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Mar 31, 2022

Steel Industry and Union Announce New Contract, President Calls Terms "Noninflationary"

Mar. 31, 1962 - The steel industry and the United Steelworkers of America announced agreement today on new contract terms. President...

Mar 30, 2022

Edward M. Kennedy Admits Cheating at Harvard in 1951, Was Asked To Leave

Mar. 30, 1962 - Edward M. Kennedy, a candidate for a Democratic Senate nomination, admitted today that he had withdrawn from Harvard...

Mar 30, 2022

President Nominates Byron White to Supreme Court

Mar. 30, 1962 - President Kennedy today nominated Byron R. White (left), the Deputy Attorney General, to be an Associate Justice of the...

Mar 29, 2022

First Lady Comes Home

Mar. 29, 1962 - Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy arrived home tonight from her journey abroad. The President was at National Airport to meet her...

Mar 29, 2022

Highlights of President Kennedy's Press Conference

Mar. 29, 1962 - Following are the main points of President Kennedy’s press conference today: Supreme Court — He announced the retirement...

Mar 29, 2022

President Kennedy Will Be "Glad To Debate" in 1964

Mar. 29, 1962 - President Kennedy apparently disposed today of any doubts that he planned to seek a second term in 1964. At the...

Mar 29, 2022

Supreme Court Justice Whittaker Retires on Doctors' Advice

Mar. 29, 1962 - Justice Charles Evans Whittaker (pictured) retired from the Supreme Court today on his doctors’ advice. He said in a...

Mar 28, 2022

Mrs. Kennedy Visits Buckingham Palace

Mar. 28, 1962 - Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy was greeted with cheers and wolf whistles today when she drove to Buckingham Palace for lunch...

Mar 27, 2022

Democrats Plan Birthday Salute to President Kennedy at Madison Square Garden

Mar. 27, 1962 - Democrats are planning a May 19 New York Birthday Salute to the President that is expected to wipe out the last $500,000...

Mar 26, 2022

Mrs. Kennedy Arrives in London

Mar. 26, 1962 - Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy arrived in London by air tonight for a three-day private visit. She was accompanied by her...

Mar 26, 2022

RNC Criticizes President Kennedy's Request for More Secret Service

Mar. 26, 1962 - The Republican National Committee criticized today a Secret Service request for 58 more agents to protect President...

Mar 25, 2022

President Attends Mass in Palm Desert, California

Mar. 25, 1962 - A little old lady in black almost asked President Kennedy to move over at church this morning in Palm Desert, Calif. The...

Mar 25, 2022

Mrs. Kennedy Rides a Camel in Pakistan

Mar. 25, 1962 - After riding an elephant last week near Jaipur, India, Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy took a ride today on a camel led by Bashir...

Mar 24, 2022

First Lady and Princess Radziwill Order Karakul Hats

Mar. 24, 1962 - Princess Lee Radziwill said today that she and her sister, Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy, had ordered karakul hats like the one...

Mar 24, 2022

Nixon Calls Kennedys "Carpetbaggers"

Mar. 24, 1962 - While campaigning for Governor of California in the southern part of the state yesterday, former Vice President Richard...

Mar 24, 2022

President Kennedy Meets with General Eisenhower in Palm Desert

Mar. 24, 1962 - President Kennedy and General Dwight D. Eisenhower met in Palm Desert, Calif., today for a 51-minute chat that ended with...

Mar 24, 2022

Mrs. Kennedy Explores Pakistan, Receives Two Sheep

Mar. 24, 1962 - Two live sheep were presented to Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy today by tribal chieftains at the foot of the historic Khyber...

Mar 23, 2022

VIDEO: President Kennedy's Berkeley Address

Mar. 23, 1962 - Here is video of President Kennedy’s address today at Memorial Stadium at the University of California at Berkeley. #JFK...

Mar 23, 2022

300 Demonstrators Picket Kennedy at Berkeley

Mar. 23, 1962 - Critics and defenders of Administration policies stuck to plans to picket President Kennedy’s visit to the University of...

Mar 23, 2022

President Kennedy Speaks at University of California, Berkeley

Mar. 23, 1962 - President Kennedy said today that the democratic world could look forward to the future with “a new confidence.” The tide...