Kennedy Administration Gives Business a Tax Cut
July 11, 1962 - The Kennedy Administration gave business a $1.5 billion tax cut today in the form of more liberal allowances for...
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Jul 11, 2022
President Kennedy Updated on Dr. King’s Arrest
July 11, 1962 - President Kennedy has asked for a report on the arrest at Albany, Ga., yesterday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and other...
Jul 10, 2022
President Kennedy Enjoyed the Ball Game
July 10, 1962 - President Kennedy clearly enjoyed himself at the All-Star Game today. Before the start of the game, Stan Musial of the...
Jul 9, 2022
Hoffa Will Not Be Prosecuted on Assault Charge
July 9, 1962 - The Government today decided not to prosecute James R. Hoffa, Teamster’s president, on assault charges pressed against him...
Jul 8, 2022
Comic Troupe Satirizes Kennedy Administration
July 8, 1962 - While President Kennedy and his family relaxed on Squaw Island on Nantucket Sound, an improvisational troupe of actors...
Jul 8, 2022
President Kennedy Pushes Physical Fitness for Youth of America
July 8, 1962 - President Kennedy urged the nation’s school administrators today to adopt effective programs of physical fitness before...
Jul 7, 2022
Joseph Kennedy Arrives in Hyannis
July 7, 1962 - Joseph P. Kennedy, father of President Kennedy, arrived in Hyannis Port, Mass., this morning by plane from New York, where...
Jul 6, 2022
President Kennedy Praises Faulkner
July 6, 1962 - President Kennedy praised William Faulkner today as one of the “great creators of this age.” Mr. Kennedy’s statement,...
Jul 5, 2022
Main Points of President Kennedy’s Press Conference
July 5, 1962 - President Kennedy made the following points at his news conference today: Taxes — He prefers to wait until 1963 for an...
Jul 5, 2022
(VIDEO) JFK on Fallout Shelters
July 5, 1962 - President Kennedy broke six months of silence on civil defense today and expressed hope for prompt Congressional action...
Jul 5, 2022
(VIDEO) JFK on AMA
July 5, 1962 - At today's news conference, President Kennedy defended his plan for health care for the aged through Social Security and...
Jul 5, 2022
President Kennedy Pushes Fallout Shelters
July 5, 1962 - President Kennedy broke six months of silence on civil defense today and expressed hope for prompt Congressional action on...
Jul 4, 2022
(VIDEO) JFK Full Address at Philadelphia's Independence Hall
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Jul 4, 2022
President Speaks in Philadelphia’s Independence Square
July 4, 1962 - President Kennedy declared today that the U.S. looked forward to a “declaration of interdependence” that would bring it...
Jul 3, 2022
JFK Remarks to Special Seminar of Foreign Service Institute
July 3, 1962 - Here are President Kennedy’s remarks at the White House today to members of a special anti-insurgency seminar run by the...
Jul 3, 2022
JFK Statement on Algerian Independence
July 3, 1962 - Here are President John F. Kennedy’s congratulatory remarks concerning the achievement of Algerian independence. #JFK...
Jul 2, 2022
July 2, 1962 - JFK Remarks on Restored Mantel in State Dining Room
July 2, 1962 - Here is a clip from President Kennedy’s remarks today at the dedication of the restored mantelpiece in the State Dining...
Jul 1, 2022
President Kennedy Leaves Mexico on Positive Note
July 1, 1962 - President Kennedy left Mexico today after having received the applause of crowds as enthusiastic as those that greeted him...
Jun 30, 2022
Mrs. Kennedy Makes Speech in Spanish in Mexico
June 30, 1962 - Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy made a speech in Spanish today that recalled that she had visited Mexico on her wedding trip. A...
Jun 30, 2022
(VIDEO) JFK on Brother Edward's Senate Candidacy
June 30, 1962 - A reporter asked President Kennedy today if the election of his brother Edward to the Senate would mean "too many...
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