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Mar 31

Eiffel Tower Anniversary Observed

Mar. 31, 1964 - Seventy-five years ago today, the last bit of iron was put into place and the French Tricolor was raised over what was to...

Mar 31

Che Guevara Speaks Out

Mar. 31, 1964 - Ernesto (Che) Guevara, Minister of Industry in Cuba, welcomed today a declaration last week by U.S. Senator J.W....

Mar 30

Glenn Pulls Out of Ohio Senate Race

Mar. 30, 1964 - Astronaut John Glenn announced from his hospital bed today that he was pulling out of the Senate race in Ohio. The former...

Mar 29

[VIDEO] Mar. 27, 1964 | Alaska Earthquake Newsreel

Mar. 29, 1964 - A destructive, death-dealing earthquake struck the city of Anchorage and several smaller Alaskan towns this week. In...

Mar 28

Tidal Waves Wreck Business District of Crescent City, California

Mar. 28, 1964 - Tidal waves 12 to 15 feet high, set off by the Alaskan earthquake, swept out of the Pacific early today and wrecked the...

Mar 27

Massive Earthquake Strikes Alaska

Mar. 27, 1964 - A destructive, death-dealing earthquake struck the city of Anchorage and several smaller Alaskan towns today. In Juneau,...

Mar 26

Author Chosen by Mrs. Kennedy to Write Book on Assassination

Mar. 26, 1964 - Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy has chosen the author to write what she hopes will be the authoritative story of the...

Mar 25

Goldwater Hits McNamara in Detroit

Mar. 25, 1964 - Senator Barry Goldwater, in the city where Robert McNamara became famous as a car-builder, delivered his most scathing...

Mar 24

Lady Bird Johnson Visits Alabama

Mar. 24, 1964 - Mrs. Lady Bird Johnson spent a day full of both future and past at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.,...

Mar 23

RFK Gives Update on JFK Memorial Library

Mar. 23, 1964 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy said today that $5 million, or half the sum required, had been raised for the John...

Mar 22

Reuther Cool to Endorsement of RFK for VP

Mar. 22, 1964 - Walter Reuther, president of the United Automobile Workers, today brushed aside a proposal that the union endorse...

Mar 19

Salinger Resigns, Will Run for Senate in California

Mar. 19, 1964 - Pierre Salinger (left) resigned today as White House press secretary. It is expected that he will seek the Democratic...

Mar 17

RFK Speaks in Scranton

Mar. 17, 1964 - “I appreciate it, but I think it’s out of place.” In soft-spoken tones, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy was reacting...

Mar 17

Mrs. Kennedy Visits JFK’s Grave on St. Patrick’s Day

Mar. 17, 1964 - Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy placed a sprig of shamrock on her husband’s grave in Arlington National Cemetery today. She...

Mar 17

GOP Leaders Hit Johnson Anti-Poverty Campaign

Mar. 17, 1964 - Republicans suggested today that much of the Johnson Administration’s planned war on poverty would merely duplicate...

Mar 16

President Johnson Declares War on Poverty

Mar. 16, 1964 - President Johnson placed his controversial billion-dollar war on poverty on the Congressional firing line today and...

Mar 15

[VIDEO] Mar. 15, 1964 | A Conversation with LBJ

Mar. 15, 1964 - President Johnson tonight named as his major domestic objectives an attack on the causes of poverty and passage of the...

Mar 14

Humphrey Optimistic on Civil Rights Bill

Mar. 14, 1964 - Senator Hubert Humphrey told 900 New Jersey Democrats in Atlantic City, N.J., today that Congress would pass the civil...

Mar 12

RFK: No Feud with Johnson

Mar. 12, 1964 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy today refuted reports of a feud between him and President Johnson. “I have read these...

Mar 11

Nixon Speaks Out

Mar. 11, 1964 - Richard M. Nixon declared in Newark, N.J., tonight that there was no man in this country who could conduct a more...