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Dec 24, 2023

Idlewild Airport Rededicated as John F. Kennedy International Airport

Dec. 24, 1963 - New York International Airport was rededicated as John F. Kennedy International Airport today. The ceremony, attended by...

Dec 10, 2023

NYC City Council Votes to Change Idlewild to Kennedy Airport

Dec. 10, 1963 - In an action marked by solemnity and silent prayer, the New York City Council voted unanimously today to change the name...

Dec 4, 2023

Mayor Wagner Pushes Name Change for Idlewild Airport in Honor of JFK

Dec. 4, 1963 - Mayor Robert Wagner (pictured right Nov. 23) announced today that he would urge the New York City Council to change the...

Sep 20, 2023

Mayor Wagner: “No Rift” with President

Sept. 20, 1963 - New York Mayor Robert Wagner (right) said today, after a 20-minute talk with President Kennedy, that “of course” there...

Sep 19, 2023

JFK Arrives in New York, Mayor Wagner Not There to Greet Him

Sept. 19, 1963 - President Kennedy arrived in New York City tonight to deliver a major address to the U.N. General Assembly at 11:30...

Sep 5, 2023

De Sapio Beaten by Koch

Sept. 5, 1963 - Carmine G. De Sapio (right), the former powerful leader of Tammany Hall, lost his political comeback bid by a scant 41...

Aug 14, 2023

Attorney General Pays Surprise Visit to New York

Aug. 14, 1963 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy (pictured today in Harlem) paid a surprise visit to New York today to look over the...

Jul 22, 2023

Monorail System To Be Featured at New York World’s Fair Next Year

July 22, 1963 - Visitors at the New York World’s Fair next year will have the chance to swing around and over the entertainment area on a...

Jun 18, 2023

Violent Clashes between Negroes and Police in Harlem

June 18, 1963 - A minor street incident in Harlem set off a series of violent clashes between Negroes and the police last night. Several...

May 25, 2023

Melee at Yorkville Hate Rally

May 25, 1963 - An angry crowd pelted speakers at a neo-Nazi rally with fists, eggs, and tomatoes today in the Yorkville section of...

May 21, 2023

In NYC, Trash Baskets Talk

May 21, 1963 - While passing through Times Square today, a woman put a piece of gum into her mouth and, with no apparent guilt, tossed...

May 15, 2023

Capacity Crowd Watches Cooper Launch at Grand Central Terminal

May 15, 1963 - A capacity crowd of 8,000 jammed into the main concourse of New York’s Grand Central Terminal today to watch the televised...

Apr 24, 2023

NYC Cracks Down on Glue-Sniffing

Apr. 24, 1963 - New York City’s Health Code will be amended next month in an effort to control the growing, harmful practice of...

Mar 31, 2023

New York Newspaper Strike Ends

Mar. 31, 1963 - New York City’s record 114-day blackout of 8 newspapers ended today as the last of 4 striking unions accepted a new...

Nov 14, 2022

Soviets Call NYC “Tasteless, Vulgar”

Nov. 14, 1962 - New York City was characterized in a Soviet magazine today as “gloomy” and overrun with hooligans, noise, and slums. The...

Oct 23, 2022

New Yorkers Support President on Cuba but Wonder if It’s “Too Late”

Oct. 23, 1962 - The reaction of New Yorkers today to President Kennedy’s speech last night was a combination of “It’s about time we took...

Oct 3, 2022

Twenty-One Killed in Steam Boiler Explosion at N.Y. Telephone Company

Oct. 3, 1962 - At least 21 persons were killed and 95 injured today when a steam boiler exploded in a building of the New York Telephone...

Aug 2, 2022

Empire State Building Gets a Polish

Aug. 2, 1962 - Seven workmen on scaffolds began today to give the tower of the Empire State Building its first polishing and painting...

Jun 24, 2022

"Etti-Cat" To Adorn New York City Subways

June 24, 1962 - A photograph of a cat named Etti-Cat will soon appear in 3,000 of the New York Transit Authority’s 6,500 subway cars....

May 31, 2022

May 31, 1962 - JFK Remarks on Juvenile Delinquency

May 31, 1962 - President Kennedy, in announcing today a program called Mobilization for Youth, discussed the problem of what is commonly...