JFK Signs Bill Prohibiting Racial Discrimination in Federal Housing
Nov. 20, 1962 - By a long-promised “stroke of the pen,” President Kennedy today prohibited racial and religious discrimination in housing...
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Nov 20, 2022
MLK on Federal Housing Bill: “Constitutionally Sound, Morally Right”
Nov. 20, 1962 - Negro and Northern spokesmen said today that President Kennedy’s order barring discrimination in Federally aided housing...
Nov 19, 2022
Nov. 19, 1962 - JFK Remarks to Inter-American Symposium
Nov. 19, 1962 - Here are President Kennedy’s remarks today to members of the first Inter-American Symposium in the White House Rose...
Nov 19, 2022
Paul Winter Group Performs at White House
Nov. 19, 1962 - Today, for the first time in history, a jazz concert was held at the White House. The young Paul Winter Jazz Sextet went...
Nov 18, 2022
Vaughn Meader’s “First Family” Record a Smash Hit
Nov. 18, 1962 - New Yorkers stood before a Broadway record shop on Saturday night, listening to what seemed to be the voice of President...
Nov 17, 2022
Nov. 17, 1962 - JFK Dedicates Dulles Airport
Nov. 17, 1962 - President Kennedy dedicated the Dulles International Airport today in Chantilly, Va. #jfk #airport #history #politics
Nov 17, 2022
President Kennedy Dedicates Dulles International Airport
Nov. 17, 1962 - President Kennedy dedicated the Dulles International Airport today in Chantilly, Va. Former President Dwight D....
Nov 16, 2022
JFK and Khrushchev Exchange Letters
Nov. 16, 1962 - The continuing exchange of private letters between Premier Khrushchev and President Kennedy (pictured last year in...
Nov 15, 2022
President and Mrs. Kennedy Receive Bolshoi Dancers at White House
Nov. 15, 1962 - President and Mrs. Kennedy extended a second welcome to members of the Bolshoi Ballet today, this time at the White...
Nov 15, 2022
Nov. 15, 1962 - JFK Signs Union Program for Fair Practices Statement
Nov. 15, 1962 - Here are President Kennedy’s remarks in the White House upon the signing of The Joint Statement on Union Program for Fair...
Nov 14, 2022
Nov. 14, 1962 - JFK Toast to West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer
Nov. 14, 1962 - Here is an audio clip from President Kennedy’s toast today to West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer at a luncheon held...
Nov 14, 2022
Nov. 14, 1962 - JFK Welcomes West German Chancellor Adenauer to Washington
Nov. 14, 1962 - Here is a clip from President Kennedy's remarks of welcome today to the Chancellor of West Germany, Dr. Konrad Adenauer....
Nov 14, 2022
JFK and RFK Donate Salaries to Charity
Nov. 14, 1962 - President Kennedy and his brother, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, both donate their Government salaries to charity,...
Nov 14, 2022
President Kennedy Meets with Chancellor Adenauer
Nov. 14, 1962 - President Kennedy and West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer held a round of meetings today. Their discussions about the...
Nov 13, 2022
President Enjoys Performance by Bolshoi Ballet
Nov. 13, 1962 - President Kennedy led a wildly cheering audience that greeted a performance of the Bolshoi Ballet tonight in Washington....
Nov 13, 2022
Goldwater: JFK Should Fire Adlai and Three Others
Nov. 13, 1962 - Senator Barry Goldwater (pictured with Eddie Rickenbacker) said in New York last night that President Kennedy should oust...
Nov 8, 2022
JFK Orders Flags Lowered to Half Staff to Honor Mrs. Roosevelt
Nov. 8, 1962 - President Kennedy ordered all U.S. flags lowered to half-staff throughout the world today in tribute to Mrs. Eleanor...
Nov 7, 2022
Democrats Elated Over Election
Nov. 7, 1962 - Democratic leaders from President Kennedy down expressed elation today over their party’s victory in yesterday’s...
Nov 7, 2022
JFK Calls Eleanor Roosevelt “One of the Great Ladies in History”
Nov. 7, 1962 - President Kennedy (pictured in 1960) led the nation tonight in expressing grief at the death of Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt...
Nov 7, 2022
South Dakota Senatorial Race Too Close to Call
Nov. 7, 1962 - Votes cast for U.S. Senator in South Dakota will be recounted to determine if George S. McGovern (right), the Democratic...
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