Feb 15, 2023
Rep. Ford Speaks Out on Cuba
Feb. 15, 1963 - Congressman Gerald R. Ford (pictured third from right), chairman of the House GOP caucus, said today the U.S. should...
Feb 15, 2023
Governor Brown Trumpets California Over New York
Feb. 15, 1963 - Gov. Edmund G. Brown (pictured right) said today that California was not only a bigger and better state than New York but...
Feb 14, 2023
Highlights of President Kennedy’s News Conference
Feb. 14, 1963 - Following are the highlights of President Kennedy’s news conference today: Troops — The U.S. has no plan to reduce the...
Feb 13, 2023
President Kennedy Receives Award from Boy Scouts of America
Feb. 13, 1963 - President Kennedy (pictured with Boy Scout representatives in 1961), who started the current hiking fad, received today a...
Feb 13, 2023
Attorney General Sees Progress in War on Organized Crime
Feb. 13, 1963 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy told a Los Angeles press conference today that, although the Justice Department has...
Feb 13, 2023
President Kennedy Returns from Brief Visit to NYC
Feb. 10, 1963 - President Kennedy returned to Washington this afternoon, ending a 24-hour “completely private and social” visit to New...
Feb 7, 2023
Highlights from President Kennedy’s Press Conference
Feb. 7, 1963 - Following are the highlights of President Kennedy’s news conference today: Cuba — The President reported a decrease of...
Feb 7, 2023
President Kennedy Speaks Out on New York Newspaper Strike
Feb. 7, 1963 - President Kennedy said today that he did not think the bargaining in the New York newspaper strike had been “particularly...
Feb 7, 2023
President Addresses Annual Prayer Breakfast
Feb. 7, 1963 - President Kennedy counseled leaders of the Government today to “pray for powers equal to your tasks.” Both perils and...
Feb 6, 2023
[VIDEO] Robert S. McNamara Program on Soviet Weapons in Cuba
Feb. 6, 1963 - In an unprecedented nationally televised revelation of U.S. intelligence procedures, Defense Department officials...
Feb 6, 2023
McNamara Assures Americans on Soviet Weapons in Cuba
Feb. 6, 1963 - The Kennedy Administration produced a barrage of previously top-secret evidence today in an attempt to prove that all...
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