Former Bay of Pigs Prisoner Says Cuban Missile Crisis “Boosted Our Morale”
Dec. 25, 1962 - The intelligence chief of the Bay of Pigs invasion force (pictured after their capture in April 1961) said today that the...
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Dec 25, 2022
Details Emerge on Bay of Pigs Prisoner Swap
Dec. 25, 1962 - General Lucius D. Clay, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, and others raised almost $3 million in cash this week to make...
Dec 25, 2022
President Kennedy’s Family Enjoys Christmas in Palm Beach, Fla.
Dec. 25, 1962 - President and Mrs. Kennedy got an early start on Christmas observances today, thanks to two youngsters eager to get at...
Dec 25, 2022
Jacqueline Kennedy Most Admired Woman in Poll
Dec. 25, 1962 - Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy is the first choice of the American public as the woman they admire most in the world today. The...
Dec 22, 2022
President Kennedy Enjoys Working Vacation in Palm Beach
Dec. 22, 1962 - President Kennedy relaxed in perfect summer weather in Palm Beach, Fla., today on the first day of his Christmas...
Dec 19, 2022
President Kennedy and Prime Minister Macmillan Meet in The Bahamas
Dec. 19, 1962 - President Kennedy and Prime Minister Macmillan neared an agreement today to terminate the controversial Skybolt missile...
Dec 18, 2022
Dec. 18, 1962 - JFK Remarks to Harold Macmillan in The Bahamas
Dec. 18, 1962 - Here are President Kennedy's remarks today to Harold Macmillan, Prime Minister of Great Britain, upon arrival at Windsor...
Dec 18, 2022
President Kennedy Arrives in The Bahamas
Dec. 18, 1962 - President Kennedy arrived in the Bahamas today for two days of talks with British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan. The...
Dec 17, 2022
TV: President Kennedy Interviewed by Correspondents of Three Networks
Dec. 17, 1962 - President Kennedy told correspondents of three networks and a nationwide television audience tonight the placing of...
Dec 17, 2022
President Kennedy Lights Christmas Tree at White House
Dec. 17, 1962 - President Kennedy lighted the nation’s Christmas tree today and said the nation had emerged from a year of peril into a...
Dec 17, 2022
Dec. 17, 1962 - JFK Lights National Christmas Tree
Dec. 17, 1962 - Here are President Kennedy’s remarks this evening at the lighting of the national Christmas Tree at the White House....
Dec 16, 2022
Dec. 16, 1962 | "After Two Years" -- A Conversation with President John F. Kennedy
Here is President John F. Kennedy’s television interview entitled “After Two Years: A Conversation with the President,” broadcast by...
Dec 15, 2022
Goldwater Not Convinced Soviet Missiles Are Out of Cuba
Dec. 15, 1962 - Senator Barry Goldwater (R-Ariz.) says he suspects President Kennedy has made a “secret deal” with Premier Khrushchev on...
Dec 14, 2022
President Kennedy Pushes Tax Reform for 1963
Dec. 14, 1962 - President Kennedy called tonight for a broad program of Federal tax reduction and reform to take effect in 1963 and “cut...
Dec 13, 2022
Alabama’s Governor-Elect calls RFK “Sapling Caesar”
Dec. 13, 1962 - Alabama Governor-elect George C. Wallace (pictured) today called Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy a “sapling Caesar”...
Dec 13, 2022
TV: “After Two Years — A Conversation with the President”
Dec. 13, 1962 - President Kennedy will discuss the first two years of his Administration Monday night in a joint television interview...
Dec 12, 2022
President Kennedy Draws Laughter at Press Conference with Remarks on “The First Family” Comedy LP
Dec. 12, 1962 - President Kennedy brought down the house at his press conference today with his comment on “The First Family,” the hit...
Dec 12, 2022
President and First Lady Hold Christmas Party for Staff
Dec. 12, 1962 - President and Mrs. Kennedy started the Christmas season today with a party for about 1,200 White House and executive...
Dec 12, 2022
Highlights of President Kennedy’s Press Conference
Dec. 12, 1962 - Here are some highlights of President Kennedy’s news conference today: Tax Cut Plans — “We intend to go ahead with our...
Dec 12, 2022
JFK: Adlai Stevenson Doing “Excellent” Job at U.N.
Dec. 12, 1962 - President Kennedy told his press conference today that Adlai Stevenson (right) has done an “excellent” job at the U.N....
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