Justice Felix Franfurter to Retire, JFK to Appoint Arthur Goldberg to Vacancy
Aug. 29, 1962 - Felix Frankfurter (pictured in 1939) has retired from active service on the Supreme Court after 23 years as an associate...
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Aug 28, 2022
President Kennedy Addresses Summer Interns
Aug. 28, 1962 - President Kennedy told 5,000 college students today that the burden of preserving world freedom in the next 10 or 20...
Aug 28, 2022
President’s Youngest Brother Roughed Up in Boston Debate
Aug. 28, 1962 - Edward M. Kennedy waded into his first political brawl last night and emerged a bit roughed up but still standing. The...
Aug 27, 2022
President Pins Bronze Star on former Captive of Laotian Communists
Aug. 27, 1962 - President Kennedy pinned a Bronze Star Medal for meritorious “cold war” service today on Maj. Lawrence R. Bailey Jr. of...
Aug 24, 2022
Aug. 24, 1962 - JFK Phone Call to Democrats in Indiana
Aug. 24, 1962 - This is a recording of President John F. Kennedy’s telephone address to the Midwestern Democratic Conference held in...
Aug 23, 2022
Aug. 23, 1962 JFK to WWII Vets
Aug. 23, 1962 - President Kennedy delivers remarks via telephone from the Oval Office to the American Veterans of World War II (AMVETS) ...
Aug 23, 2022
Aug. 23, 1962 - JFK Remarks to Fulbright Exchange Teachers
Aug. 23, 1962 - President Kennedy speaks to a group of Fulbright exchange teachers in the Rose Garden of the White House. #JFK #1960s...
Aug 22, 2022
Highlights from President Kennedy’s Press Conference
Aug. 22, 1962 - Following are some highlights from President’s news conference today: Space — He said that anybody who attempted to...
Aug 22, 2022
Nixon Wants to Debate Gov. Brown
Aug. 22, 1962 - Richard M. Nixon made a formal overture today for a renewal of negotiations with Gov. Edmund G. Brown about a proposed...
Aug 22, 2022
President Comments on Soviet Presence in Cuba
Aug. 22, 1962 - President Kennedy said today there was evidence that the Communist bloc had sent large numbers of technicians and...
Aug 22, 2022
Mrs. Kennedy Mobbed in Amalfi
Aug. 22, 1962 - Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy stopped to buy magazines and other reading material in Amalfi while on her way to the beach at...
Aug 22, 2022
Vice President Departs on World Tour
Aug. 22, 1962 - Vice President Johnson left today for a 19-day tour of the Middle East and southern Europe. At a send-off ceremony this...
Aug 22, 2022
U.S. “Well Behind” Russians in Space Race, Says JFK
Aug. 22, 1962 - The United States is “well behind” the Soviet Union in the space race, President Kennedy asserted today, but he repeated...
Aug 21, 2022
Mrs. Kennedy Experiences Slight Earthquake in Ravello
Aug. 21, 1962 - Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy was strolling in the gardens of the Villa Cimbrone in Ravello, Italy, when earth tremors were...
Aug 21, 2022
Administration Sees Vietnam War as Temporary Draw
Aug. 21, 1962 - The Kennedy Administration’s latest estimate of the war in South Vietnam is that the U.S.-backed Vietnamese forces and...
Aug 19, 2022
President Swims with Awestruck Californians in Santa Monica
Aug. 19, 1962 - President Kennedy capped his 33-hour visit to California today by delighting hundreds of bathers with an impromptu swim...
Aug 19, 2022
Aug. 15, 1962 - JFK's Visit to U.S. Coast Guard Training Barque Eagle
Aug. 19, 1962 - This video covers President Kennedy's visit Wednesday to the U.S. Coast Guard training barque Eagle at the Navy Yard...
Aug 18, 2022
Video: President Kennedy in Los Banos
Aug. 18, 1962 - Here is video of President Kennedy presiding over the groundbreaking ceremony for San Luis Reservoir, a joint...
Aug 18, 2022
President Kennedy Attends Ceremonies in Los Banos, California
Aug. 18, 1962 - President Kennedy set off a charge of TNT in Los Banos, Calif., today and formally started the construction of a huge...
Aug 18, 2022
Aug. 18, 1962 - JFK in Fresno
Aug. 18, 1962 - Here are President Kennedy's remarks today at the Fresno Air Terminal in Fresno, California. In his speech, President...
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