Viet Cong Headquarters in Central Highlands Bombed
May 29, 1962 - The chief of the South Vietnamese General Staff said today that the Vietnamese Air Force had bombed the headquarters of...
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May 28, 2022
JFK Jr. Walks
May 28, 1962 - John F. Kennedy Jr., who began walking about two weeks ago, demonstrated his new skills for his father last Friday. It was...
May 28, 2022
President Kennedy Commemorates Memorial Day
May 28, 1962 - The nation will observe Memorial Day today with a request by President Kennedy that Americans reserve an hour of their...
May 27, 2022
Comdr. Carpenter Honored at Cape Canaveral
May 27, 1962 - Lieut. Comdr. Scott Carpenter returned to the starting point of his space journey at Cape Canaveral today and was honored...
May 26, 2022
Pravda Credits Astronaut Carpenter's "Courage and Endurance"
May 26, 1962 - Pravda published today a dramatic account of Lieut. Comdr. Scott Carpenter’s troubles in space but praised the American...
May 26, 2022
Attorney General Hosts Puppet Show and Cookout
May 26, 1962 - More than 100 children jammed Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy’s office today for a puppet and magic show, then...
May 26, 2022
Good Week for Government Forces in South Vietnam
May 26, 1962 - U.S Army and Marine helicopters carried Vietnamese troops in a raid today against remnants of two Communist guerrilla...
May 26, 2022
(VIDEO) JFK Remarks to Seniors on Health Insurance for the Aged through Social Security
May 26, 1962 - In the White House Rose Garden today, President Kennedy spoke to members of the National Council of Senior Citizens about...
May 26, 2022
Carpenter's Errors Disclosed by Project Mercury Officials
May 26, 1962 - Lieut. Comdr. Scott Carpenter made the mistake of leaving two control systems in operation in the final phase of his...
May 25, 2022
Astronaut Scott Carpenter Perfectly Healthy
May 25, 1962 - The Project Mercury medical team pronounced Lieut. Commander Scott Carpenter today to have come through five hours in...
May 25, 2022
Federal Agencies To Examine Link of Cigarette Smoking to Cancer
May 25, 1962 - Two Federal agencies are preparing reports dealing with the possible connection between cigarette smoking and cancer. The...
May 25, 2022
(VIDEO) JFK on Conservation
May 25, 1962 - Here's a clip from President Kennedy’s remarks today to the White House Conference on Conservation held in the State...
May 25, 2022
NASA's Schedule for the 1960s
May 25, 1962 - Now that Lieut. Comdr. Scott Carpenter has duplicated the success of Lieut. Col. John H. Glenn Jr. on a three-orbit...
May 24, 2022
The Origin of "Aurora VII"
May 24, 1962 - It seems fitting that Lieut. Comdr. Scott Carpenter’s reasons for naming his spacecraft Aurora VII are both lofty and...
May 24, 2022
President Kennedy Congratulates Astronaut Scott Carpenter
May 24, 1962 - President Kennedy said today that the courage of Lieutenant Commander Scott Carpenter and the skill and initiative of his...
May 24, 2022
Carpenter's Overshoot Attributed to Capsule Angle
May 24, 1962 - The overshoot of Lieut. Comdr. Carpenter’s space capsule (pictured left) was said to have been caused by the fact that the...
May 24, 2022
🚨Commander Carpenter Is Second American to Orbit the Earth
May 24, 1962 - Lieutenant Commander Scott Carpenter became today the second American astronaut to orbit the earth. His three-orbit trip...
May 24, 2022
South Vietnamese 7th Division Inflicts Heavy Casualties on Viet Cong
May 24, 1962 - The South Vietnamese Seventh Division continued today to inflict heavy casualties on a Communist guerrilla force trapped...
May 24, 2022
Assassination Plotters Sentenced to Death in South Vietnam
May 24, 1962 - In Saigon today, a special military tribunal sentenced three Vietnamese to death for having plotted to assassinate the...
May 24, 2022
JFK Remarks on Sam Rayburn
May 24, 1962 - Here are President Kennedy's remarks today at the cornerstone-laying ceremony of the Rayburn House Office Building in...
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