1960s Timeline

Sept. 10, 1963 - President Kennedy signed an executive order today, effective immediately, that had the effect of halting the draft of...

Aug. 5, 1963 - Former President Eisenhower returned to Normandy today, 19 years and 2 months after D-Day, and he said this time he would...

July 30, 1963 - A corporal who knew there was “a bullet marked for me,” a private who urged his family to “pray for peace,” and a...

May 4, 1963 - Here are President Kennedy’s remarks today to cadets from the Virginia Military Institute in the White House Rose Garden....

May 2, 1963 - Here are President Kennedy’s remarks today to a group of Congressional Medal of Honor recipients in the White House Rose...

🚨Apr. 10, 1963 - The U.S. Navy’s nuclear-powered submarine Thresher, with 129 men aboard, was lost today in storm-tossed waters a mile...

Dec. 19, 1962 - Bob Hope (pictured in Korea in 1950) and a troupe of Hollywood entertainers left this morning on Mr. Hope’s 11th...

Oct. 19, 1962 - Here is audio of a secretly recorded meeting President Kennedy held today with the Joint Chiefs of Staff regarding Soviet...

Sept. 20, 1962 - Here are President Kennedy's remarks today to the 16th National Convention and Aerospace Panorama of the Air Force...

Aug. 25, 1962 - A soldier who won the Medal of Honor in World War II for rushing into the fire of three German machine guns and...

Aug. 23, 1962 - President Kennedy delivers remarks via telephone from the Oval Office to the American Veterans of World War II (AMVETS) ...

July 19, 1962 - The Army’s Nike Zeus defense missile intercepted the nose cone of an Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile today high...

July 12, 1962 - President Kennedy address U.S. Marines at their barracks in Washington, D.C. #jfk #marines #semperfi #army #navy...

June 6, 1962 - JFK addresses the graduating cadets at West Point and pardons 20 from room confinement. #jfk #military #veterans #vietnam...

June 6, 1962 - Here is a video clip of President Kennedy’s address at the Military Academy in West Point, New York. #JFK #1960s #history...

June 6, 1962 - Here is another clip from President Kennedy's address today at West Point in which he references the events of D-Day -- 18...

June 6, 1962 - Here is a clip from President Kennedy's address today at West Point. #jfk #military #veterans #army #navy #airforce #marines

June 6, 1962 - President Kennedy today ordered the release of 20 cadets from room confinement to the cheers of the entire Military...

June 6, 1962 - President Kennedy told the graduates at the Military Academy in West Point today that the problems confronting the nation...

May 12, 1962 - General of the Army Douglas MacArthur received the Sylvanus Thayer Award “for outstanding service to the nation” in...