LBJ Unlikely To Debate Next Year
Dec. 15, 1963 - There is growing doubt in Washington that President Johnson will take part in televised debates with his Republican...
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Dec 12, 2023
Mrs. Kennedy To Observe One-Year Mourning Period
Dec. 12, 1963 - Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy (pictured Nov. 25) plans to observe a one-year period of mourning and will have no public...
Dec 11, 2023
LBJ: Eliminate Communist Subversion from South Vietnam and Caribbean
Dec. 11, 1963 - President Johnson told the nation’s top defense strategists today that America’s most urgent task is elimination of...
Dec 10, 2023
President Johnson Asks Congress for 50-Cent Piece with JFK’s Likeness
Dec. 10, 1963 - President Johnson asked Congress today to authorize a 50-cent coin bearing the likeness of John Fitzgerald Kennedy. The...
Dec 9, 2023
TV: “The Making of the President 1960”
Dec. 9, 1963 - “The Making of the President 1960,” a filmed report of events covered in Theodore White’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book,...
Dec 9, 2023
Hoffa Denies Kennedy Quote
Dec. 9, 1963 - James R. Hoffa (pictured right in 1958) said today the press had taken out of context a statement he issued after...
Dec 9, 2023
FBI: Oswald Killed JFK, Acted Alone
Dec. 9, 1963 - An FBI report went to a special Presidential commission today and named Lee Harvey Oswald as the assassin of President...
Dec 8, 2023
President Johnson Well Protected
Dec. 8, 1963 - President Johnson’s 2-hour-20-minute visit to New York City today, his first trip outside Washington since becoming...
Dec 8, 2023
President Johnson Attends Funeral for Lehman, Security Heavy
Dec. 8, 1963 - Final tribute was paid today to Herbert H. Lehman, former Governor of New York, at a funeral service attended by President...
Dec 8, 2023
Lodge Leaves Himself Available as Contender for GOP Nomination
Dec. 8, 1963 - Henry Cabot Lodge, U.S. Ambassador to South Vietnam, left himself available today as a potential contender for the...
Dec 7, 2023
Johnsons Move Into White House
Dec. 7, 1963 - The Johnsons moved into the White House today, taking up residence at the mansion they had visited often as guests since...
Dec 7, 2023
Ikes Asks Lodge to Make Himself Available for GOP Nomination
Dec. 7, 1963 - Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower (pictured in 1952) has asked Henry Cabot Lodge (right), U.S. Ambassador to South...
Dec 6, 2023
JFK Awarded Posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom
Dec. 6, 1963 - John F. Kennedy today joined the roster of 31 civilian leaders whom he had personally approved to receive the new...
Dec 6, 2023
Mrs. Kennedy Moves into Georgetown Home
Dec. 6, 1963 - Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy left the White House today after a quiet goodbye to the household staff and moved into a home in...
Dec 5, 2023
Herbert Lehman, Former Governor and Senator, Is Dead
Dec. 5, 1963 - Herbert H. Lehman (pictured in 1930 with then New York Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt), a towering figure in the liberal...
Dec 5, 2023
Warren Commission Begins Work
Dec. 5, 1963 - The commission investigating President Kennedy’s assassination began work today with a long meeting in Washington. It...
Dec 5, 2023
Goldwater To Reassess Presidential Prospects
Dec. 5, 1963 - Senator Barry Goldwater said today he was undertaking a “major reassessment” of his Presidential prospects. “I don’t think...
Dec 4, 2023
Robert Kennedy Returns to Work
Dec. 4, 1963 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy returned to his desk at the Justice Department today, but he did not say how long he...
Dec 3, 2023
Khrushchev Makes First Speech Since JFK Assassination
Dec. 3, 1963 - Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev said today that he was satisfied with President Johnson’s stated intention to continue...
Dec 3, 2023
President Johnson Prepares McCormack for Presidency — Just In Case
Dec. 3, 1963 - President Johnson took the first steps today to prepare 71-year-old John W. McCormack (pictured right), the man next in...
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